International Women’s Day is always a good opportunity to connect globally to women everywhere. I’ve already kicked off this week of festivities by speaking on Sunday at a gathering of women in Byron Bay, and have a fabulous week ahead speaking at events and keynotes around the country. I love this time of the year […]
(Hint: It’s not what you think!) Recently some business execs were sharing with me their frustration at what they saw was the lack of women who were ready to be promoted. They found the reason to be… Work culture not supporting women showing up?… Lack of mentors who believe in them?… Visible lack of other women […]
Cathy Burke, speaker, author, and global change maker has served as CEO of The Hunger Project Australia for nearly two decades, and has traveled extensively across the villages of Africa and South Asia in her work of ending hunger. Cathy has been profoundly changed by what she has experienced. The women and men she has […]
“I’ve learned about human rights. Now I know the right to speak what’s on my mind, and communicate what I want. In the past I didn’t know what rights are. Now I know nobody can abuse my rights” I heard these words fiercely spoken by a 23 year old single mum called Mary Samwell, in […]
In visiting Malawi in Africa recently, the notion of a support group has really come home for me. One of the things I will do more consciously now I’m home is set up a group of people who can support me in my ‘biggest life’, and I can support them. Not as friends and mates but in […]
In 1992 I visited Ethiopia as a volunteer with THP. In a moving, life-changing encounter I met and connected deeply with people living in hunger, and I promised to take action that made their world, and their stories visible. I have since met thousands of people, mainly women, who wake up every day to the […]