The 2026 Women's Well International Women's Day Breakfast & Panel

Join the Women's Well Eastern Suburbs and Dr Marjorie O'Neill for our breakfast and panel of four local and inspiring trailblazer women from four generations who have overcome adversity, major health and other life challenges. 

Louisa Hope - Louisa Hope Fund for Nurses - A survivor of the 2014 Sydney siege who is determined to turn her experience to good, Louisa founded the Louisa Hope Fund for Nurses which provides grants for equipment, training and research.to show her appreciation for those who took care of her in her three-month hospital stay following the siege.

Aunty Lola - Aboriginal Health Worker - From being one of 10 children growing up in an Aboriginal Welfare Board House to being a single mum of 3 children and owning her own home, Aunty Lola now helps hundreds of families in the La Perouse, as an Aboriginal Health Worker – Child and Family Health – in the South East Sydney Local Health District.

Mili Weaver - Founder of Australian Endometriosis Foundation - Milli was diagnosed with endometriosis at 19, a condition she had unknowingly faced alone for years. Despite the challenges, she remained resilient, undergoing fertility preservation treatment, participating in clinical trials, and enduring multiple procedures and surgeries. Milli has used her lived experience with endometriosis to transform the journey for others when she founded Endo Articles, now formally known as the Australian Endometriosis Foundation.

Simone Able - Human Rights Lawyer, Activist and Head of Legal at ECAJ, who has spent much of her career working on issues such as defending extreme human rights abuses. She has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Punishment Justice Project and has previously been involved with Reprieve UK and other human rights organisations. Her advocacy focuses on legal defence in capital punishment cases, challenging abusive state practices, and promoting human rights protections internationally.