Migration, Motherhood and Professional Career: Mission Impossible?
Migration, Motherhood and Professional Career: Mission Impossible? When I landed in Melbourne in 2014, my life took a sharp turn from what I had known inChile. My name is Diana Santibanez, and I arrived with my partner and our 1.5-year-old daughter, Amanda. My partner was about to start an MBA program and I was ready […]
Reclaim Your Vision: Empowering Professional Migrant Women to Succeed
Unlock Your Potential in Australia: A Migrant’s Journey to Career Success Migrating to Australia presents an incredible opportunity to redefine your story and career path. As a professional migrant woman, embracing this journey can be both exciting and daunting. Many of us have faced the paralysing fear described in Susan Jeffers’ “Feel the Fear […]
Homecoming: A Group Art Exhibition
Amalgamated by PMW’s network, the artists showing at • Homecoming • are not connected by an aesthetic but by a shared story of migration. Each piece aims to reflect the profound role of family – biological or chosen – in the artists’ migrant journey and the meaning of home, portraying poignant narratives of love, loss, […]
Normalising Money Talks
“You have to have money, but you can’t ask for money because that’s crass” The above quote is from a small indie movie called “Barbie” – you probably never heard of it. I thought it resonated with this article as we explore one of the biggest contradictions in gender inequality as we approach IWD’s […]
MFFs Forever
This Valentine’s Day, we wanted to dedicate this edition of our blog to our MFFs: Migrant Female Friendships. Oftentimes we associate displacement with the difficulties of leaving our blood relatives behind. In contrast, we rarely address the role of our chosen family in our relocation journey. Let’s talk about the significance of our Migrant Female […]
Speaking up against Gender-Based Violence
Gender-based violence encompasses various forms of harm, including sexual, physical, mental, and economic abuse, whether occurring publicly or in private settings. Gender-based violence can happen to anyone however it’s prevalent amongst young girls and women. It involves threats, coercion, and manipulation, manifesting in different ways such as intimate partner violence, sexual assault, child marriage, female […]
Unlock Your Potential with Positive Intelligence: The Secret to Thriving in Life
We all know that our thoughts can sometimes hold us back and prevent us from reaching our full potential. That’s where Positive Intelligence (PQ) comes in. Positive Intelligence focuses on our ability to use our experiences, knowledge, and mindset to unlock our true potential. It’s a way of thinking that helps us navigate life’s challenges […]
Breaking the Silence: The Struggle of Professional Migrant Women in Seeking Help
When my husband and I arrived in Australia as skilled migrants, I was fairly confident that the transition to our new life would not be too difficult. After all, we were fluent in English, so it should not be too hard to do the research and find the resources we needed to settle our […]
Protecting My Mental Health During the Job Search: 7 Things That Have Helped Me
Let’s face it… In today’s technological and digital-driven world, job hunting can be nothing less than daunting. Especially when you’re a migrant woman on a quest for a professional job in a foreign country. Even worse! A foreign professional market. Trust me, I know. It’s not just the usual job search jitters we […]
Salary Aspirations. How to Answer this Question During a Job Interview
The question about salary aspirations was always a tricky one for me to answer during a job interview. And if you are anything like me, you might also feel unsure of how much you should ask for, and sometimes you can be afraid of appearing too greedy or too modest. It is important to remember […]
