1991 - A new home in the Rocks
OWN becomes official, incorporating in January.
Noreen Hewett officially opens the OWN’s new premises in The Rocks. Her dream of a separate organisation for older women finally comes to fruition. The Theatre Group triumphantly performs ‘Just because we’re grey’.
A new production, Showing Our Own Age, is performed during Seniors Week.
Gwen George and Louise Anike are interviewed on ABC Radio National’s Coming Out Show, attracting national interest.
Louise Anike writes and presents several papers, including Women over 60 growing old: who are their allies and where is their equality? and Ageing is Women’s Business.
History is herstory too.
National Older Women’s Network
The National Older Women’s Network believes in a society rich in social capital, where mutual respect and trust are paramount, where diversity and debate are valued and where people and their networks have a legitimate voice.
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National Older Women’s Network
PO Box 3082
Redfern, Sydney, 2016
+61 – 4337925852
National Older Women's Network (NOWN) acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.
We acknowledge the sorrow of the Stolen Generations and the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
NOWN supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the call for a First Nation's Voice enshrined in the Australian Constitution and a Makarrata Commission to oversee agreement-making and truth-telling.
