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Lyn Allison
Former Senator and Leader of the Australian Democrats
‘Marie Stopes provides services and advocacy in reproductive health that absolutely respect the choices women need. I like their preparedness to work collaboratively with other organisations and to lead by example with their drive and professionalism. I want to see Marie Stopes go from strength to strength. There is much to be done here and overseas to improve reproductive health, particularly its responsiveness to women.’
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Ian Howie
Former UNFPA Country Programme Manager and Global Director of Human Resources
‘As a former UNFPA staff member with a career spanning 30 years I have come to recognise Marie Stopes as an organisation who delivers. Marie Stopes use its growing international status to deliver programs that directly address the reproductive health needs of poor rural women and men, and does so without excessive bureaucracy and by placing committed people in the areas of most need. If I can assist in this by using my experience as a UNFPA country programme manager, as a global director of UNFPA human resources and now as an Adjunct Professor in Global Studies at RMIT University, then it will be time well spent.’
Marie Stopes welcomes Ian Howie as our newest Patron.
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Sean Cummins
Founder of advertising agency cumminsnitro (now SapientNitro)
‘Marie Stopes works tirelessly in the field of sexual and reproductive health. This area is highly emotionally charged with religiosity and politics. And it takes a skilful organisation to navigate through these often turbulent waters in order to arrive at the undeniable destination. Saving lives through better practices. This to me, is the most important health issue in the world.
I continue to offer ways and means to demystify the subject matter, to humanise communication and enhance acceptance of all that Marie Stopes does. To make Marie Stopes the best known and leading authority of sexual and reproductive health in the world. I want Marie Stopes to become synonymous with good sexual health.’
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Dr Sally Cockburn
‘Dr Feelgood’, MBBS, GP, Public Health Advocate, Award winning Australian Radio & TV Presenter
‘Control over fertility should be a personal choice, but sadly for many, even today, there is no choice. Sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental human right and the continued work of Marie Stopes International Australia is vital to see this achieved.
Congratulations on another wonderful year. I am proud of my association with Marie Stopes.’
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Dr Michael Hewitt-Gleeson
International Management Consultant Trainer and Co-founder of the School of Thinking
‘I care about choice. I care about rights. And, I care about science. Marie Stopes is a unique organisation that brings all these together in an effective way to support women around the world.
My skills in the areas of thinking and training continue to assist Marie Stopes in achieving their goals.’
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Sean Triner
MSc Dev (Pop & Rep Health), DMS, BA (Hons)
Sean Triner is co-founder of dynamic global fundraising and marketing agency the Pareto Group which and communications for fundraising. Irreverent, challenging and mathematically minded Sean uses data and testing to develop creative approaches for mail, phone and electronic communications that simply get people giving more to causes that they care about. A hugely popular plenary and master-class speaker worldwide, Sean’s mission is to help charities make the world a safer, fairer, healthier, happier place.
Sean and his business partner called their first company ‘Pareto’ Fundraising after the Pareto principle – a mathematical illustration of social injustice. Vilfredo Pareto noticed that 80% of Italian land was owned by just 20% of the population, but things are much worse now. The majority of land, money, access to medical services and more is available to a minority of the population. The continental boundaries of this are well known – Europeans are better off than Africans. . But less well known is the gender inequality. This goes from the glass ceiling in Europe, America and Australia to total disenfranchisation of women in the developing world. Marie Stopes challenges this paradigm through education and direct health help, dealing with really difficult issues which will make a huge difference in the long term.
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