Author: najia-khalil

House of Sakinah Women Support Centre, located in Mt Druitt, Western Sydney celebrated the 5th anniversary, since its establishment, on Sunday 18 March 2018  marking its achievements in providing services to many families whose lives have been changed. The program was started by the MC Ms Angela Rodgers who welcomed the guests and called upon Ms Aisha Shafqat to do the Qur’an recitation of Surah Ar-Rahman. This was followed by a talk by Dr Derya Iner on the centrality of women in facing and coping with Islamophobia. She made the women aware of the existence and extent of Islamophobia,...

Thursday 8 March this year marked the International Women’s Day 2018 with the theme ‘Press for Progress’, calling for gender parity. Many events were held around Australia, and worldwide, and one such event closer to home was the one held at Liverpool Hospital on Thursday 8 March 2018 in partnership with Liverpool Women’s Health Centre, Western Sydney MRC, Liverpool Council and NSW Refugee Health Service. Organised and attended by women only, the MC at the event Sharda Jogia started with a chant to empower the women sitting in the Thomas and Rachael Moore Education Centre before she called upon...