Posts in “Auckland Women’s Centre” category

Are you our next Women’s Services Coordinator?

Are you keen to help lead frontline support and education for a thriving community centre to empower all wāhine and women? Come join our small friendly team! Thanks to an internal promotion, we have a vacancy.   The role: The Women’s Services Coordinator is responsible for providing our Women’s Support Service (free non-judgemental advice & ...

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Posted: May 8, 2023Category:

Annual Report 2022

In 2022 we implemented our succession plan reducing Leonie’s hours and employing the amazing Kaitlin Henderson as our full time Programmes Manager. This increased the quality of our programmes and allowed us to undertake more feminist advocacy. Check out a re-cap of our year here.

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Posted: December 20, 2022Category:

AWC comment on The Women’s Employment Action Plan 2022

Te Mahere Whai Mahi Wāhine Women’s Employment Action Plan Comments for Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women July 2022 1. All policy should be developed first and foremost for wāhine Māori • As tangata whenua, as per te Tiriti; for example, employment programmes should be “By wāhine Māori for wāhine Māori.” • As a group including ...

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Posted: December 9, 2022Categories: ,

Meet our new Rangatahi Coordinator Leah Watt

Leah Watt, who is one half of our all-new Tuia Te Papa team, sums up the “isolating” challenges for rangatahi wāhine and non-binary beautifully: “You’re trying to work out your place in society and challenge it at the same time,” she says. “You’re trying to pull down the patriarchy but it can feel like you ...

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Posted: February 21, 2022Category:

Meet our new Youth Coordinator Maria Boow

Maria Boow has long been part of the Wāhi Wāhine o Tāmaki Makaurau (WWTM) community as a creche volunteer for the “inspiring” Solo Mums on Sundays group – and now she is also our new Youth Coordinator. “When Kaitlin called me, I screamed, and my friends were like, “What? What?” But I was just so ...

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Posted: February 21, 2022Category:

We welcome Mary Mulatu as our new Women’s Support coordinator

Te Wāhi Wāhine o Tāmaki Makaurau (WWTM) is growing! Now that Kaitlin Henderson has moved into the new role of Centre manager (programmes), the wonderful Mary Mulatu has joined us to look after Women’s Support (free advice, referral and information), and coordinate our community education programme. A recent University of Auckland Arts graduate, Mary found ...

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Posted: February 21, 2022Category:

Listen to our fabulous Youth Coordinators in action, celebrating Indigenous People’s Day!

Our fabulous Youth Coordinators, Gabriella and Kiriataahua, are featured in this weeks episiode of “Social Innovation New Zealand x Changemakers x Movespace” podcast.    “Our wonderful guest speakers Kiriataahua Te Maapi Pene and Gabriella Brayne (Auckland Women’s Centre) are on exciting and empowering journeys to reconnect with Te Ao Māori. In this episode, they explore ...

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Posted: September 17, 2021Categories: ,

Meet our new Women’s Services Coordinator, Kaitlin Henderson

Our new Women Services Coordinator talks health psychology and cross-stitch If you’re in the neighbourhood, come and say hi to Kaitlin Henderson, the newest friendly face at Te Wāhi Wāhine o Tāmaki Makaurau (WWTM). Kaitlin is now looking after Women’s Support (free advice, referral and information), and coordinating our community education programme. “I love that ...

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Posted: February 21, 2021Categories: ,