Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Thursday 12 September
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
‘Reader, I married him’ is among the world’s most famous literary quotes. Why? Marriage is one of the most life-changing of events, rivalled only by births and deaths – our entry and exit from this world.
Comedian George McEncroe gets serious about these milestones – and how they can transform us – with the help of guests who’ll share their personal and professional experiences.
George will apply her signature wit as she dives deep into the conversational waters, navigating the big issues from all angles.
Joining us for Births will be Kaz Cooke, Monica Dux and Jane Fisher.
Featuring
Jane Fisher
Jane Fisher is Professor of Women’s Health and the Director of the Jean Hailes Research Unit in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University.
She is an academic Clinical and Health Psychologist with longstanding interests in the links between women’s reproductive health and mental health from adolescence to mid-life. She is particularly interested in how women’s social circumstances interact with their experiences of fertility and fertility difficulties, intended and unintended conception, pregnancy health and healthcare use, childbirth, and early parenthood.
Jane has completed major epidemiological and intervention studies in clinical and community settings in Australia and Vietnam and supervised more than 30 postgraduate projects to completion. She is an expert technical advisor to international agencies including the World Health Organization and the United Nations Population Fund and has been sessional Consultant Clinical Psychologist to the Masada Private Hospital Mother Baby Unit since 1996.
The Jean Hailes Research Unit is an innovative formal partnership between Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, which is a non-for-profit community based organisation committed to translating health-related knowledge for women, their families and health professionals, and Monash University.
Monica Dux
Monica Dux is a writer and commentator. She is the author of Lapsed: losing your religion is harder than it looks (HarperCollins ABC Books, 2021), Things I Didn’t Expect (when I was expecting) (MUP, 2013), co-author of ...
George McEncroe
George McEncroe is the CEO and founder of Shebah, Australia's ridesharing service for women. While trying to safely get her four kids where they needed to go and support her family as a single mum, she came up with an idea for a business: ridesharing that allowed an all-women fleet of drivers to earn income whenever suited them, and that provided worry-free transport for women and children. Now that she's turned her idea into a reality, she's added CEO to the list of roles on her resumé, which include stand-up comedian, breakfast radio host, ABC producer and more.
George started her career in comedy after becoming a Victorian Finalist for Raw Comedy. Her debut one-woman show for Melbourne International Comedy Festival won her a Best New-Comer nomination. George has appeared on Spicks and Specks, Can of Worms and is a regular guest co-host on The Circle. She can be heard on 3AW, 774 and Radio Australia as well as occasionally popping up on Triple R.
Kaz Cooke
Kaz Cooke is a former reporter and cartoonist turned history detective. She is also the author of the bestselling books Up The Duff, Kidwrangling, Girl Stuff, Girl Stuff 8–12, Women’s Stuff, and the children's picture books Wanda Linda Goes Berserk and The Terrible Underpants.
Her new novel, Ada, grew out of her research and exhibition during a Creative Fellowship at the State Library of Victoria, 2013–2015.