Michelle
“It’s hard and rough. It’s cold and lonely and hard to find a safe place to sleep. With kids it’s even harder cause they have to be clean and tidy for school. Hard to wash clothes, shower and eat. I have been through this myself.” – Michelle 2021…
Teora
‘Unseen, Unsilenced, Unheard we are fighting for the right to be heard. Homeless, carrying pain with the meagre few belongings left in this world. awash by sadness, tears, hopes and small joys. Unseen, unhoused and unloved. Heartache, disappointment and misery my only companions as I journey endlessly in these crowded busy streets empty of kindness […]…
Tina, Jess and Monica
“Being homeless does not always mean living on the street. It can include living in temporary accommodation, couch surfing, living in refuges. Our experience of homelessness included being in temporary accommodation, being in refuges and couch surfing as well as living on the street.” – Monica on behalf of Tina and Jess 2021 Jess I […]…
Emily
“The hardest part of living as a homeless person for me was not having that safety or privacy. There is something exhausting about always being in public, with the other people a constant presence. Additionally, the right to privacy is sacrificed for the right to services. While being interviewed by a worker in the department […]…
Noor
“I wish with all my heart that all Muslim women live a beautiful, calm and comfortable life, far from cruelty and domestic violence – and that the voice of love, hope and equality reach the farthest place on earth.” – Noor…
Nadeena
Jai
“Every woman: a daughter, a mother, sister, auntie, grandmother. We are not anonymous statistics. I am Jai” – Jai 2021 I originally came to Sydney to jump off the harbour bridge…. that was more than 20 years ago. I then spent the next ten years on and off the streets, between refuges, temporary housing and […]…
Fiona
I think the idea of homelessness usually brings up images of someone sleeping rough on a park bench or lining up at a street van, because this is what we have seen. But this wasn’t the case for me and isn’t the case for so many women. It’s an incredibly isolating place to be, functioning […]…