Jan grew up on the Northern Beaches, attended Mackellar Girls Campus and worked, while a student, at the local ‘Women’s Refuge’. She was instrumental in the establishment of the UNSW Gendered Violence Research Network and is now it’s Co-Convenor. She also holds positions of leadership on several organisations in this area. Jan has undertaken extensive work and research in the areas of trauma, domestic and sexual violence, and gender issues since 1986. Jan will speak on her work and her life story.