Media

  • CIO Views: The Most Influential Women in Diversity & Inclusion, 2023

    CIO Views: The Most Influential Women in Diversity & Inclusion, 2023

    As a transgender woman on IWD I am so humbled that CIO Views has featured me in a business profile for International Women’s Day titled, “The Most Influential Women in Diversity & Inclusion, 2023”. This publication will feature women who have significantly impacted the diversity and inclusion sector. CIO Views is a magazine that provides… Read more

  • Finding Her, Australia’s first state-wide women’s commemorative tour (Her Place Women’s Museum)

    Finding Her, Australia’s first state-wide women’s commemorative tour (Her Place Women’s Museum)

    FINDING HER Australia’s first interactive state-wide digital map spotlighting women’s commemoration, FINDINGHER at HerPlace Museum has recently been launched at Her Place Women’s Museum. A ground-breaking project, Finding Her is a virtual and physical tour using QR codes and an interactive map directing you to names and places of outstanding women. You’ll discover the stories behind the… Read more

  • THIS GIRL CAN – VICTORIA

    THIS GIRL CAN – VICTORIA

    Subscribe to the podcast / Add to iTunes Presented by Michelle SheppardEmail production@joy.org.au Hosted by JOYs Michelle Sheppard, “This Girl Can Victoria” empowers LGBTQIA+ female, femme and non-binary people to get active. Across four episodes, Michelle chats to members of the rainbow community about how and why they get active. Whether a short walk, a swim in the pool,… Read more

  • UNBiased – Dharshi Harindra

    UNBiased – Dharshi Harindra

    Dharshi Harindra|11/4/2022 All of us carry our own biases. They are a product of our environment, our upbringing, and our lived experiences. Through guest interviews and their stories, UNBiased explores the way bias affects the lives of others, and what we can do to address it. This week’s guest on UNBiased podcast  is Michelle Sheppard,… Read more

  • Mish’s Mission – RADIO TODAY

    Mish’s Mission – RADIO TODAY

     October 6, 2022 Sarah Patterson Reporter It was almost a decade ago now that Michelle Sheppard was first interviewed on Melbourne community radio station Joy 94.9 FM about her lived experience as a transgender woman. Michelle – aka Mama Mish – tells Radio Today “As soon as I walked out of the room, they were like ‘Can you come back? Can you stay?’” “I ended… Read more

  • Change Our Game

    Change Our Game

    The Victorian Government is committed to increasing the number of women and girls participating in sport and active recreation, from grassroots to senior leadership roles. The Inquiry into Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation was established in late 2014 to advise the Victorian Minister for Sport on practical actions that the sector could… Read more