Adjunct Professor Robyn Littlewood

Chief Executive of Health and Wellbeing Queensland

‘Our research shows nearly all women have reported finding 2020 challenging. Women have lost more jobs, feel less motivated and healthy. Recovery will require more time for women. The future will see a gradual rise of women re-establishing careers and networks. This will be key.

‘The biggest issues facing Queensland women are continued feelings of loneliness, disengagement and isolation during recovery as the physical home and workplace environments promote isolation to stop the spread. Working from home, Zoom meetings and lockdowns impact our mental wellbeing.

‘This Queensland Women’s Week (QWW) I will be celebrating the unbelievable stories of everyday Queensland women doing it tough. Armed with a shared mantra “others are doing it tougher than I am” and with a solid focus on their loved ones, friends and their communities, there is often little left over for themselves. It is the essence of what makes up a QueenslandHer, yet it is often uncelebrated. This is what we celebrate for QWW in 2021: all those strongher, tougher, bravher and kindher women in Queensland. We celebrate QueenslandHers.’