Eve Semple (born 1976) is a politician,

women's rights activist Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

and

curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...

from

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together w ...

, who is a member of the Norfolk Island Advisory Council and of Women’s Advocacy Group Norfolk Island.

Biography

Semple was born in 1976 and she attended university in Australia. In 2013 she was Chairperson of the Social Welfare Advisory Committee of Norfolk Island and spoke out about the poverty that many islanders faced after the financial crash of 2007. She is also the convenor of Women’s Advocacy Group Norfolk Island (WAGNI), who received a grant from the Australian government in 2018 to improve women's financial literacy on the island. In 2015 she was appointed to the Norfolk Island Advisory Council. In the aftermath of the transition of Norfolk Island to Australian governance, Semple welcomed the introduction of Medicare and changes to domestic violence laws for women on the island. Semple is a museum curator and has held the role of Director of the

Norfolk Island Museum Norfolk Island Museum is a museum organisation on Norfolk Islanders, Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia in the southern Pacific Ocean. The museum comprises five sites and collections that include archaeological, archival and socia ...

. In 2018, Semple and colleagues received a grant from the Australian Research Council, in order to promote and facilitate revival of the Norfolk Island language.

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