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Women's Business is a collaboration of women's organisations aligned in their passion to amplify First Nations and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) women in Australia.  We work with Australian organisations providing strategies to develop programs that respectfully and authentically engage First Nations and CALD women.  


Our key relationships are with Women & Leadership Australia, Pathways to Politics for Women, Generation Women, Tiddas in Business and Politics in Colour.

Kat Henaway

 Kat is a descendant of the Mer and Mua peoples of the Torres Strait Islands with German and Scottish heritage.  She has gained significant experience working in multinational organisations in Sydney, London & Edinburgh and has worked for some of the world’s largest public and private sector companies including ABN Amro, City of Sydney, UNSW and University of Melbourne in Australia as well as EY, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, The Pensions Regulator and Edinburgh Council in the UK.


Today, Kat is an Indigenous entrepreneur specialising in Indigenous business development and investments.  She has designed and delivered some of the country's most innovative leadership development programs and events for First Nations and People of Colour including Political Candidate Training for Women of Colour for Politics in Colour and the Emerging Indigenous Executive Leaders Program at UNSW. 


Kat has volunteered for UN Women Australia (2014), was Board Director for Women for Election (2018-2020) and is currently Board Director for The Indigenous People’s Organisation Australia and Bankstown Women’s Health Centre.  She also serves on the Advisory Council for Wiyi Yani U Thangani First Nations Gender Justice Institute and is Indigenous Advisor for Women & Leadership Australia and Generation Women.


Marie Barbaric

Marie is a proud Dunghutti and Gamilaroi woman, a mother of 5 Grandmother of 10.  


Marie is CEO of Koori Kulcha Experience which provides Indigenous catering, cross-cultural training, team building workshops and Indigenous tourism. 


She is also Managing Director of Koori Kulcha Aboriginal Corporation, which runs Community Development Programs and is fully funded by Koori Kulcha Experience. 


Marie has several decades of experience working in NSW local and state government organisations.  


She is a Director of Illawarra Wingecarribee Aboriginal Alliance, a Director of Hume Coal Charity and lead negotiator for OCHRE, the community focused plan of the NSW Government.  Her passions include fighting homelessness and empowering marginalised women.


During COVID, Koori Kulcha provided over 500 pro-bono meals per week to Indigenous communities in the Illawarra Wingecarribee region of NSW and Western Sydney. 

Learning Design and Development by Kat Henaway

2017 Emerging Indigenous Executive Leaders Program

2017 Emerging Indigenous Executive Leaders Program

2017 Emerging Indigenous Executive Leaders Program

 Co-Design & Delivery of Emerging Indigenous Executive Leadership Program for AGSM at UNSW

2019 WLA Indigenous Women's leadership Symposium

2017 Emerging Indigenous Executive Leaders Program

2017 Emerging Indigenous Executive Leaders Program

Co-Designed & Delivery of Women & Leadership Australia’s Indigenous Women’s Leadership Symposium in Sydney, NSW.

2020 Political Candidate Training

2017 Emerging Indigenous Executive Leaders Program

2020 Political Candidate Training

Design & Delivery of Political Candidate Training workshops for Politics in Colour Global. 

2021 Business Ready Workshops

2023 WLA First Nations Women's leadership Symposium

2020 Political Candidate Training

Design & Delivery of Business Ready Workshops for Tiddas in Business including providing Group and 1-on-1 Business Mentoring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in business.

2022 WoC Executive Leadership Program

2023 WLA First Nations Women's leadership Symposium

2023 WLA First Nations Women's leadership Symposium

 Design & Development of Australia’s first Women of Colour Executive Leadership Program for the Victorian Government

2023 WLA First Nations Women's leadership Symposium

2023 WLA First Nations Women's leadership Symposium

2023 WLA First Nations Women's leadership Symposium

Co-Designed & Delivery of Women & Leadership Australia’s second Indigenous Women’s Leadership Symposium in Melbourne, Victoria. 

status of first nations women

Fastest-growing female prison population

Over-represented in hospitalisation for family violence

Over-represented in hospitalisation for family violence

  First Nations women are the fastest-growing prison population, constituting 37% of the female prison population, despite making up only 2% of Australia’s total population [1].  We are imprisoned at more than 20 times the rate of non-Indigenous women [2].

Over-represented in hospitalisation for family violence

Over-represented in hospitalisation for family violence

Over-represented in hospitalisation for family violence

  Aboriginal women here are 37 times more likely to be hospitalised than non-Aboriginal women for non-fatal family violence-related assaults[3].

Lower Workforce Participation

Less likely to be small business owner

Less likely to be small business owner

  First Nations women have a considerably lower workforce participation rate compared to all women. The average workforce participation rate for First Nations women in New South Wales aged 15–64 was 62 per cent, compared to 73 per cent for all women in New South Wales in 2019[4].

Less likely to be small business owner

Less likely to be small business owner

Less likely to be small business owner

 First Nations people in New South Wales are less likely to be small-business owners compared to non-Indigenous people, with First Nations women more likely to experience barriers in accessing capital to start and grow businesses than non-Indigenous businesses[5].

   

References

 

{1] https://www.alrc.gov.au/publication/pathways-to-justice-inquiry-into-the-incarceration-rate-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-alrc-report-133/11-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-women/incidence/


{2] https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/crime-and-justice/corrective-services-australia/latest-release#data-download

 

[3] https://theconversation.com/factcheck-qanda-are-indigenous-women-34-80-times-more-likely-than-average-to-experience-violence-61809

 

[4] https://www.nsw.gov.au/womens-opportunity-statement/background/economic-participation-by-diverse-communities

 

[5] https://www.nsw.gov.au/womens-opportunity-statement/background/economic-participation-by-diverse-communities

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