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This award recognises an outstanding woman in leadership, a woman who has contributed positively to promoting women, communities or group development in WA’s African Australian community. The award acknowledges high level innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and a commitment to creating transformative change at a grass roots community level or beyond.
Martha Adau Kongor
Nyat Mulugeta
Martha Adau Kongor is a domestic violence Family Support Worker. Through her role, she liaises with the Department of Child Protection on domestic violence issues affecting the African community. Martha is passionate about helping African mothers and daughters tackle intimate partner violence, gain access to health services, and exercise leadership in their churches.
Demonstrating her dedication to the empowerment of women, Martha is an interpreter with the Aisha Women’s Health Centre. She is also an Assistant Teacher with the Department of Education. A role model for other women, Martha holds various church leadership roles and organises the Anglican Church’s Mother’s Union, the Sudanese Women’s Fellowship, and is the Area Dean for the Anglican Church’s Sudanese Clergy.
In 2007, the Ethnic Communities Council-Women Sub-Committee recognised her contributions with a Certificate of Leadership Excellence. In 2008, she became the first African Priest in charge of a congregation in WA and the first female Area Dean. And in 2009, Martha was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the City of Stirling for her outstanding contributions to the community.
Martha is passionate about empowering African women to overcome gender stereotypes and barriers in their exercise of community leadership.
Bouah Kardio
Nyat Mulugeta
Bouah Kardio is the Vice Chairperson of the Liberian Community Association of Western Australia, and a mental health Recovery Support Worker with Richmond Wellbeing. As part of her work with Richmond Wellbeing, Bouah is the Chairperson and Co-Founder of the Courageous Women Multicultural Network, which officially launched in 2016.
Bouah actively works to create platforms that can bring women together to share their stories, skills, and to support one another in a culturally and socially safe environment. Bouah is also the Founder of Ghana and Liberia-based charity, Esther Kaye Foundation Inc., which provides schooling, shelter, food, and care for orphans, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
As a mentor, Bouah actively sponsors African youth to establish businesses and independent sources of income, and to further their education. In 2017, she received the Liberian of the Year Award.
As a single mother and having survived the war in Liberia as well as the loss of her husband, Bouah is committed to the empowerment of women and youth in the community.
Alberta Sarfoaah
Nyat Mulugeta
Alberta Sarfoaah is the President of the Ghanaian Association of Western Australia She is passionate about fostering community cohesion and pride.
In her role as President of the Ghanaian Association of WA, Alberta teaches cultural performances to young children in the community and equips them with dance and traditional poetry skills. She has written and directed community plays and has successfully organised a range of cultural events in which African youth have participated.
Through her mentorship of African youth as well as her event management and planning, Alberta inspires young people in the community to be active citizens. She is dedicated to fostering a community-wide sense of belonging.