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Isobel Marshall
Isobel Marshall (born 1998) is a South Australian social entrepreneur and medical student who was named Young Australian of the Year for 2021. Early life Marshall is from Adelaide's inner southern suburbs. She attended Walford Anglican School for Girls and is studying a MBBS at the University of Adelaide. Notable work Marshall was 18 years old when she and Eloise Hall founded TABOO in 2017, a social enterprise to help women fight the stigma of menstruation, motivated by a trip to Kenya where she saw young girls who had dropped out of education due to menstruation. They crowdfunded $56,000, launching a range of ethical and organic menstrual hygiene products in 2019, with all profits going to African charity One Girl. They also partner with St Vincent de Paul Women's Crisis Centre to provide free pads and tampons to women in emergency accommodation in South Australia and with the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women's Council. Marshall and Hall direct and manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and second smallest state by population. It has a total of 1.8 million people. Its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 33,233. South Australia shares borders with all of the other mainland states, as well as the Northern Territory; it is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria, and to the south by the Great Australian Bight.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara And Yankunytjatjara Women's Council
The Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women's Council (NPY Women's Council, NPYWC) is a community-based community organisation formed in 1980 delivering services to the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara women in the central desert region of Australia across the borders of the Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia with its headquarters in Alice Springs. It provides a range of community, family, research and advocacy services. It addresses the common interests and family and cultural connections of women and their communities in its area of coverage, being: *Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia; *the Ngaanyatjarra Lands (including the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku) both leasehold and native title lands in Western Australia; and *Imanpa, Mutitjulu, Kaltukatjara and Aputula in the Northern Territory. The Women's Council has been an advocate of the Northern Territory Emergency Response. Awards The NPY Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Australian Businesspeople
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Entrepreneurs
Social entrepreneurship is an approach by individuals, groups, start-up companies or entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. This concept may be applied to a wide range of organizations, which vary in size, aims, and beliefs. For-profit entrepreneurs typically measure performance using business metrics like profit, revenues and increases in stock prices. Social entrepreneurs, however, are either non-profits, or they blend for-profit goals with generating a positive "return to society". Therefore, they use different metrics. Social entrepreneurship typically attempts to further broad social, cultural and environmental goals often associated with the voluntary sector in areas such as poverty alleviation, health care and community development. At times, profit-making social enterprises may be established to support the social or cultural goals of the organization but not as an end in themselves. For example, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Adelaide Medical School Alumni
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Adelaide
This is a list of notable people from Adelaide. Arts and music Prominent intellectuals, writers, artists, bands, and musicians to hail from Adelaide include: Actors *Dame Judith Anderson - '' Rebecca'', ''And Then There Were None''; Tony and Emmy Award winner *Elspeth Ballantyne - ''Prisoner'' *Holly Brisley - '' Home and Away'' *Sam Clark - ''Neighbours'' *Kate Fischer - ''Sirens'' *Sir Robert Helpmann - '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' *Nicholas Hope - ''Bad Boy Bubby'' *Dichen Lachman - ''Neighbours'', ''Dollhouse'' *Anthony LaPaglia - ''Without a Trace'' *Jonathan LaPaglia - '' Seven Days'', ''The District'' *Glenn McMillan - '' Wonderland'' *Ben Oxenbould - '' Hey Dad..!'' *Teresa Palmer - ''December Boys'', ''I Am Number Four'' *Lois Ramsey - ''Road to Nhill'', ''Home and Away'' *Xavier Samuel - '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' *Hugh Sheridan - ''Packed to the Rafters'' *Sarah Snook - '' Succession''; Golden Globe winner * *Sonia Todd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Births
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Period Poverty
Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) or menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) refers to access to menstrual hygiene products to absorb or collect the flow of blood during menstruation, privacy to change the materials, and access to facilities to dispose of used menstrual management materials. It can also include the "broader systemic factors that link menstruation with health, well-being, gender equality, education, equity, empowerment, and rights".UNICEF (2019)Guidance on Menstrual Health and Hygiene UNICEF, New York, USA Menstrual hygiene management can be particularly challenging for girls and women in developing countries, where clean water and toilet facilities are often inadequate. Menstrual waste is largely ignored in schools in developing countries, despite it being a significant problem. Menstruation can be a barrier to education for many girls, as a lack of effective sanitary products restricts girls' involvement in educational and social activities. Terminology An accep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann
Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann AM (born 1950) is an Australian Aboriginal activist, educator and artist of the Ngan’gityemerri language group. Ungunmerr-Baumann is the first Indigenous teacher to work in the Northern Territory. and the owner of Rak Malfiyin Homeland. She is also the first Indigenous Australian woman to visit Antarctica. Ungunmerr-Baumann is a "devout Christian" and much of her artwork reflects religious themes. In 2021, she was named Senior Australian of the Year. Biography Ungunmerr-Baumann was born in 1950 in Daly River. She was baptized as a Catholic when she was fifteen. As a teenager, she worked as a domestic servant to a teacher who eventually employed her as an assistant teacher. She attended Kormilda College to become a teacher. Ungunmerr-Baumann became the first Indigenous teacher in the Northern Territory in 1975. She used art in her classroom, encouraging children to express themselves. She attended Deakin University and in 1988, received a Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Tame
Grace Tame (born 28 December 1994) is an Australian activist and advocate for survivors of sexual assault. Tame was named 2021 Australian of the Year on 25 January 2021. Early life, family and education Grace Tame was born in Hobart in about 1994. Her father is former Tasmanian cricketer Michael Tame. In 2013, Tame dropped out of St Michael's Collegiate, and later re-enrolled at a different high school. She then moved to the United States, where she graduated from Santa Barbara City College with degrees in theatre arts and liberal arts. Abuse and aftermath Tame was a dual-scholarship holder at St Michael's Collegiate girls' school in Hobart, and had been diagnosed with anorexia in Year 10. She was groomed when she was 15 and then repeatedly sexually abused by her 58-year-old teacher, Nicolaas Bester. Although the school was found to have had multiple opportunities to intervene, the abuse did not stop until Tame reported her attacker. Nicolaas Bester was arrested and convict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Of The Year
The Australian of the Year is a national award conferred on an Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Governmentowned social enterprise. Similar awards are also conferred at the State and Territory level. History Since 1960 the award for the Australian of the Year has been bestowed as part of the celebrations surrounding Australia Day, during which time it has grown steadily in significance to become one of the nation's pre-eminent awards. The Australian of the Year announcement has become a notable part of the annual Australia Day celebrations. The official announcement has grown to become a public event, and the Canberra ceremony is televised nationally. The award offers an insight into Australian identity, reflecting the nation's evolving relationship with world, the role of sport in Australian culture, the impact of multiculturalism, and the special status of Indigenous Australians. It has also provoked spirited debate about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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