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Hatice "Hutch" Hussein [1] is an Australian feminist, activist, and social worker. She served as the elected State President of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) between 2016 and 2019. [2] [3] Upon taking this role, she became the first President in the party's 125-year history to be from an ethnic minority background, from a Muslim background, and from the LGBT community. [4]

Hussein has also co-convened EMILY's List Australia to get progressive Labor women into Parliament [5] and was a Founding Board Member for the Women's Rights Action Network - Australia (WRANA). [6] Hussein has also worked for the Northern Migrant Resource Centre in Melbourne, and as a Ministerial Adviser in Education and Women's Affairs. [1]

In 2019, Hussein called on members of the Victorian Labor to support women who have launched complaints of bullying and sexual harassment within the party. [7]

At the 2022 Victorian state election Hussein ran unsuccessfully as the Labor candidate for the Electoral district of Polwarth, a district represented by conservative parties for over a century. [8]

Personal life

Hussein was born to Turkish Cypriot parents. [5] Her father, Niazi, was a trained mechanic who fled to Australia from Cyprus in 1970 when the Cyprus conflict escalated. Her mother, Nahide, worked at a television factory upon moving to Australia. [9] Hussein worked in NGO organisations before becoming pre selected for the 2022 Victorian state election.

Hussein regards herself as a "cultural Muslim". [1] She is a mother and identifies as a lesbian. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Living Spirit - Muslim Women's Project 2006: Appendices 5 - 15, Australian Human Rights Commission, 2006, retrieved 11 March 2021
  2. ↑ Lane, Sabra (2018), People have lost faith in the Liberal party: Hutch Hussein, Australian Broadcasting Corporation , retrieved 11 March 2021
  3. ↑ Victorian Labor elects new party president, The Age, 2019, retrieved 11 March 2021
  4. 1 2 Hutch Hussein: President of Victorian ALP, Joy.org, 2017, retrieved 11 March 2021
  5. 1 2 Zwartz, Barney (2006), So who really does run Islam?, The Age , retrieved 11 March 2021
  6. ↑ Hutch Hussein, Communities in Control, retrieved 11 March 2021
  7. ↑ Ilanbey, Sumeyya (2019), Labor state president urges members to 'speak up' about harassment, The Age , retrieved 11 March 2021
  8. ↑ "Polwarth (Key Seat) - VIC Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation .
  9. ↑ Wear, Andrew (2020), Solved: How other countries cracked the world's biggest problems (and we can too), Simon & Schuster, ISBN   9781786079008
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