Our valued staff are committed to driving systems reform and social and cultural change; supporting the sector to achieve the best outcomes for women and children, as well as enabling services and organisations to adopt the evidence in their practice and policy. The Centre delivers a number of projects that are a part of the Women’s Council and Women’s Community Health Network legacy as well as a growing portfolio of new projects. Learn more about our projects here.
To get in touch with a staff member, please email admin@cwsw.org.au.
Chief Executive Officer
Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing
CEO
Allambee Counselling
CEO
Zonta House Refuge Association
Director of Services
Anglicare WA
Executive Manager
Centrecare
CEO
Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Services
Manager
Gawooleng Yawoodeng Aboriginal Corporation
CEO
LUMA
CEO
Marnin Bowa Dumbara Family Healing Centre
Sarah Brown AM is the Chief Executive Officer of Purple House and has been helping the Indigenous Directors to run the organisation since its inception more than twenty three years ago.
Sarah holds a Master of Nursing, a Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Education, and a Graduate Diploma in Health Service Management. Prior to joining Purple House, she was a remote area nurse and university lecturer.
Sarah has been recognised in many ways for the work she does, being named Hesta’s Australia’s Nurse of the Year in 2017, being listed as one of BOSS magazine’s ‘True Leaders’ in 2018, and in 2020 Sarah received an Order of Australia Medal for “her significant service to community health, remote nursing and Indigenous communities”.
Professor Louise Keogh is a leading voice across women’s health and reproductive rights in Australia. Louise is Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Equity and Chair of the Hallmark Research Initiative in Reproductive Justice at the University of Melbourne.
Louise’s work explores issues that matter deeply to women, and includes the decriminalisation of abortion, contraception, voluntary assisted dying and the growing role of genetics in cancer prevention. Her work aims to make healthcare more equitable, accessible, and responsive to women’s needs.
Louise works with clinicians, policymakers, and communities to translate research into practical change in healthcare practice and policy. She is passionate about fostering open, thoughtful conversations about women’s health, particularly where ethics, rights and emerging technologies intersect.
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