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Yumiko Kadota: We need to stop glamorising burn out

Zoya Patel — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 20:15:10 +0000

For Yumiko Kadota, it took a fatigue the likes of which she had never before felt, and a depression so deep she could barely get out of bed, before...

Why two Canberra sisters have made helping the environment their business

Zoya Patel — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:00:49 +0000

If there was ever a time to feel anxious about climate change, these last several months have definitely been that time. Between the choking smoke from the NSW fires that...

On mosques, silence, and the transgression of terrorism

Zoya Patel — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:20:45 +0000

On the 19th of March, the NZ High Commission, ANU New Zealand Club and Tumanako Maori Cultural Group held a vigil in Nara Peace Park in Canberra following the...

A career with passion, success, and sisterhood

Zoya Patel — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 20:20:10 +0000

There are a lot of things people don’t know about Canberra, which often lead to our fair city being labelled boring. Any proud Canberran would be able to argue for...

Feminartsy Ideas Fest: the power of creative women

Zoya Patel — Mon, 01 May 2017 20:10:18 +0000

When you think about the arts, where does your mind go? Do you think about visiting a gallery, maybe, or booking tickets to the theatre? Do you glance at the...

She Leads: Empowering the next generation

Zoya Patel — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:00:30 +0000

When you were a teenager, did you consider yourself a leader? And more importantly, what did you think a ‘leader’ was? A CEO, an Executive Director, or the Prime Minister,...

YWCA: Travelling to Bangkok for advocacy

Zoya Patel — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:00:29 +0000

Canberra is a city that is seen to be inextricably linked with advocacy. With Parliament House towering above us on Capital Hill, and the location of many diplomatic embassies and...

Rescue, Rehoming and Rehabilitation: The Canberra women saving lives every week

Zoya Patel — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 20:15:14 +0000

It’s a bright, Canberra winter day, and I’m out in Murrumbateman at a beautiful property called Nanima. Clear country stretches for acres ahead, and I can see sheep, cattle and...