Avenger of the Week | Carol Schwartz, AO

Carol Schwartz believes in mobilizing women to create change. She is the Founding Chair of the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia and has been recognized as one of Australia’s most influential women in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac’s Inaugural 100 Women of Influence Awards. Together with her husband Alan and their four children, Carol established the Trawalla Foundation, which invests in exceptional individuals and organizations and focuses on strengthening gender equality, creativity, sustainability, and social justice within our society.

She is one of the leading agitators for change of women’s representation in Australia and is the driver of the Women for Media initiative, which aims to increase female representation in media.

One of Australia’s most influential women @Cazzmelbournebelieves in mobilizing women to create change and works to elevate the visibility of expert women in her community and beyond‪, which makes her @GenderAvenger’s #AvengerOfTheWeek. #GenderAvenger‬ https://www.genderavenger.com/blog/avenger-of-the-week-carol-schwartz