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Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, meets children at Salaam Baalak Trust, an Indian non-profit and non-governmental organization which, with Australian support, provides support for street children in Mumbai. Mumbai, 14 October 2014.
From International Day of the Girl Child, India, October 2014
Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, visits the Deonar urban slum in Mumbai, 14 October 2014. Australian funded Apnalaya works with members of the Deonar community to help them achieve a better quality of life.
From International Day of the Girl Child, India, October 2014
Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls with Dr Kiran Martin of the Asha Community Health and Development Society (ASHA), New Delhi, 11 October 2014. The Ambassador visited an urban Delhi slum, the working area of the Australian supported NGO ASHA.
From International Day of the Girl Child, India, October 2014
Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls with girls from the Asha Community Health and Development Society (ASHA), New Delhi, 11 October 2014. Australian funding for ASHA covers financial literacy and women’s empowerment workshops, scholarships, training, educational resources and educational institute visits.
From International Day of the Girl Child, India, October 2014
Launch of the Second Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 in Alice Springs, 19 September 2014.
From Launch of second action plan in Alice Springs, September 2014
Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, at the launch of the Second Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 in Alice Springs, 19 September 2014.
From Launch of second action plan in Alice Springs, September 2014
Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, tours a Cambodian garment factory and meets with beneficiaries of an Australian-supported program Partnering to Save Lives (PSL). PSL is providing support for a medical clinic and peer education on reproductive health. Phnom Penh, 5 February 2015.
Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, and Dr Thwe Thwe Win, Senior Technical Specialist, Burnet Institute during a roundtable meeting with Burmese women leaders, Rangoon, 2 February 2015. (Photo credit Boothee Thaik Htun).
Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, meets with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson, National League for Democracy and Chairperson, Parliamentary Committee for Rule of Law, Peace and Tranquillity. Nay Pyi Daw, Myanmar, 3 February 2015. (Photo credit Boothee Thaik Htun).
The Ambassador for Women and Girls and Senator Michaela Cash, then Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women at a UN Women march for gender equality and women’s rights on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2015, New York.
The Ambassador for Women and Girls and Senator Michaela Cash, then Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women at a UN Women march for gender equality and women’s rights on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2015, New York.
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, meets with a UN General Assembly Youth Delegation from Plan International, New York, 27 September 2015.
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms Zainab Hawa Bangura and Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja. New York, 25 September 2015.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja with members of the Australian delegation at the UN General Assembly. New York, 27 September 2015.
Ambassador Stott Despoja with netball player Sharni Leighton and netball and volleyball player Caitlin Thwaites at the launch of DFAT’s Sports Diplomacy Strategy in Canberra, 25 June 2015.
From Other events 2015
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, with members of an International Media Visit delegation from Mexico, Indonesia, Korea and Turkey, Parliament House, Canberra, 25 June 2015.
From Other events 2015
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, with students from St. Aloysius College after hosting the Australian Premiere of He Named Me Malala at the Adelaide Film Festival, 16 October 2015.
From Other events 2015
(L-R) Kate Kennedy, CEO, Hagar Australia; Sreyna Sam (Hagar Cambodia); Sreyra Long (Hagar Cambodia); and Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, at Hagar Australia’s ‘Lunch to Liberate’ event. Melbourne, 3 September 2015.
From Other events 2015
Professor Brendan Crabb AC, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Burnet Institute; Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, at the Burnet Institute event ‘Health and PNG’ at Parliament House, 15 June 201
From Other events 2015