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Greek Women Speak

Name: [FREE] Greek Women Speak
Start: 2026-02-15T09:30:00+11:00
End: 2026-02-15T10:30:00+11:00
Location: Greek Centre

When: Sunday, 15/02/2026, 9:30 am AEDT ( Add to your Calendar... )

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Where: Greek Centre 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
Entry: Ticketed

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Event Details

Greek Women Speak is a one day symposium that challenges cultural taboos in multicultural Australia.

Curated and moderated by best selling poet, journalist and author Koraly Dimitriadis, the event platforms Greek and Greek Cypriot women whose voices are rarely heard in mainstream conversations. Speakers from Melbourne and Sydney will share lived experience, practical insight and expert knowledge across a range of challenging and often silenced topics.

The day aims to re energise, inspire, empower and educate through honest discussion, storytelling and shared reflection.

All genders and ethnicities are welcome.

What to expect

A full day program with the flexibility to come and go
Fully catered Greek inspired food by Grazing With Stella
Audience Q and A included in every session
A designated quiet room available throughout the day
In person and online viewing tickets available

Please note: This event is expected to sell out. Early booking is recommended and assists with catering planning.

Special feature film screening

The program includes the Australian premiere of TACK, the first #MeToo documentary to come out of Greece.

Produced by the Onassis Cultural Centre and directed by British Greek filmmaker Vania Turner, the film follows the Olympian who sparked Greece’s MeToo movement as she inspires a younger athlete to break her silence.

Language: Greek with English subtitles.

Program schedule

9.30 – 10.00
Registration, morning tea and welcome

10.00 – 10.45
The Oldies: Dementia, Sex and Dating. How do we normalise it?
Featuring Petr Malapanis, poet documenting her mother’s dementia journey

10.45 – 11.00
Break

11.00 – 12.30
Australian premiere screening of TACK
Presented by the Greek Australian Film Society

12.30 – 1.15
Lunch break and quiet room available

1.15 – 2.00
TACK, #MeToo and violence hidden in the shadows
How can we shift victim blaming in community?
Featuring Jo Galanis and Nikki Simos

2.00 – 2.15
Break

2.15 – 3.00
Mental health, incarceration and substance abuse
Hitting rock bottom and rebuilding life in the face of cultural shame
Featuring Eleni Psillakis and Stella Andrianna Michael

3.00 – 3.15
Afternoon tea break

3.15 – 4.30
That’s What They Do
Book launch, poetry performance and conversation with Koraly Dimitriadis
Featuring Emily Highfield, Stefanie Costi and Koraly Dimitriadis

4.30 – 4.45
Break and networking

4.45 – 5.30
What will people say?
Forging taboo paths in culture and life
Featuring Roula Krikellis and Kat Zam

5.30 – 6.00
Final networking and close

Speakers include

Stefanie Costi
Kat Zam
Eleni Psillakis
Jo Galanis
Nikki Simos
Emily Highfield
Roula Krikellis
Stella Andrianna Michael
Petr Malapanis
Koraly Dimitriadis

Acknowledgements

Greek Women Speak is supported by the Greek Community of Melbourne, with thanks to Grazing With Stella, Toorak Law, Arc Up Australia, Outside The Box Press, Dingo Drama TV and the Greek Australian Film Society, along with all donors and sponsors who made this event possible.

Poster design by Rosie Giuliano.