The 2024 ACT Women’s Awards will be announced on Thursday 7 March.

The awards recognise those who have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to improving the status and lives of girls and women in the ACT.

They celebrate the achievements of women who are excelling in their field and making a significant impact in helping girls and women achieve their full potential.

The award categories are:

• ACT Woman of the Year
• Senior Woman of the Year (aged over 60 years)
• ACT Young Woman of the Year (aged between 16 and 24 years).

Congratulations to the 2024 ACT Women’s Awards’ finalists:

• Dr Lubna Alam – Co-founder, ALO Enlightened Women
• Joanne Farrell – Founder and Managing Director, Build Like a Girl
• Mijica Lus – Founder, Aurosokwo Project
• Philippa Moss – CEO, Meridian ACT
• Delfina Shakespear – Football Match Official
• Glenda Stevens – Founder, Fearless Women
• Prof Dipti Talaulikar – Founder, Sakhi
• Selina Walker – Ngunnawal Leader.

Finalist Delfina Shakespear, an elite match official with Capital Football and Football Australia, thinks the annual awards are important.

“It enables women to have a platform to talk about what they do, because as women sometimes we go about our business and don’t really talk about it more broadly,” she said.

Fellow nominee Professor Dipti Talaulikar, a clinical haematologist and professor at the ANU, as well as being the Founder of Sakhi said: “I was very touched with the nomination when I first heard about it. But the journey, the support that the government and the ACT’s Women Office provides is just amazing. The things you get to learn, the other women you get to meet, to hear their stories is just absolutely amazing. So, if you know anyone who is doing good work in the community, please nominate them.”

For more information on the ACT Women’s Awards and Honour Roll, visit ACT Woman of the Year and Honour Roll - ACT Government

Dr Lubna Alam – Co-founder, ALO Enlightened Women

Joanne Farrell – Founder and Managing Director, Build Like a Girl

Philippa Moss – CEO, Meridian ACT

Delfina Shakespear – Football Match Official

Glenda Stevens – Founder, Fearless Women

Prof Dipti Talaulikar – Founder, Sakhi

Selina Walker – Ngunnawal Leader

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