Articles by Emma Davidson
- Profile
- Emma Davidson works in the university sector to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in technology. She was a Greens Minister in the ACT Government and National Convenor for Women's Electoral Lobby. Emma Davidson was the ACT's Minister for Disability, Minister for Justice Health, Minister for Mental Health, Assistant Minister for Families and Community Services and Member for Murrumbidgee. She held one of the six Greens seats in the 10th Legislative Assembly. Emma was also a former Woden Valley Community Council committee member and former Secretary at Pearce Community Centre, and she was the former Convenor of the Women's Electoral Lobby. Emma has spoken at TEDxCanberra and TEDxAdelaide about the importance of listening to marginalised women, and at the Now Hear This storytelling night about the diversity of the Canberra community. Emma has previously worked in social research and advocacy at the Women's Centre for Health Matters and at Equality Rights Alliance, managed online communications for the Australian Medical Association, was Director of Information Management at Navy, worked in private sector software development, owned and managed a small retail business, and worked at Centrelink for seven years.
Culture, Environment, Featured, Green Agenda 2025:3
Forever in the space between us
As Voyager 1 nears its end, Emma Davidson reflects on what its journey, along with Pluto and its moon Charon, reveal about the beauty and power of symbiosis. In her essay, Emma shows how relationships and collaborations often within liminal spaces remain fundamental to addressing humanity’s deepening crises and Earth’s custodianship [...]
Featured, Green Agenda Quarterly Journal Autumn 2021, Social Justice
Has COVID-19 made women more insecure at home?
In early 2020 I got stuck in New York as the world came to grips with the COVID pandemic. I had been supporting a group of Aboriginal and Pacific First Nations women who went there to tell their story and build relationships internationally, in their work to end violence against First Nations women. Over the month, I watched the city... Read More
