1997 - Members tell stories of violence
You Can Make a Difference: A Guide to Consumer Advocacy is published by OWN Inc.
The Theatre Group tackles domestic violence in a moving performance for ‘Stop Domestic Violence Day’, based on the members’ own experiences.
Betty Little becomes the first Indigenous woman to join the ASC. The ASC assists with the Sea of Hands reconciliation project.
St Mary’s OWN merges with Penrith. The Wagga Wagga group launches and winds up in 2011. The Macarthur Group sets up with assistance from the Benevolent Society. Macarthur focuses on friendship, community involvement and sharing consumer advice.
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.
CONTACT US
National Older Women’s Network
PO Box 3082
Redfern, Sydney, 2016
+61 – 433792582
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.
