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On Monday, the Food for Thought Network will host an online talk by Dr Panayota Nazou on the journey of Greek brides to Australia.

8 April 2021 4:22pm The federal government will adopt 55 recommendations of the Respect@Work report, either in full or in part, more than a year after receiving the document in January 2020. The landmark report from Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins was released publicly last March, and includes recommendations which are aimed at shifting the system from being complaints-based with the onus of proof on victims to one where employers must work to actively create safe workplaces by stamping out sexual harassment. The changes to the Fair Work Act and the Sex Discrimination Act include...

CLASS: CELEBRATING 200 YEARS – MODERN GREEK HISTORY Greece celebrates 200 years since the struggle for independence to free her from Ottoman rule, began. The struggle for independence and democracy has been tumultuous and bloodied, and arguably at times she has enjoyed surprisingly little of either. This class will be delivered face-to-face at WEA Sydney. Enrolling students need to ensure they have read the current COVID-19 Safety Guidance that WEA Sydney has put in place before enrolling. When: 13 March, 10:00am Where: WEA Sydney, 72 Bathurst Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 Bookings & Info: W...

I met Mrs. Varvara Athanasiou-Ioannou from common acquaintances in August 2019 walking by our lake. She told me then, that she admired my book “Those who became one with the earth”, and she wished she had done it! And she did! An oral history book about the personal and professional lives of 40 women living in Australia. Thirty are Greek Australian women and ten from other ethnicities. And it will be one of the actions to celebrate the 20 years of her social/community contribution through the establishment, in 2001, of the non-profit organisation Food for Thought Network, an inclusive Gre...