Ma Hnin Yee Htun Win

In 2015, Ma Hnin returned to Myanmar and opened a bar, Father’s Office. A controversial move for a woman in ultra-conservative Myanmar, Father’s Office quickly became an inclusive space where cultural and gender divides were dismantled.

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Dr Helen Hewson

Following PhD studies in the bryophyte family Aneuraceae and a number of years teaching at tertiary institutions, Helen Hewson played an integral role in the establishment and development of the Flora of Australia program of the Bureau of Flora and Fauna (later the Australian Biological Resources Study).

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