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Australian Human Rights Awards recognise Enlighten Education!

I’m so excited I can hardly type! Enlighten Education has just been named a Finalist in the Australian Human Rights Awards, in the Business category. The prestigious award is the Australian Human Rights Commission’s way of recognising a business with a proven track record in promoting and advancing human rights in the Australian community. You may read the full press release announcing this here: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2011/106_11.html

We are so proud to have been nominated. And we are buoyed by the knowledge that increasingly the wider community is recognising just how much girls truly matter. When she won the Human Rights Medal last year, Thérèse Rein said she felt the medal “encourages people that they are on the right track, that their efforts are worthwhile, that what they are doing matters to others, that they are in fact making a real difference”.

We know from the way girls light up in our workshops, and from the feedback we receive from parents and teachers, that we are making a difference — but it is brilliant to receive such public acknowledgment as being named a finalist in the business category of these awards.

Enlighten is passionate about empowering girls to stand up for their freedom of identity and sexuality, have good self-esteem and body image, and make the most of educational and career opportunities — free of discrimination based on their gender or appearance, and free of restrictive, sexualising and objectifying messages from the media, advertising and other cultural influences. We are working towards a future in which all girls are encouraged to be critical thinkers, form their own conclusions, know their own minds and find their own voice!

The winners of the Australian Human Rights Awards will be announced at a ceremony in Sydney on 9 December and we wish all the nominees the best of luck.

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5 Comments

  1. Storm Greenhill-Brown

    So very proud to be a part of this work. It is humbling and inspiring to work with teenage girls. They are luminous and truly wonderful. Congratulations Danni and Fran!

  2. kate

    AWESOME!!! Congratulations! 😀 😀 😀

  3. We sooooo rock!! We love what we do and believe in the power it has to transform and affect girls lives. wonderful!! Congrats all at Enlighten. xx

  4. Congratulations! You’re doing amazing things with these girls, and it deserves to be recognised.

  5. Sacha

    Good luck Gorgeous!

    Your organisation is wonderful and I wish you the best of luck on the 9th!

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