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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL; COURTESY OF JADE HAMEISTER. EDITED BY ALLEY PASCOE. *ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, 2017

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INSPIRATION FROM GAME-CHANGING WOMEN

MOTIVATION

On January 10, Jade Hameister became the youngest

person to trek unassisted from the Antarctic Coast to

the South Pole, after a gruelling 37-day expedition

pulling a 100-kilogram sled in howling −50° winds.

If that wasn’t enough, the 16-year-old explorer

returned to the pole the next day to take a photo of

herself holding a ham and cheese sandwich – a way

to mock the male online trolls who told her she

should stay in the kitchen. “Initially I just wanted to

do it for a laugh,” she says of the photo she posted on

her Instagram account. “I really didn’t think any of

the men who wrote those messages would ever see

my post. Instead, it was a message for the young

women who follow me – I wanted to show them

how to use bullies as motivation.”

WOMEN AT WORK

IN NUMBERS

Average weekly

hours worked by women

over the age of 15*

Korea

40.6

Spain

34.74

Australia

31.08

Netherlands

24.83

UK

31.88

PREACH IT

“Success begins at that magical

moment when you declare to

yourself, your friends and the

universe that you believe you can

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• Natalie Massenet, founder of Net-a-Porter

Jade Hameister is the only

Australian woman – and the

youngest woman ever – to have

trekked from the Antarctic coast

to the South Pole unassisted.

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HER START

When Tirana Hassan sees

injustice, she has to do

something about it. This

compulsion to right wrongs

drove her to become a social

worker in Adelaide and,

eventually, the director of crisis

response for Amnesty

International, documenting

human rights violations in war

zones around the world. “I’ve

been deployed to the most

complicated crises imaginable in

places like Sierra Leone, Iraq and

the Philippines,” she says.

HER CAREER

“It’s my job to investigate war

crimes. We get the facts so we

can ensure action is taken to

stop the violations happening,”

explains Hassan, who is

passionate about holding

perpetrators to account. In order

for justice to be served, Hassan

must ask victims to recount the

trauma they’ve suffered.

“It’s difficult to ask a woman

about the rape that has just

occurred. But each time, I’m

taken aback by the power

and courage of people.”

HER DRIVE

Seeing the darkest side

of humanity isn’t the most

challenging part of her job, says

Hassan. “The most difficult thing

is trying to get the people in

power to take the right action.”

What keeps her fighting

is knowing she’s making a

difference. “These fights can

take a long time, but they’re

worth it – for the mothers whose

sons and daughters were killed.”

TIRANA

HASSAN

Amnesty International’s

global crisis response

director

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