Media Centre

Spokespeople

ActionAid Australia has range of spokespeople who you can speak to about women’s rights, international development, climate justice and economic justice. Please get in touch if you’d like to arrange an interview.

Michelle Higelin – Executive Director

Michelle Higelin has more than two decades of experience working to advance women’s rights in Australia and internationally, including as the former Deputy General Secretary of one of the largest women’s rights movement globally, the World YWCA. Michelle has served on global advisory groups to the United Nations Population Fund and the World Food Programme, and convened the NGO Working Group on Peace at the United Nations in Geneva. For the past decade Michelle has worked with ActionAid, driving gender transformative development and humanitarian programming. Michelle has a Master of International Relations and a BA in Communications.

Follow Michelle Higelin on Linkedin and BlueSky.

Carol Angir – Deputy Head of Programs

Carol Angir has more than 15 years of experience working directly with communities and women’s rights movements on projects addressing violence against women and promoting women’s access to justice in conflict and post conflict zones. Her experience spans countries across Africa, Eastern Europe and Central and South Asia.

Watch recent interviews with Carol Angir on Sky News and Weekend Sunrise.