Women who wow
Published in The Australian Jewish News
March 8, 2019
with Sophie Deutsch.
Today is International Women’s Day. Rebecca Davis and Sophie Deutsch celebrate a few remarkable women of the community.
We are working women. We are stay-at-home mums.
We are lawyers, doctors and teachers; artists, authors and actors.
We are councillors and cooks; lawyers and librarians.
We are graphic designers and fashion designers. We are students, scholars and managers, members of parliament and the media.
We are contributors to every aspect of life – public and private.
We are resilient.
Survivors of the Holocaust; survivors of ill health; survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, friends and girlfriends.
Nurturers and life givers who try to eat well, cook well and make that gym class.
We wear many hats, do many things, and strive for balance.
On International Women’s Day, we globally celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
There are an immeasurable number of remarkable women in our community; too many for two pages, an entire edition, or indeed 52 editions.
But we highlight just a few, and celebrate their stories, as collectively we celebrate all women.
JUDI HAUSMANN | PR powerhouse
Judi Hausmann is a giant in the world of public relations (PR). The founder and chief executive officer of The Haus (formerly the Hausmann Group), an independent PR and marketing communications group, Judi was pivotal in the establishment of the consumer PR sector in Australia. She is also the founder of HSPR, the first and only PR industry-initiated registered training organisation to provide nationally recognised PR qualifications and vocational training.
Judi’s PR journey began at the age of 20, a long way from her hometown Sydney – in Jerusalem – where her family were taking sabbatical.
“I became the door lady at the Hilton Hotel in Jerusalem, which was actually part of the public relations department. That was the first time I had even heard of the words, public relations!” tells Judi from the famed birdcage at the Melbourne Cup last year – an overt representation of her trajectory.