SisterWorks will be part of the Village Market every Sunday in March. Meet our African entrepreneurs who will be selling their beautiful products and will offer visitors a chance to connect with African culture. The Village Market will have African-inspired food and visitors can meet our African Entrepreneurs and learn Read more…
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2019 in style, we are launching a new range of hand printed tote bags in our online store. The lovely ladies here at SisterWorks have been working on new geometric print designs. All designs are printed on fair-trade cotton with hand made prints in a Read more…
Attending this workshop you will support Faith, one of our creative entrepreneurs. Our workshop sessions support our entrepreneurs by giving them an opportunity to teach their creative skills and to make unique ethical, local and handmade products. Faith is one of our creative entrepreneurs. She’s originally from Papua, New Guinea. Read more…
At SisterWorks we can say women empowerment and gender equality has proven to be positive for the Australian economy, for businesses, for local communities, for families, for men and women. Women empowerment is so important. Women are happier when they are economically independent, when they are in charge of their Read more…
For some people starting an enterprise is part of an innate talent and desire to create something different. For many it is the only way to move forward. In today’s word, all of us need to develop entrepreneurial skills, or “intrapreneurial” skills if you work as an employee. Why do we Read more…
In 2017 a plane crashed into a shopping centre in Essendon leaving 5 people dead. The tragedy affected the families of the occupants (4 US citizens and the Australian pilot), and the ordeal was recognized as the worst civil aviation accident in Victoria in the last 30 years. A Spotlight Read more…
Mary came to Australia 4 years ago and spent the first half of that time isolated at home, experiencing a deep sorrow for being so far from her children still in Sri Lanka. Days would go by and to Mary a Monday was no different to a Friday, and although Read more…
Chances are that, if you call yourself a Melburnian, you are in love with that dark, bitter and addictive substance that is sold by the millions every day in our lovely city: yes, we are talking about coffee. The origins of the drink are as dark and mysterious as coffee Read more…
The Melbourne Fashion Week is over and it has left us wanting more glamour and spark, especially with so many new green and sustainable fashion choices. This fairly recent tendency keeps involving more and more brands and fashion designers, which are going all-in with thoughtful business practices. The best part is, Read more…
Indulging in a glass or two of wine after work was routine for Jamie, a freelance professional who works in Melbourne CBD, but when he heard of “dry July“, he loved the idea of ditching alcohol for one month to support a charitable activity. To make things more interesting, Jamie Read more…