Stephanie explaining something to one of the students

A word with… Stephanie Partridge and Alexi Cross

Maryam Zahid is the Founder and Managing Director of Afghan Women on the Move, a charity that works to provide advocacy, social connectivity through social media platforms, settlement and mental health support to the Afghan community, and especially Afghan women, in the greater Sydney area. She is also a Domestic Violence Prevention Officer with SydWest Multicultural Services.
We talked to Maryam about her personal experience during the ‘Summer 2021/22’ Covid outbreak in Sydney and how her community experienced the situation.

A word with… Kelly Foran

Setchen Brimson is Murrumbidgee Local Health District’s (LHD’s) Marketing & Community Engagement Manager, based in Wagga Wagga. Here, she tells us about the work Murrumbidgee LHD does with health consumer representatives and the challenges and rewards of health consumer engagement in this rural setting.