The Young migrant women Symposium 2024

We have different yardsticks: Migrant Women Breaking Barriers at Work’ symposium

About the symposium

The symposium aimed to bring together established and emerging migrant women leaders from diverse backgrounds to discuss and share their journey, challenges, and struggles to success and also highlighted their strategies and achievements. The event featured keynote presentations, poetry performance, panel discussions, and interactive Q&A sessions. The event was a great opportunity for the audiences to engage in a meaningful talk with young migrant women and gain insights into their caer trajectories.

Feature Presentation:

Migrant Women and Employment in Western Sydney - Dr Rhonda ltaoui. Centre for Western Sydney

Speakers

Keynote speaker

Dr Elaine Swan

Critical race feminist food studies scholar

Featured Panellists & discussions

Tahera Nassrat

Tax accountant, T&R Accountants and CEO, Afghan Peace Foundation

Farzana Farzana

Program Manager, Community Migrantr Resource Centre

Hawanatu Bangura

Filmmaker, Artist

Shiva Dadvar

Early Career Artust

Israa Merhi

Muslim Writer, Spoken Word Performer, to-be Psychologist

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Event program

Opening and Acknowledgement of Country – Associate Professor Sukhmani Khorana
Poetry by Israa Merhi, Western Sydney Muslim poet
Preliminary summary of survey results on employment needs and aspirations of newly arrived migrant women in Southwest Sydney – Professor Nida Denson
Migrant Women and Employment in Western Sydney – Dr Rhonda Itaoui, Centre for Western Sydney
Tahera, tax accountant, T&R Accountants and CEO, Afghan Peace Foundation

Farzana Farzana, Program Manager, Community Migrant Resource Centre.

12-12:45pm Lunch break

Co-Research with Migrant Women – Dr Elaine Swan, University of Sussex
Shiva Dadvar, early career artist from Iran

Hawanatu Bangura, social worker and storyteller
Associate Professor Sukhmani Khorana