Podcast Episode 103
Really Interesting Women

Jamila Rizvi

Jamila is the Deputy Managing Director of Future Women which is an organisation that supports professional women to accelerate their careers, works with men to overcome unconscious bias and helps organisations tackle barriers to gender equality. 

She is also a best-selling author for adults and children, a columnist for Sunday Life magazine, which is part of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a podcaster – currently a co-host on The Briefing podcast and has been a regular commentator on The Project, Today, The Drum and Q & A. Early in her career she was an adviser to the Rudd and Gillard governments and at 25 became one of the youngest people ever to work as a Chief of Staff to a Federal Minister.

But life hasn't been the plain sailing that a bio written down on paper might suggest. 

At the end of 2017 she was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. She had 36 rounds of radiation and two brain surgeries. The diagnosis was a complete shock to her and her very young family. And the journey in coming back from that has been extraordinary. 

Have a listen to Jamila's inspiring podcast episode.



Jamila's books are available at all good book stores and online at booktopia.com.au (Untold Resilience is authored by Future Women):
The Motherhood
Not Just Lucky 
Untold Resilience
I'm a Hero Too
Work. Love. Body

The website of Future Women is:
www.futurewomen.com

Visit instagram @reallyinterestingwomen for further interviews and posts of interesting women in history.

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