Making Home

The current COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have brought up a lot about home. For our safety and the safety of the broader community we have been advised that if we can stay at home, we should do so. But what does this mean for those in precarious situations who are vulnerable to losing their homes? 

What of those for whom home is no longer a refuge, not an option or not available?

Single women over the age of 45 are the fastest-growing homeless cohort in Australia and with the pandemic restrictions hitting women particularly hard, we’ll be discussing how easy it can be for women to slip into homelessness, the policies that aim to make a difference and what is being done to help women who need homes find homes. This is an inclusive event for everyone and a great opportunity to discuss women and housing.

Speaking:

• Jane Gilmore -  Founding editor of The King’s Tribune. She is now a freelance journalist and author "FixedIt: Violence and the Representation of Women in the Media was published by Penguin Random House in August 2019".
  
• Jeanette Large - CEO of Women’s Property Initiatives (WPI), 2015 Telstra Women’s Business Awards finalist
• Tania Davidge  - architect, artist, educator, writer and researcher. Co-founder of the architectural research practice, OoPLA (formerly OpenHAUS)
• Merinda Dutton - Merinda Dutton proudly identifies as a Gumbaynggirr/Barkindji woman and is a senior lawyer at Legal Aid NSW in part of the Civil Law Service for Aboriginal communities. 
  
• Amanda Donohoe  - Amanda’s engagement with social justice issues began in the 1990s when she lived on-site for 3 years as manager of a 38-bed boarding house managed by Servants Community Housing.