Diverse women’s stories on-air

WOMEN’S Health Grampians’ new audio project is broadcasting unique stories of diversity amongst regional Victorian women.

The Equality for All podcast series launched this month, hosted by young Gunditjmara woman, Tanisha Lovett.

She conducts an interview with a different Grampians region woman about their diverse background and lived experiences each episode, putting discrimination, family violence, the COVID-19 pandemic, the LGBTIQ community, migration, disability and being an older woman under the microscope.

Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council executive committee member, midwife and equality advocate, Joy Sawiche Juma is featured in the initial episode.

She migrated to Australia from Kenya in 2004.

“This podcast will create awareness, and someday soon, cause the long-awaited change in attitudes and stereotyping from ‘those people’ to ‘us’,” she said.

‘‘By telling my story, I want to think that each listener will be empowered and driven to make that change.”

In the episode Ms Sawiche Juma unpacks her workforce experiences in Victoria. Coming from a migrant background, she said her skills and expertise have been undermined before.

The podcast’s aim is to inspire organisational change and the hope is the community will be more inclusive, accepting and celebratory towards women come from diverse backgrounds.

Head to anchor.fm/equalityforall to listen.