About Ruwendi Wakwella
Ruwendi (a.k.a. Wendy) is a communications manager and content writer based in the ACT.
An ANU alumn, Wendy has specialised in policy research and advocacy – with a keen interest in politics, international relations, and women's rights.
As a native Sri Lankan, she worked in Sri Lanka as a freelance journalist, writing about the plight of women in post-conflict zones.
Having moved from Sydney, Wendy prefers the feeling of community she has experienced in Canberra and has surprised herself at how fond she has grown of the Capital State.
You might catch her at your local watering hole, or getting excited about the next dog she sees on the road in a not-so-subtle-manner.
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Local Leaders
“If you can’t see it, you can’t be it” goes the mantra: we all need role models and inspiration, and sometimes the most powerful icons are right there in our own backyards. Powered by Passion is a new Region Media series by Nina Gbor that takes us inside the lives and motivations of some remarkable Canberra women. Margaret Blakers, in...
Local Leaders
“If you can’t see it, you can’t be it” goes the mantra: we all need role models and inspiration, and sometimes the most powerful icons are right there in our own backyards. Powered by Passion is a new Region Media series by Nina Gbor that takes us inside the lives and motivations of some remarkable Canberra women. The focus is...
Local Leaders
“If you can’t see it, you can’t be it” goes the mantra: we all need role models and inspiration, and sometimes the most powerful icons are right there in our own backyards. Powered by Passion is a new Region Media series by Nina Gbor that takes us inside the lives and motivations of some remarkable Canberra women. This week, Nina...
News
Twenty-six-year-old Nipuni Wijewickrema is still reeling from the news that she is one of the ten recipients of this year's Westpac Social Change Fellowship, recognising her as an inspirational individual committed to creating positive change in Australia. "I'm just really touched," she says, "to know an organisation like Westpac supports you, and with such a substantial sum of money." The...