Randhir Amoganathan

Randhir completed his Law degree in 1992 in United Kingdom, with an MBA in 1993 at Keele University and an MSC (Econs) from the London School of Economics in 1994. He specialised in software contracts management in UK and was an In-House Legal Counsel in Singapore. Migrating to Australia in 2008, he is admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the High Court of Australia and the High Court of New Zealand. In 2018, he founded Obvia Legal to provide legal services in commercial, contracts, wills. estates, as well as migration and citizenship. A contract specialist since 2012, Randhir has represented clients at the Magistrates, District Court in Perth and Bunbury, and Federal Magistrates Court and Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Perth. He is currently a member of the Business Network International (BNI), a Board member of the College of Law (WA) Alumni Association. and the Secretary of the WA-Singapore Business Connect Inc (WASBC). He is most passionate about migrant and refugees issues. In his spare time, he likes to read, especially on Greece and Rome, catch up on foreign films and spend time with his family. Currently, Randhir also serves as a Human Rights Convener for the UNAAWA. 

Dr Sandy Chong Yee-Ling

A Harvard alumna, Sandy is the winner of 2020 Australia Community Citizen of the Year; 2020 US Stevie International Business Award for Executive of the Year; 2019 Asia’s Top Sustainability Women of the Year; 2016 Singapore Management Consultant of the Year; & 2016 WA Multicultural Recognition Awards.  Sandy earned her PhD in Info. Systems (2003) and has over 15 years’ experience leading International Business, Strategic Communication, and Strategic Alliance projects across public-listed, private & non-profit organisations.  An active contributor of the SDGs, Sandy strongly believes that education & leadership are key to economic empowerment for youths & women. Appointed the Auspire Ambassador for the Australia Day Council, Ambassador for the Valuing Children Initiatives, State Director for Australian Harvard Women, and a working group member of the Special Olympics World Games, Sandy has represented Australia as a delegate at the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN HQ in New York, and served as Special Rapporteur for Youth Workers at the 105th International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conference in Geneva.  Her passion in connecting business with philanthropy helped raise funds for UN Women, Special Olympics Australia & Homeward Bound. In addition to serving on boards & mentoring high achievers, Sandy is an avid traveler, composer & painter.

Zaina Debouch

Zaina Debouch is a passionate educator with a diverse professional background. Her career in education began as a dedicated babysitter, nurturing her love for working with children. Motivated by this experience, she pursued studies in Teaching and History, eventually becoming an art educator at a renowned museum.

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Having immigrated to Australia and starting anew, Zaina's journey exemplifies her resilience and determination. She overcame initial challenges by taking on the role of a cleaner, eventually progressing to her current position as a Lecturer.

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Zaina's unwavering commitment to making the world a better place is evident in her voluntary work with the United Nations. Her belief in dignity, peace, and justice for all fuels her passion for creating positive change. Through her involvement with the UNAAWA, she collaborates with like-minded individuals and organizations, striving towards a future characterized by equality and sustainable development.

Dr Siddier Chambers

Dr Siddier Chambers is an international social researcher and public sector expert specialising in public policy, community development, gender equality, female empowerment and regional development. Her work and research in Australia, Egypt, Jamaica and the Caribbean have contributed to over ten years of experience designing, implementing and evaluating social and economic development policies, programs and projects.

She completed her PhD in Public Policy at Curtin University, which included an evaluation of the World Bank’s Rural Economic Development Initiative Project (REDI) in Jamaica, focusing on its impact on rural women’s economic, physical, social and psychological development. 

In Jamaica, Dr Chambers made significant contributions to designing and implementing the National Strategic Action Plan to eliminate Gender-Based Violence (2017-2027), National Policy for Gender Equality and Anti-Sexual Harassment Act. In the Caribbean, her work and research promoted poverty reduction, gender equality, positive masculinity, climate change mitigation and gender-responsive climate policy and actions.

Here in Western Australia, she had done work on major social issues, including family and domestic violence, homelessness, Aboriginal wellbeing and Royalties for Regions. Dr Chambers now works as a Principal Advisor in the WA Public Sector.

She is Vice President for Strategy and Partnership in the United Nations Association of Australia, WA Division (UNAAWA) and also a member of the Perth Caribbean Association.

Sara Shengeb

Sara has extensive experience working for not-for-profit and government organizations to advance human rights on local and international levels.

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Sara is currently the Human Rights Committee Convener and works in the public sector and is finalizing her Master of International Relations and National Security. She has served as a ministerial advisor and has designed and led a number of state and international programs aimed at raising young people's leadership and advocacy skills.

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Amongst other recognitions, Sara has been awarded a young people’s Human Rights Medal by the Australian Human Rights Commission for her work on advancing human rights in Australia and was more recently recognized by the US Department of State as an emerging leader where she spent the beginning of 2020 touring the US to explore issues of human rights in the Indo-Pacific region.

Manisha Bhudia CPA ACGMA

Manisha Bhudia is a current Member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), Member Certified Public Accountants (Australia), Member of Financial Planning Association (Australia), Tax Financial Adviser. Manisha has completed an Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning and have obtained Certificate in Behavioural Money Coaching. In 2021, she was voted as 50 Most Influential Advisers in Australia by Financial Standards. She was a Finalist Financial Adviser of the Year and Finalist Small Business Adviser of the Year categories in Women in Finance Awards 2021.

Manisha is an Financial Adviser by Profession, and it is what she loves to do because she gets to create a conscious positive impact, one life at a time. She was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. To provide herself and her children an opportunity to thrive and have access to equal opportunities, she enrolled with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants certification from UK (CIMA) and self-taught the course on a correspondence basis. Shortly after achieving the CIMA certification, she arrived in Australia in 2007 and obtained CPA designation and worked for various corporate organisations. In 2014, she sidestepped and pursued a career in financial planning as her acquired skills and experience complimented her passion for wanting to financially empower people and small to medium businesses and educate people on the importance of mindset towards money so that they can endeavour to live their best fulfilled lives. Manisha believes Education leads to Economic Empowerment which leads to Freedom to make conscious choices.

Melanye Wawrik

Melanye has completed her Juris Doctorate and is currently completing her Dissertation for a Masters in International Law at the University of Western Australia. Melanye also has three Bachelors of Art in Art (Photography), Literature (Spanish and Latin American Literature) and Language Studies (Romantic Languages) from the University of California Santa Cruz. Melanye’s many passions are Education, Multiculturalism, Space Exploration, Sustainability and Alliances in National Security. She is an Education Assistant for students with Additional Needs and has worked as a Private Tutor for Additional Needs students for over a decade. She loves helping student reach their best potential in every grade from K to12 and beyond. Melanye has previously participated in politics and is very involved in her local community in various committees in the Eastern Hills of Perth. She spends most of her free time at her small farm in the hills with her many animals, practicing sustainable farming, when she is not traveling visiting her very large family spread across the globe. Melanye enjoys helping others and therefore enjoys her Secretary position as she gets to help all the committees in small but meaningful ways but also gets to meet and greet members at events, while advocating for the SDG’s.