(AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia - Governor ...

MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIAMrs Mina W BATRA, Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093For service to the community as an advocate of gender equality, Indigenous issues,human rights and interfaith relations.Vice-President, United Nations Association of Australia (New South Wales), 2012; Member,since the 1990s.Convenor, Human Rights and Interfaith, since 2010.Executive Member on the Status of Women, since 2000.Member, National Council of Women of Australia (New South Wales), since 1990.Ongoing Coordinator of United Nations Conventions.New South Wales Adviser, for many years.Representative, United Nations World Women’s Conference, Beijing, in 2000; at fiveconferences held in New York, USA; and at some Status of Women Conferences, also heldin New York.Representative, Asia Pacific Women’s Interfaith Symposium, Griffith University, 2008.Member, Union of Australian Women, 1995-2006.Representative and Presenter; United Nations World Women’s Conference, ‘Status ofWomen in Poverty’, Beijing, 1995.Current Member, New South Wales Women’s Interfaith Network.Member, Aboriginal Support Group, Manly Warringah Pittwater, since the 1990s.Member and Coordinator, Theosophical Society, Northern Beaches, NSW.58