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Meet Khayshie
Khayshie is a lawyer by trade but a storyteller and educator by heart. She is known for weaving lived experience and strategic insights together to catalyse systemic and behavioural change.
Khayshie is a well-respected community leader with almost 10 years of strategy and governance experience across local government, legal, leadership, housing, health, mental health, youth, gender equality and multicultural sectors.
She proudly served two consecutive terms as the Multicultural Youth Commissioner of Victoria advocating for better outcomes for multicultural communities. As a champion of intersectional approaches to gender equality, Khayshie has also represented Australia’s gender equality priorities globally at the United Nations on multiple occasions.
Khayshie is a sought after thought leader, speaker and commentator within diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and intersectional gender equality spaces. Her deep understanding of people, community and systems enables her to change hearts and minds by making the ‘invisible’ visible. Her speaking style is characterised by relatable personal stories, enveloped in quick witted humour and sealed with practical calls to action.
Khayshie’s pieces of paper:
Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
Graduate Diploma of Legal Business Skills
Accreditation in Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Where you can currently find her:
Vice President, Deputy Chair & Non-Executive Board Director of YWCA Australia
Education and Engagement Advisor at The Equality Institute
National Multicultural Advisory Panel Member at Think HQ
Non-Executive Board Director of Gender Equity Victoria
Senior Industry Fellow at RMIT Forward: The Centre of Future Skills and Workforce Transformation
Non-Executive Board Director of The Iceberg Foundation
Advisory Committee Member of Future Forte Australia
Assessment Panel Member of Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Some things she’s proud of:
Australian Government Delegate to United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women 68th Session 2024
Independent Delegate to United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women 67th Session 2023
Multicultural Excellence Award for Community Service 2021
Premier’s Volunteer Leadership Award 2019
Named in Top 100 Future Leaders of Australia list
Inaugural Youth Mayor of City of Greater Bendigo
Inaugural Joan Kirner Young and Emerging Women Leaders Scholar 2018
Young Citizen of the Year 2017