Broadcaster, award-winning author and authority on consent, culture and women's issues
Yumi Stynes has worked in Australian media for more than two decades, moving from music and arts reporting into writing, broadcasting and a role as one of the country's most respected authorities on sex education, consent, women's issues and social culture. She is the host of the hugely popular ABC podcast Ladies, We Need to Talk, the SBS SEEN podcast and Double J Weekends, as well as a regular arts and food broadcaster.
She is the co-author of the acclaimed Welcome To book series — including Welcome to Sex, which won Book of the Year for Older Children at the Australian Book Industry Awards in 2024 and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Literature. Her writing and presenting career spans audiences from schoolchildren to corporate executives.
An accomplished MC, facilitator and interviewer, Yumi has hosted the Sydney Writers Festival Great Debate, the 2023 Newcastle New Annual Multicultural Festival, She Leads Conferences and Art After Hours at the Art Gallery of NSW. She speaks on topics including gender, education, health, inclusion and the intersection of culture and leadership.
Yumi Stynes is an MC based in New South Wales. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
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