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Hunter Lifestyle March 2019
She’s Got Your Back
Professional photographer Melissa Histon put down her camera and rolled up her sleeves to help women and children subjected to domestic violence.
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Newcastle Star March 2016
The Sista Code’s Got Your Back Sista charity debuts at Newcastle Raid My Wardrobe Market.
NBN News July 2019
The Newcastle Knights are once again joining forces with Hunter charity ‘Got Your Back Sista’ to say no to domestic violence. Read more….
Westfield Local Hero 2018
The $10,000 Westfield Local Heroes grant has enabled Got Your Back Sista to host new workshops and activities that the organisation has not been able to provide due to funding. Read more…..
2017 Newcastle Woman of the Year
WOMEN’S rights activist and founder of The Sista Code website, Melissa Histon, has been named 2017 Newcastle Woman of the Year. Read more….
Newcastle Herald November 2019
Melissa Histon, founder of Got Your Back Sista, is an inspiration to women in all walks of life. Read more….
Newcastle Herald May 2014
Newcastle Herald , May 15 2014
ON the eve of International Women’s Day, a group of Novocastrians is looking to shed light on the plight of disadvantaged women and children in one of the world’s most remote locations.
A team of four Newcastle residents will head to Nepal on Monday to begin filming a documentary on the plight of the some 20,000 women and children who are sold to human traffickers from Nepal each year.
