I moved around Australia quite a bit when I was younger with my parents, always living in small remote towns. In second grade I moved back to my place of birth, Katherine, in the Northern Territory to live with my Nanna and have grown up surrounded by amazing women in a tight community.

No matter where on earth you reside, no one is going to be the same. There will always be people who look different from you and come from different social or cultural backgrounds than you.

With everything that has happened these past few years, with the pandemic and certain movements and protests, it has become even more clear that as a whole, we need to stick together. However, women have done this since day one. No matter who you are, all women acknowledge each other as a fellow sister. There are many occasions of this happening. A sister always has another sister’s back.

All around the world women are looked up to, they do some of the hardest tasks and for that are well respected. A son lives his whole life respecting his mum and hopes to find a partner who loves him the way she does. A daughter lives her life looking up at her mum wishing to be like her and getting comfort and advice from her. They spend every day making their mothers proud. Because of this, women have the chance to create significant change, by being able to preach things to their children, who will then go on and preach to their own, causing change. If every mother in a rural town did this then change could happen instantly.

Change is something that in these past and upcoming years is something many people have had to accept. It is okay to not agree with change, but that doesn’t mean you don’t acknowledge it. In rural and remote towns change happens often, but as a community, you are able to adapt to it together. Women make this easier because they are looked up to by the whole town, so if they speak on the topic the children of the town listen and can understand. Then, as they grow, they can tell their children and the new thing that has been “changed” is viewed as normal.
Females within the community are constantly joining schools councils and push for change. Or many strong determined girls attending schools join their representative committee for students and often suggest new ideas to make things for the better.

Change is always happening and is usually good. It helps to prove that we are moving forward as a whole, and can accept new things. It makes communities safer, and happier. Women are great leaders in communities because they have strong minds, and are always trying to make the community the best version of itself. They work hard to make it the best possible place for their children to grow up in or for them or their family to live in. They may not be as fancy or as acknowledged as political leaders, but they are just as amazing and determined.