Welcome to Episode 54 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Jacquie Love, Founder of Secret Sisterhood. Jacquie talks about how dabbling in journalism during her fashion design university degree led to exploring the topic of human trafficking, her life-changing charity work trip to India to rescue and rehabilitate girls from sex trafficking, starting the Secret Sisterhood movement, creating a symbol for gender equality, spreading her message through jewellery and what’s next in her journey to support women’s causes.
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00:20 – A background into Jacquie’s university degree in fashion design, as well as a sub-major in journalism, and further exploring the topic of human trafficking
02:20 – Around 40 million people are being trafficked around the world, and around 70% of those people are women and girls. Around 4,000 people are under slavery in Australia alone.
04:00 – A life-changing opportunity to visit India with a charity to investigate human trafficking after uni
05:00 – A background into what happens in human trafficking in India, and the conditions Jacquie witnessed.
07:00 – Returning home and reflecting on what happened and wondering how she can make a difference by applying for charity work
08:00 – Attending a social enterprise conference with her friend; the catalyst to start her own social enterprise, Secret Sisterhood
09:00 – A background into the work of Sister Secrethood, and the symbol they created to represent gender equality
10:00 – Getting the symbol out into the world by making jewellery, with the profits going to women’s charities
11:00 – Jacquie’s passion for and work with microfinance
12:00 – How others can get involved, connect with and buy jewellery with Secret Sisterhood: secretsisterhood.com or join their Facebook group
14:00 – How COVID has impacted Secret Sisterhood and the charities they support
15:00 – Things on the other side and COVID being a blessing in disguise with their change in focus
17:00 – What’s next for Jacquie and Secret Sisterhood; reflecting on what she’s achieved at 25 years old this year!