Madeline Hislop

1 week ago | womensagenda.com.au | Madeline Hislop

The Albanese government has pledged $16.7 million to open eight additional, free perinatal mental health centres to better support expecting and new parents. The centres will be operated by not-for-profit organisation Gidget Foundation Australia and are designed to provide specialist assessment and treatment for parents who are experiencing or at risk of depression and anxiety during pregnancy, or during the first year of their child’s life.

1 week ago | womensagenda.com.au | Madeline Hislop

When Ana Manero was pregnant with her first child, she had just moved to Western Australia and didn’t have much of a network around her, with most of her family living in Europe. When she had her daughter, she didn’t connect with the official mother’s groups she was brought into and found it difficult to make new connections with people who understood what she was going through. As a new mum living in a new city, she had never felt lonelier.

1 week ago | womensagenda.com.au | Madeline Hislop

With housing a central issue for young Australians this election, both Labor and the Coalition announced major fresh housing initiatives on Sunday as part of their campaign launches. The Albanese government has pledged $10 billion to build 100,000 new homes nationwide, which would be reserved exclusively for first home buyers. Alongside this, they would allow first home buyers to secure a home with only a 5 per cent deposit, with the government guaranteeing 15 per cent of the deposit.

1 week ago | womensagenda.com.au | Madeline Hislop

Four years after her first visit to Uganda, Tania Austin returned to the African country in 2023 and was blown away to see the impact The Hunger Project’s Epicentre programs were having on the local communities she had come to know. The founder and owner of women’s fashion retailer DECJUBA has taken part in The Hunger Project’s leadership immersion experiences multiple times. Austin says it’s an incredible way to connect, and see the impact of, her company’s partnership with the organisation.

1 week ago | drumup.io | Madeline Hislop

Four years after her first visit to Uganda, Tania Austin returned to the African country in 2023 and was blown away to see the impact The Hunger Project’s Epicentre programs were having on the local communities she had come to know. The founder and owner of women’s fashion retailer DECJUBA has taken part in The Hunger Project’s leadership immersion experiences multiple times. Austin says it’s an incredible way to connect, and see the impact of, her company’s partnership with the organisation.