Women on the Line: Recent Episodes
Ayan Shirwa, Emma Hart, Iris Lee, Priya Kunjan, Scheherazade Bloul
A national feminist current affairs program for community radio. A gender analysis of contemporary issues, as well as in-depth analysis by a range of women and gender diverse people around Australia and internationally. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network (CRN).
The first episode of Women on the Line was broadcast on July 16, 1986.This week on the program we mark 40 years of Women on the Line with an interview with WOTL’s first producer, Deb Welch.We’ll also hear some archival excerpts from the first episode of the show.
In this episode, we interview Laleh Khalili, a professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter and the author of Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula, to discuss the longer lineages of imperialism and capitalism currently exemplified through the escalation of US war against Iran and what role the Gulf states play. This is a two-part series.Part II examines in deeper detail Iran, as well as histories of worker-led revolts.Laleh is one of 500 academics in Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Exeter facing redundancies. For more information, see: University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’. Show your solidarity, please sign the following petition:https://www.change.org/p/stop-redundancies-at-the-university-of-exeter-706befbf-8195-4b87-a96c-13666e695878/psf/share
Professor Prabha Kotiswaran is a Professor of Law and Social Justice. Her main areas of research include criminal law, transnational criminal law, feminist legal studies and sociology of law. She has edited and co-authored a number of influential books on sex work, trafficking, feminism and the law, and is a leading voice on gender, labour and social justice.On this episode of women on the line, Prabha tells us about Prajwala v. Union of India, a recent landmark Supreme Court case that makes the vital distinction between autonomous sex workers and victims of trafficking, as well as recognises that those who are survivors of sex trafficking have a right to meaningful rehabilitation, support and opportunities to rebuild their lives.Content warning: mentions of sexual assault, suicide
On this episode of Women on the Line, we hear from Emily Stephenson, an educator and social-emotional learning specialist based in Thailand working at the intersection of education and mental health.Emily talks to us about creating safe, inclusive spaces for students, challenging systems that prioritise compliance and conformity at the expense of belonging and student wellbeing, her experience working with and supporting neurodiverse students across cultures, and the systemic failings of schooling structures around the world.
This week on the program we hear from four women from Kanaky, so-called New Caledonia, who were recently in so-called Australia for a speaking tour, organised by Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm. Fara Caillard, Sonia Togna, Doriane Nonmoira, and Marie-Claire Kaïchou reflect on the Indigenous feminist movement in Kanaky, the simultaneous fight for independence and women’s rights, the ongoing impacts of French colonisation, as well as Indigenous people’s relationship to the land.--Click here to listen to the full original interview in French (Cliquez le lien pour écouter la version française)
Thinzar Shunlei Yi is an award winning Myanmar Democracy Activist, well-known for her public advocacy against Military supremacism and oppressive systems for ethnic and religious minorities. Shunlei is the director of Sisters 2 Sisters (S2S), a women’s rights and feminist resistance collective in Myanmar that promotes global solidarity, supports frontline fighters, and mentors young female activists. On this episode of Women on the Line, Shunlei tells us about life under military rule now, Myanmar’s resistance fighters, the military’s recent ban on menstrual products as a political weapon, and what Sisters2Sisters is doing to help people who menstruate. Follow their work on Instagram: @sisters2sisters.myanmar The song used in this episode is by Myanmar artist Than Than Sint and can be found here.
For this week’s episode of Women on the Line we go back into the archives, and revisit the historic 50-day Victorian nurses’ and midwives’ strike in 1986. As 3CR Community radio celebrates its 50th anniversary and this program, Women on the Line, celebrates its 40th anniversary, we are dedicating this special May Day edition of the show to the nurses’ strike and the rolling coverage that took place on 3CR at the time. On today’s program you will hear segments from three episodes of Women on the Line that aired in November and December 1986, presented and produced by Deb Welch, former 3CR presenter and creator of Women on the Line. Across the three episodes, Deb speaks to nurses and members of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (now known as the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Foundation), and shares speeches, chants and songs from the various rallies and walkouts that took place across the state of Victoria.--Thank you to 3CR Community Radio for access to this archived audio, to the ANMF digital exhibition of the strike, and to the following publication, Radical Radio Book - Celebrating 40 years of 3CR.
Tatreez live at the 60th National Folk Festival, playing songs and tunes from a time that pre-dated 1948 and continues to this day in spite of Israeli occupation and blockade.
s new online safety codes requiring age verification for R-rated games and websites and the ramifications that this will have on our privacy. These new requirements, aimed to prevent children from being exposed to age-inappropriate content, raise questions about whether this will actually stop young people from accessing this content, as well as concerns regarding the online privacy of users. Furthermore, this age assurance could negatively impact the online sex work industry, exposing workers and clients to privacy and safety risks as well as creating further stigmatisation of the porn industry. To discuss these issues we speak to Lucinda Thorpe, Privacy Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch and Mish Pony, CEO of Scarlet Alliance.
s first interview with Dr Sarkar from 2021 on the same topic here: https://www.3cr.org.au/tuesday-breakfast/episode-202111020700/radio-reimagined-bollywood-and-indias-far-right-gendered
s monopoly over the critical minerals supply chain, we explore the logic of national security and how that shrouds tracing critical minerals to the industry of war.Mercedes has extensively written and researched military supply chains as part of Renegade Activists, who also host a show on 3CR, A Friday Night Rave.We hear music from Double Dole Stringband: www.instagram.com/double_dole_stringbandPart 1 of the conversation: https://www.3cr.org.au/womenontheline/episode/critical-minerals-militarisation-x-mining-boom-20
Maya Linstrum-Newman, Programme Lead for Human Trafficking and Forced Labour at the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), on a recent alliance between radical feminists and religious groups to restrict reproductive freedoms and its impact on sex work, surrogacy, gender ideology and bodily autonomy.
This week on the program we are looking at energy democracy in action - specially Cooperative Power, a not-for-profit cooperative which is member owned and member run.Recently, CoPower’s energy partner Energy Locals was bought out by major retailer Origin Energy.We speak with Claire Harvey, Cooperative Power Board member, about what CoPower does, why their model is different, and what CoPower’s response has been to the dismaying news of the purchase of their energy partner by Origin.To take the pledge to be part of CoPower 2.0, visit https://www.cooperativepower.org.au/
In this special live-recorded episode of Women on the Line, we broadcast from the streets of Naarm/Melbourne during the mass protest against the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog. This episode captures the voices of protesters, organisers, and community members who situate Herzog’s visit within the ongoing genocide in Gaza and Australia’s complicity through diplomatic, military, economic and political alignment. We hear speeches from Nour Salman, Tasnim Sammak and an interview with Students for Palestine organiser Renee.
s nuclear weapons testing in the region through literature. As a playwright herself, Titaua also discusses the important role of literature in providing different perspectives on history and people, countering stereotypes such as the ‘post card’ view of French Polynesia.
In this episode, we sit with researcher Mercedes Zanker to discuss the military supply chain of critical minerals, from the colonisation and expropriation of sovereign Aboriginal lands to raining bombs on people implicated in US terror wars. Mercedes has extensively written and researched military supply chains as part of her work for Renegade Activists and her show on 3CR, A Friday Night Rave.
On this episode of Women on the Line we listen to snippets from a panel discussion about the new research released by the Racial Profiling Data Monitoring Project. We hear from:Dr Tamar Hopkins, a Researcher on Racial ProfilingSabrina Adem, a Community organiserLauren Caufield, Advocacy coordinator at Beyond Survival, Flat OutBee Charika, Rising Red Lantern and VixenDr Tasnim Sammak, Palestinian activist and organiserThe panel was moderated by Idil Ali, a community organiser.The panel was held on Monday 1 December at the Institute for Postcolonial Studies in Narrm.
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Sharvari, a theatre historian from India currently teaching at University of Chicago, about her first book project, Performances of Posterity: Theater, Archives and Cultural Regulation in Modern India. Sharvari talks to us about her research, the historical erasure of caste and gender in theatre, the impermanence of researching performance, the linguistic complexities of Indian theatre, and the changing nature of resistance and oppression through art.
s rights and environmental issues. She established the Almasar Library Centre, which educated women and children living in Sahrawi refugee camps about climate change. She speaks about life under exile and why Sahrawi resistance endures despite displacement, resource plunder, and global indifference.
s episode has been distressing for you or someone you care about you can reach out to QLife for support.
On this episode of Women on the Line we covering the latest update on Treaty in Victoria. We hear from Sue-Ann, Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman, who is the Deputy Chair And Commissioner of the Yoorrook Justice Commission. She delivered a speech at the Women’s Rights at Work Conference Held at Vic Trades Hall on Friday 5 September. Her speech covers how union members can play a vital role in supporting meaningful solidarity in their workplaces and communities for Treaty. She covers the key findings of the Commission’s report and steps towards Treaty in Victoria.
We are dedicating this special episode to the Shuhada, the martyrs of Gaza. On 7 October 2025, the Palestinian community in Victoria gathered to mourn and honour those killed by Israel, and to speak truth against silence and erasure. We take you to that vigil, the commemoration in honour of Gaza and Palestine in Naarm/Melbourne.We hear from women who hold that grief and resistance in their voices. We hear from Camellia, Nour, and some of the names of Palestinian children martyred over the last two years. Featured song: Mawtini, performed by children in Gaza in 2015, available on YouTube.Image by @gabinthesun
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Huong Truong and Lily Vu about their upcoming workshop for ViệtSpeak as well as the importance of Vietnamese language, bilingual education, language diversity and community organising tactics. Huong Truong is a grassroots organiser and former Greens MP. Lily Vu is part of the ViệtSpeak Committee. The workshop will be held on Sunday 26 October in Footscray. All are welcome to attend. RSVP here.
On this week's episde we speak to Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman, Professor Chelsea Watego, about her new book, Black Thoughts Matter: Essays on Black Love, Black Power and Black Joy. Providing critical context to some of the groundbreaking essays published across a range of digital platforms, ‘Black thoughts matter’ honours the Black thinkers that have shaped Watego’s intellectual and political formation to date. It is a testament to the love, power and joy that is at the heart of Black thinking and writing in the fight against racial violence in so-called ‘Australia’. In this interview we also speak about the power and ongoing challenges of writing in the colony and reflecting on 10 years of articles and essays, as well as the power, the joy, and the importance of embracing rage.
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear from Emma Valente, one of the co-artistic directors of the RABBLE. Emma talks to us about their new Fringe Festival show, UNWOMAN (the protest), a durational artwork celebrating the multitude of experiences around birth, fertility and pregnancy. If you want to be a part of the show and share your experience, go here. Emma and the RABBLE will support you all the way through! The show is free and will be performed at Fed Square on Sunday 5 October - to book a spot go here.
This week, we hear from researcher and activist Dr. Sadia Agsous-Bienstein, recorded at a teach-in hosted at the Institute of Postcolonial Studies in Naarm/Melbourne.Sadia speaks on the erased histories of Arab–Jewish solidarities and their meaning in the current moment of genocide in Gaza, perpetrated by Israel and its Zionist footsoldiers — including descendants of Jewish communities of North Africa and the Middle East.From anti-fascist resistance in colonial Algeria, to Arab solidarities against European antisemitism, to shared struggles against colonial rule in the Maghreb and Mashreq, Sadia traces how Western colonial divide-and-rule and Zionist settler-colonialism fractured and erased attempts at common life and joint struggle between Jews, Arab-Muslims, and Palestinians.In the second half of the show, Tasnim Sammak joins Sadia in conversation to reflect on what these histories mean in the current moment of genocide in Gaza — and how remembering solidarities is itself an act of resistance.Sadia mentions the following authors in her talk:Avi Shlaim, Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew. London: Oneworld Publications, 2019.Ella Shohat, On the Arab-Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements. London: Pluto Press, 2017.Rashid Hussein, Selected Poems. Edited by Adina Hoffman, translated by Sasson Somekh. Jerusalem: Ibis Editions, 2002.Sadia Agsous, Le dialogue culturel entre Palestiniens et Israéliens dans les années 1950 : Rashed Hussein et Sasson Somekh, histoire d’un rendez-vous manqué, dossier spécial, L’histoire culturelle des relations entre Juifs et Arabes en Palestine/Israël de la fin du XIXe siècle au début du XXIe siècle, Revue d’histoire culturelle XVIIIe-XXIe siècles, 2021.Mahmoud Darwish, interview cited in Elia J. Ayoub, The Jewish and Arab Questions and European Fascism, eliaayoub.com, 22 May 2021. Please note the guest lecture was co-organised by Tasnim Sammak and this week's presenter, Scheherazade Bloul.
Today we hear from Dr Samah Jabr, a Palestinian psychiatrist living in Jerusalem who recently visited Australia for the first time to tour her new book, Radiance in Pain and Resilience: The Global Reverberation of Palestinian Historical Trauma.We spoke with Dr Jabr shortly ahead of a lecture and panel discussion organised by the Shifa Project held at RMIT on August 17.The event was MCed by Nasser Mashni along with panellists Leah Manaema Avene and Tasnim Samak. Dr Gary Foley was also scheduled to speak but was unfortunately unable to attend on the day.
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with 44 Flats United (44FU) are a group of residents, former residents and supporters of public housing, organising against the Victorian State Government's decision to demolish the 44 high-rise commission flats and a growing number of walkups across Narrm (Melbourne). They are guided by the principle that not one person should be left worse off because of this government's decision to demolish their homes, that public housing needs to be defended and protected for current residents and future generations to come and that on the unceded sovereign land of First Peoples, no decisions should be made about the sale or leasing of public land until Treaties with First Peoples have been negotiated and finalised.We hear from R-Coo Tran, leader of 44 FU and Thi, a Vietnamese woman living in a housing estate in Richmond. We chat about the major problems with the estate demolition plan, what impact this is having on residents and how 44FU is organising on this campaign. Please note that parts of the conversation are in Vietnamese and have been translated and edited for brevity.
On this week’s episode we look into big tech companies - their complicity in war, their pervasive use of surveillance and data, and the impacts this is having on us as individuals, as artists, and as communities. Our first conversation is with Cher Tan, an essayist and critic whose written work has been published widely. Cher delves into the dark side of Spotify; its ties to the military-industrial complex, its role in stripping artists of their rights and dignity, as well as the way it has homogenised art and culture. Later in the program, we’ll hear an interview with Lucinda Thorpe, Privacy Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch, which aired on 3CR’s Tuesday Breakfast on 12 August 2025. In this interview, Lucinda outlines the latest Productivity Commission report which calls for a pause on AI regulation; how this benefits big tech companies and the negative impacts this will have on our privacy.
Today we hear speeches from the Convergence on Canberra which took place from 20-22 July.More than a thousand people from across so-called Australia gathered outside Parliament House to demand that the Federal Government impose sanctions on Israel in response to the state’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians.There were over 24 speakers across the Convergence, today we hear from Amal Naser, Leah House, Janet Parker and Hiba Farra.
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear from Thaan, founder of Wholistik Permaculture, a social enterprise based in Chiang Mai, Thailand that aims to connect people with nature and create an alternative to living within capitalism. Thaan talks to us about the importance of permaculture, building sustainably, creating safe queer spaces in nature, educating children and families about sustainability, and sharing knowledge and skills across brown, black and Indigenous cultures and communities. Follow Thaan's work on Instagram @wholistik_permaculture and his music @fluidfrequenciesmusic
In the first half of the show, we bring you speeches from the “Future Fund Invests in Genocide” rally held on June 26 in Naarm/Melbourne. We hear from Jaimie Jeffrey, who is a member of the No Aukus Vic and Elbit Out of Vic campaigns, as well as Romina Beitseen, an Iranian unionist and peace campaigner with the Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament.In the second half, sound artist Bridget Chappell takes us to the occupied West Bank, where they interview Yara Dowani, co-founder of Om Sleiman Farm in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah. Yara speaks about agroecology as a form of resistance, centring Palestinian food sovereignty, solidarity economies, and the reclamation of land and identity in the face of Israeli coloniality in its various manifestations.
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with scholar Carolyn D’Cruz and librarian and archivist Clare O’Hanlon, who are speaking at the Researching Our Culture talk as part of Q-Lit, Victoria's premier LGBTQIA+ literature festival. We chat about gender in academia and the archives as well as transphobia and the manosphere. The Researching our Culture talk will bring together leading researchers exploring queer culture, history, and literature and will be held on Tuesday 24 June 6.30pm at Library at the Dock in Narrm. Tickets can be found here. BiosCarol is a recovering academic, from gender, sexuality, and diversity studies. She gained expertise in identity politics, after having to explain where she's from, and who she is, for most of her life. She writes on making sense of oneself through others to contribute to making the colony fall. Clare is a genderqueer academic librarian and Australian Queer Archives volunteer. They are passionate about making diverse knowledge and histories accessible across Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums and higher education sectors. Their work is grounded in collective reflection and guided by social justice, compassion, courage, and creativity. Show References: The colonial project of gender (and everything else) by Sandy O'Sullivan Archie Barry's essay on trans history in Archer magazine A brief history of homophobia in the dewey decimal classification Democracy in Difference book by Carolyn D'CruzClare O'Hanlon's playlist response to Carolyn's book Democracy in DifferenceQueerness in Stem
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Maxine Chi (Chai) who is a contributor to the Our Story: Aboriginal – Chinese people in Australia, an exhibition that has been curated by Zhou Xiaoping and held at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra until 27 January 2026. Maxine is a Bardi Aboriginal woman who has Chinese, Japanese and Scottish ancestry. She was born in Broome, Western Australia in 1954, a place which has a rich history of people from around the world, mainly Asia and Australia, coming to live and work in the pearling industry from the late 1890s. Maxine currently teaches the Graduate Certificate in Aboriginal Studies at Notre Dame University, Broome Campus, online and face to face with her students. She has worked in various government positions in State and Commonwealth Governments as well as the Kimberley Land Council, the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (Inc), Department of Housing (WA) and is a member of the Bardi and Jawi Niimidiman Aboriginal Corporation the native title body for her countrymen and women.
On this week’s program we speak to Genevieve Grieves and Wejdan Shamala about their project, Motherhood in the Colony. Genevieve is a proud Worimi woman and respected artist, educator, field builder, film director and oral historian. She is also the co-Creator and Creative Director of GARUWA, First-Nations owned and led storytelling agency. Wejdan is a Palestinian woman, whose family is from Gaza and the West Bank. She uses art, such as spoken word, as a vessel for her advocacy. This film Motherhood in the Colony, brought to life by Genevieve Grieve, and Palestinian artist, Aseel Tayah, sees the coming together of eight First Nations and Palestinian women. Through intimate storytelling, the film unravels stories of colonial trauma, and mothering as an act of resistance, while inviting audiences to listen, learn, and envision a future beyond the oppressive structures of colonisation.Listeners are advised that the following program contains references to genocide and colonial violence. If you need to speak to someone about the issues covered in the show, you can contact:Lifeline on 13 11 14Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can contact: 13 YARN on 13 92 76 on - a dedicated 24/7 national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesYarning Safe'n'Strong on 1800 959 563 - a free and confidential 24-hour counselling service for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
On this episode of Women on the Line, we speak to Burmese artist Yim about her book The Story of Rice, a colouring book that preserves traditional Burmese farming methods. We also speak with Lisa, Yim's friend, translator and founder and owner of Free Bird Cafe in Chiang Mai, Thailand, about her work supporting Burmese refugees.Follow Yim's work on Instagram: @littlebrightcnx - you can also DM her to buy her book!Follow Free Bird Cafe on Instagram: @freebirdcafe
On this week’s program, we hear from Bee and Rory about the targeting of Asian-migrant sex workers, increased raids committed by Australian Border Force through Operation Inglenook, and the ongoing violence and surveillance of street-based sex workers. First, we’ll hear a conversation with Bee on 3CR’s Tuesday Breakfast. Bee is a migrant sex worker, outreach peer support worker for women of cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds for Vixen and AMSWAG (Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group) under the Scarlet Alliance. They are also a member of Justice for Our Sisters. This interview originally aired on Tuesday 15th April. We will then hear from Rory, a sex worker and peer support worker with Vixen who spoke at the action organised outside the Department of Home Affairs in Naarm on Thursday 17th April. This rally was organised by Vixen to demand an end to racist profiling of Asian-migrant sex workers at work and at the border; an end to the raids and to shut down Operation Inglenook; cops and Border Force out of sex worker spaces, and full decriminalisation for all sex workers, including street-based workers. Content warning: Listeners are advised that the following program includes descriptions of police raids and references to violence against sex workers. If you are a migrant sex worker in need of support, you can reach out to your local peer organisation. That’s Scarlet Alliance for the peak body at www.scarletalliance.org.au or Vixen in so-called Victoria at www.vixen.org.au. If you need to talk to someone about the issues covered in today’s episode, you can also contact QLife on 1800 184 527 or go to www.qlife.org.au.
On this episode of Women on the Line, we speak with Thinzar Shunlei Yi, an award winning Myanmar Democracy Activist well-known for her public advocacy against Military supremacism and oppressive systems for ethnic and religious minorities. Shunlei tells us about military rule in Myanmar, the devastating impacts of the recent earthquake, the added threats of being a feminist activist, and her work promoting global solidarity with Myanmar women.Find out more: https://sisters2sisters.org/ Instagram: @sisters2sisters.myanmarContent warning: discussions of war crimes including sexual assault, violence against women and violence against children.
In this episode, we speak with Jeju-based peace activist Sung-Hee Choi, who has spent more than 15 years resisting U.S. militarism, weapons manufacturing, and the construction of a naval base on Jeju Island, South Korea.Sung-Hee is a board member of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and a participant in the Pacific Peace Network. She speaks with us about the long legacy of anti-militarist resistance on Jeju Island, from the 1948 massacre to the ongoing corporate-led militarisation of land, sea, and space.We also trace the role of Hanwha as they open a new space centre on Jeju Island, South Korea’s largest weapons company, in global war profiteering, including their new weapons facility in Avalon, Victoria, developed with Australian government support, and subcontracting Elbit Systems an Israeli arms company complicit in the genocide in Gaza.
On today’s show we are marking Trans Day of Visibility (31st of March). We will be hearing snippets of a rich conversation between 3CR’s Sally Goldner and Aisya Zaharin. Aisya is a trans advocate from Meanjin Brisbane and is currently in Narrm as a special guest for the Women’s Iftar hosted by Queer Muslim Narrm and Trans Sisters United. She has also been a strong advocate for trans youth in Queensland in the face of government attacks on trans health care. Our guests chat about the recent Women’s Iftar held by Queer Muslim Narrm and Trans Sisters United; the rise of right-wing dogma and its impact on faith and religion; and the QLD anti-trans bill, which has suspended minors from accessing Hormone Replacement Therapy and puberty blockers. This interview was aired on Sunday 23 March on 3CR’s Out of the Pan with Sally Goldner. AusPath has initiated a fundraiser ‘Project 491’ in response to this harmful suspension from the QLD government. Make a donation here.If you are trans person impacted by this news or have found any of the conversation distressing you can call QLifeon 1800 184 527.
On this week’s episode, we bring you speeches from the snap action for Poccum’s Law - Bail Saves Lives that took place outside Parliament House in Narrm on Tuesday 18th March 2025. We hear from Nina, a member of Formerly Incarcerated Girls Justice Advocates Melbourne (FIGJAM) and then from Sarah Schwartz, Legal Director of the Democratic Freedoms team at the Human Rights Law Centre. Later in the episode, we hear from Sophie Ellis, Senior Lawyer at Youthlaw and finally, Aunty Marjorie Thorpe, Gunnaikurnai Elder.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, please be advised that this program includes references to Indigenous people who have passed away. There are also references to state violence and deaths in custody. If you need to talk to someone about the issues covered in the program you can contact:Lifeline on 13 11 1413 YARN on 13 92 76 - a dedicated 24/7 national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesYarning Safe'n'Strong on 1800 959 563 - a free and confidential 24-hour counselling service for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Avika is a regenerative farmer in Chiang Mai, Thailand, passionate about regenerating soil. She works with farmers across the country to make regenerative farming tools and techniques more accessible. In this episode of Women on the Line we hear from Avika about combating the climate crisis through regenerative farming, the role of women in sustainable farming, the links between corporate farming and patriarchal culture and the benefits of growing your own food.Learn more about Avika's farming practises at roots.ag or follow her on Instagram @livingrootsag
In this episode, we bring you voices from the Nuclear-Free Gathering held in Naarm in February 2025.We hear from Dr. Margie Beavis (Medical Association for Prevention of War) on the dangers of nuclear energy, Dimity Hawkins (ICAN) on Australia’s role in global nuclear militarisation, Aunty Sue Coleman on the colonial violence of uranium mining, and Wendy Farmer (Voices of the Valley) on regional community resistance to nuclear projects. With AUKUS ramping up nuclear expansion, communities are pushing back, demanding a future that is nuclear-free and just.Recordings captured by 3CR's Radioactive Show.
Listeners are advised that this program includes references to violence and suicide. If you need to talk to someone about the issues covered in the program you can contact: 13 YARN (13 92 76) which is a dedicated 24/7 national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Yarning Safe'n'Strong 1800 959 563Lifeline 13 11 14Suicide Callback Service 1300 659 467 On this week’s episode, we speak to Jodie Bell, descendant of the Butchella and Jagera people of Southeast Queensland and board member of the Kimberley Aboriginal Women’s Council. In this conversation, Jodie speaks about the organisation’s 2025-2027 strategic plan which was launched earlier this month at Federal Parliament House in Canberra. The plan outlines KAWC’s commitment to women’s leadership, grassroots empowerment, cultural security, and systems reform, with a strong focus on strengthening the Aboriginal community-controlled sector, fostering self-determination and advancing Closing the Gap priorities. It also highlights key initiatives designed to create long-term social, cultural, and economic benefits for Aboriginal women and their communities.
In this episode of Women on the Line, we speak with Twitch streamer Moon Bear who tells us about her experience gaming as a woman of colour, the repercussions of right wing politics for women in online spaces, and creating safe communities for other gamers like herself.Find Moon on: https://www.twitch.tv/moonbearryhttps://www.instagram.com/moonbearryhttps://www.youtube.com/@moonbearry13https://x.com/moonbearryhttps://bsky.app/profile/moonbearry.bsky.socialhttp://discord.gg/bearrynauts
On this special episode of Women on the Line, we take you through the streets of Naarm for the Invasion Day 2025 Rally. As reactionary forces attempt to uphold colonial narratives in the aftermath of the Voice referendum and corporate-backed campaigns to uphold January 26, we feature speeches and performances from:Meriki Onus, co-founder of Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance; a performance by Wurundjeri dance group, the Djirri Djirri Dance Group; Kumjayi Walker's family member Samara Fernandez-Brown who also works with the Dhadjowa Foundation; a musical performance by Kee’ahn and YARA; and Tasnim Sammak on the intersections of Palestinian and First Nations struggles against settler-colonialism.
On today’s show we speak with Des and Kaede, two of five committee members from Congee Club – a social club for LGBTIQA+ Asians to build friendships, share stories and connect with community in Narrm. We hear about their aspirations, their reflections on Year of the Dragon and their dreams for Year of the Snake. Congee Club committee members include: Desk, Kaede, James, Karen and Eldon. Follow them on instagram here. The feature song on today's episode is 'Hold the Girl' by Rina Sawayama.
Sofii Belling-Harding is a Yorta Yorta, Wiradjuri, South Sea and Meriam woman who has lived in Naarm on Wurundjeri Country all her life. She is a community arts worker and has her own show on 3CR Community Radio called B.I.T.E - Blak is the Essence. In this conversation, Sofii talks about the significance of Fitzroy (Melbourne) and the connections she has to other Aboriginal families in the community; her roots in the arts having grown up around artists, actors, playwrights and writers; and why she loves community radio as a space to express herself, connect with others, and stand up for community.The song at the end is called 'Tongues' by Tanya Tagaq. From Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay, Nunavut), Tanya is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and bestselling author. She describes herself as "an original disruptor, a world-changing figure at the forefront of seismic social, political and environmental change".
Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, a writer, performer, theatre-maker, filmmaker, and producer based in Boorloo/Perth, talks about her new book, Fully Sikh, which explores her evolving identity as a Sikh woman living in Boorloo, her creative journey as an artist, and why she is drawn to storytelling. Follow Sukhjit on Instagram: @sookjeet
Well, as this is Women on The Line's final show for 2024, I thought we might cover a significant event in the world – the election of Donald Trump. Today's guest is Socialist Feminist, Andrea Bauer, who is based in Seattle and has been involved in a wide range of campaigns particularly for working women’s rights and for reproductive rights for women, trans and gender diverse folks.
On this week's episode we hear from Becky Goncharoff, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Radical Grandma Collective, an international and intergenerational solidarity effort supporting environmental justice activists in North east Thailand. Becky talks about the grandmas that are fighting for justice, how weaving has funded the fight for reparations in the wake of a devastating legacy of gold mining and the impact the organisation is having in Thailand and beyond.
This episode explores how colonial histories, global capitalism, and systemic domination shape Western Asia or the Mashreq (often condensed as the Middle East) (post)colonial realities and, consequently, how we talk about the region. Joined by activist-scholars Dr Lina Koleilat and PhD candidate Tasnim Sammak, we unpack how to discuss and analyse the political machinations in the Mashreq, particularly in relation to recent developments in Syria. The episode also shows how diaspora communities situate these movements within the broader context of resistance against global power systems.The continuing and devastating Israeli genocidal assault on Gaza starkly shows how modernity, in its guise of progress and order, relegates Palestinian life to the peripheries of liberal humanity. It exposes the liberal world order—an order that prides itself on values of freedom and equality—as one that simultaneously perpetuates occupation, dispossession, and violence, dehumanising certain lives in favour of maintaining global capitalist order.Dr. Koleilat is a writer and an activist-scholar. She is a specialist in historical and ethnographic approaches to the study of protests, resistance, social movements and religion. She has been working with and learning from communities who resist war and government oppression to understand the genealogy of activism within specific historical, cultural and political contexts. Lina comes to the questions that drive her work and activism as a Lebanese-Palestinian scholar born and raised in Beirut and who directly experienced the horrors of war, dispossession and militarism.Tasnim Sammak is a PhD candidate at Monash University, a faculty member of education, and a Palestinian organiser with Free Palestine Coalition Naarm and Unionists for Palestine. Tasnim’s grandparents were exiled from Yaffa during the Nakba in 1948 to a refugee camp in Gaza, where her father was born. She helped found the Elbit Out of Victoria campaign.
On this week’s episode, we hear from Aunty Miliwanga Wurrben - Rembarrnga Traditional owner, healer and artist. Aunty Miliwanga recently spoke at a panel event called Voices from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis, a community gathering held at the Koorie Heritage Trust on Sunday 24th November as part of the Middle Arm Roadshow. The Roadshow saw a group of Traditional Owners, community organisers and experts travel to different cities to make an urgent call to action from the NT. Stop Middle Arm and redirect the $1.9 billion subsidy. The proposed Middle Arm gas and petrochemical hub will increase emissions in the NT by 75%, expose communities to serious illness and disease, destroy sacred First Nations lands and make the Territory unlivable. Aunty Miliwanga Wurrben speaks about what Country means to her and the kinship between First Nations peoples and the land, waters, and creatures.Song: Banatjarl - Ripple Effect Band
In this episode, we speak with Ciara, a campaigner from Elbit Out of Victoria, a campaign opposing Elbit Systems' involvement in Victoria’s and Australia's industries over its defence ties with Israel and the US. We discuss Australia’s continued militarised path, rooted in colonial violence and alliances between war corporations, nation-states, and imperial powers that fuel genocidal campaigns, such as the one in Gaza committed by the Israeli state.Since the episode aired, the Victorian government announced it will not renew its memorandum of understanding with the Israeli defence ministry.
On this week’s episode, we share moments from the Public Sector Workers rally that took place on Wednesday 30th October outside Parliament House in Naarm/Melbourne. Workers across the state rallied together to demand that the Victorian State government sanction Israel and not public sector workers; that they break all military, diplomatic and industrial ties with Israel as well as cancel the Memorandum of Understanding with the IOF; and finally to end co-operation and investments with Israeli weapons companies such as Elbit Systems. In attendance on Wednesday were members of the Australian Education Union (AEU) who are also part of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine, Healthcare Workers for Palestine, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Victoria for Palestine, Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) for Palestine and Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) for Peace. Today’s episode will be in three parts. Firstly, we will hear from Justine, an educator and organising member of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine. Secondly, we’ll listen to a statement that was produced by members of CPSU for Palestine. And lastly we will hear a short conversation with an anonymous CPSU member.
On this week’s episode of Women on the Line, we speak with Manjusha and Anya about Temple of Desire, a Karma Dance production exploring themes of gender, feminism, rage, queerness and spirituality through the traditional dance form of Bharatnatyam, and featuring queer South Asian artists. Manjusha (she/her) is a South - Asian Australian woman who lives, works and creates on across unceded Wurundjerii land. Manjusha is the producer and stage manager of Temple of Desire working closely with Govind Pillai the Director, Choreographer and dancer to bring this production to life. Manjusha is a multidisciplinary artist and arts worker, who lives, works and creates on the intersection of Performing arts, Intangible Cultural Heritage practices and Events Management.Anya (she/ they) is a South Indian Tamil woman living on unceded Wurundjeri land and one of the dancers in Temple of Desire. Outside of dancing, Anya works in family violence policy reform, and spends any spare time obsessing over her dog Appu, who sadly is obsessed with Anya's partner instead.
On this episode of Women on the Line we are commemorating 1 year since the genocide in Palestine escalated. Today on the show, we hear poetry, music and speeches from a vigil that was held on Monday 7 October this year, mourning the lives lost under genocide. The vigil was held in Narrm and we will hear poetry readings from Dr Michaela Sahar, an Australian-Palestinian writer and educator; Noor, a Palestinian student from Gaza, music performance by Basil, Elarah and Phoebe; and then finally we hear from Julie Webb-Pullman, a war crimes investigator who has worked in Gaza.
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear snippets from Scarlett Alliance’s ‘Debunking the Porn Panic’ webinar that was held on the 15th of August this year. The webinar was hosted by Jenna Love, sex worker and the Committee President of Scarlett Alliance, and featured guests Allan McKee, University Professor specialising in sexualized media ; Greta Degraves, sex worker and scarlett alliance’s policy officer; and Zahra Stardust, scholar working at the intersections of sexuality, technology, law and social justice. We hear from Greta Degraves and Zahra Stardust speak to us about moral panic, porn literacy, ending discrimination against sex workers, consent and sex education amongst young people.
On this week's episode of Women on the Line, we speak with Katie Sfetkidis, a multidisciplinary artist living and working on lands of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people, about her latest work - We the People x Yarra - a research project and community discussion about how community has historically driven social change.
This episode explores the impacts of repression, settler colonialism, and militarism in Kanaky (New Caledonia) ahead of Kanaky Invasion Day, September 24. The French colonised Kanaky in 1853.Since May 2024, the violent French occupation has intensified with increased military repression and significant deployment of French armed forces, raising concerns about the potential of genocide, the ongoing militarisation of the region and extrajudicial killings of Indigenous Kanak people as armed French civilian militias patrol the streets killing Kanak people at random.Sarah and Emma from the Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm collective discuss the situation on the ground for Kanak people, in particular for Kanak women, in the face of what local feminists have warned could turn into a genocidal campaign. See below for an excerpt of a letter addressed to the world written by feminist organisations in Kanaky. "We, Kanak, Indigenous & allied women of Kanaky, appeal to your international feminist solidarity in response to the violent situation we are currently experiencing on our lands. This situation is the result of colonisation, starting from France’s taking possession of the land in 1853, followed by successive ‘civilising’ interventions by the army to ‘pacify’ the Kanak (then considered to be savages), and of an accelerated recolonisation via settler colonialism orchestrated by the French state. This situation has been reshaped along neoliberal lines since 2020 with the appointment of Sébastien Lecornu under Emmanuel Macron."Since 13 May 2024 we have been subjected to an extensive operation of colonial repression, including the massive deployment of French armed forces to a country already undergoing a process of militarisation.In particular, we are sounding the alarm over:- the risk of genocide identified through various markers- the need to reopen Nouméa's airports and commercial flights for the well-being of all."You can read the full letter here, published in May 2024.
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Katia Schwartz about the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and its recent amendments excluding disabled people from accessing sex work services. We’re joined on the show by Katia who is a Deaf, professional erotic performer and career sex worker since 2008. She is also the National Programs Manager at Scarlett Alliance and on the Board of Touching Base. As a member of the disability, sex work and queer communities, Katia is a strong public advocate for inclusion, anti-discrimination and destigmatisation of marginalised groups. Please note that this episode mentions whorephobia and ableism. Transcript available here. Photo by Natasha Killeen.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, please be advised that this program includes references to state violence and colonisation. If you need to talk to someone about the issues covered in the program you can contact: 13 YARN (13 92 76) which is a dedicated 24/7 national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Lifeline 13 11 17On this week’s episode we speak to Raelene Cooper, Mardudhunera Traditional Owner from the Mardudhunera coast line and in-land areas. Raelene is the former chair of the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, and is one of the leaders of the Save Our Songlines campaign, which fights to protect Murujuga Country also known as the Burrup Peninsula in so-called Western Australia from destruction and desecration. The Murujuga petroglyphs are a sacred part of culture and Ngurra (Country) and the rock art is more than 40 000 years old, and contains important cultural and spiritual knowledge.In this conversation, Raelene speaks about the significance of Murujuga Country; the impact that over-development and seismic blasting are having on wildlife, Aboriginal culture and the climate; fighting both governments and industry, as well as her recent appearance at a public hearing for the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee inquiry into the Protecting the Spirit of Sea Country Bill.
On this episode, we listen to part of a speech by Dr Samah Sabawi, award-winning playwright, author and poet from Gaza city Palestine who lives and works in Naarm, speaking at a Free Palestine Rally on the 11 August 2024. We then hear from Kaushi, a feminist and activist based in Thailand and one of the founders of the group Chiang Mai for Palestine. Kaushi talks about organising for Palestine in Thailand, her ongoing activism in this space and the impact the group is hoping to have. This conversation first aired on 3CR Tuesday Breakfast on 6 August 2024.
On this episode of Women on the Line we’re looking at the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in prison as well as the current policies and systemic structures that focus on over-policing and criminalizing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and young girls. We first hear an excerpt from a press conference that followed the event ‘Truth Telling Yarns: Women in Prison that was held on the 26 June in Canberra. We hear speeches by Senator Lidia Thorpe and Debby Kilroy, the CEO of Sisters Inside. This excerpt was aired on 3CR’s Tuesday Breakfast 9 July. Then, we hear from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women inside Dame Phyllis Frost Prison. 3CR Broadcaster Shiralee Hood hosted this conversation as part of the Beyond the Bars series during NAIDOC week in early July.
In this episode of Women on the Line, we hear from Violet - a non-binary, queer activist from Myanmar currently based in Thailand. Violet tells us about their experience as a queer activist in Myanmar, the circumstances that forced them to relocate to Thailand, how the civil war has impacted the already marginalised queer community in Myanmar, and what they hope the future will look like for their community. You can follow Violet on Instagram @montheviolet
On this week’s episode, we speak to Nina from Flat Out and the Formerly Incarcerated Justice Advocates (FIGJAM) Collective as well as Monique Hurley from the Human Rights Law Centre. We speak about their report, Ending state-perpetrated sexual violence in prisons, a Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Justice Responses to Sexual Violence: Issues Paper published in May 2024. More specifically, Nina and Monique discuss the dehumanising, traumatising and humiliating practice of strip searching in prison and how it is being weaponized against women as a tool of coercive control.Listeners are advised that this conversation covers topics such as state violence and sexual violence so please take care when listening. If these subjects bring up anything difficult, listeners can contact 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or Lifeline on 13 11 14. Additionally, you can reach out to your community and networks for support and care.
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear from sex worker artists Rogelio Ruckus, Kayla Tange, and Daphne Nguyen speak to the erotic labour of art, family and futurity. This panel was held as part of ‘The Whore Gaze’– an exhibition curated by Elizabeth Dayton and Kim Ye at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. The exhibition showcased film, videos and a panel that celebrate the legacy of sex workers as visionaries reimagining representations of care, labor, and sovereignty. It was held on International Whore’s Day June 2nd last month.The featured song on today’s show was ‘All are syllables of a great tongue’ from Papaphillia’s album ‘Remembrance of things to come’.
Trish Hepworth, Deputy CEO for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Dr Sarah Mokrzycki, academic in children's literature and creative writing at Victoria University, speak to Frances about the Cumberland city council’s ban of same-sex parenting books in May this year, its reversal, and the importance of free access to information and diverse representation. This conversation first aired on 3CR Tuesday Breakfast on 21 May 2024.Rohen from Pride in Protest speaks to Phuong about the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras's decision to bar politicians from attending Mardi Gras if they oppose the Equality Bill, a bill that would expand rights of trans and gender diverse people in NSW. This conversation first aired on 3CR Tuesday Breakfast on 4 June 2024.
On this week’s episode, we speak to Sanne de Swart, Coordinator of the Nuclear Free Collective at Friends of the Earth Melbourne, and has been part of the anti-nuclear struggle since 2011 when she joined the ‘Walk Away from Uranium Mining’ event in solidarity with Aboriginal people to push for a ban on uranium mining in Western Australia. With the Coalition’s power plan having thrust nuclear energy into the public sphere, I spoke to Sanne about the realities of this proposal, the dangers of nuclear energy and radioactivity as well as the long history of First Nations activism and organising against the nuclear and uranium mining industries. This conversation first aired on 3CR Tuesday Breakfast on June 25 2024.//Resources:Don't Nuke the Climate websiteDon't Nuke the Climate Facebook PageDon't Nuke the Climate Instagram Page Friends of the Earth's statement on the climate announcement and Gippsland says NO to nuclear petition. Wendy Farmer from Voices of the Valley and Friend's of the Earth's Yes 2 Renewables. Australian Conservation Foundation has an email the Coalition action and just published two reports Power games: Assessing coal to nuclear proposals in Australia (30-page report)Why nuclear power will never be right for Australia (10 page report) Please follow Nuclear Free Collective Instagram, Facebook and Twitter and spread the word as far and wide as you can.
On this episode of Women on the Line, we head to the Pride In Protest conference ‘Provocations’, which was held on Gadigal Land earlier this month. On International Whore’s Day, June 2nd, Asian migrant sex workers, Damien, Bee and NaMon spoke at the ‘Asian Migrants Sex Workers against the Border Force, racism and deportation!’ panel. Today we hear a portion of the conversation with Bee and NaMon speaking about the anti-immigration and anti-sex worker operation called ‘Project Inglenook’; the pros and cons of Decriminalization; and the harms of anti-trafficking laws on the migrant worker community in ‘so-called-australia’.Content warning: mild swearing, description of police raids and violence against sex workers.
According to a 2021 report by the Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing, women on temporary visas experiencing family and domestic violence have been recognised as a particularly marginalised and at-risk cohort. On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Peggy Kerdo, an experienced human rights lawyer practising mainly in immigration and refugee law, about working with clients on temporary partner visas, the barriers they face when trying to get help, what supports are available and how the government can do better to protect these women.
On this week’s episode, we speak to Emily Duyên Đặng about her photovoice gallery project, Overcoming this Grief: Stories from Vietnamese women surviving family violence in Australia. Through photos and text presented in Vietnamese and English, these women share their experiences of migration, family violence and finding safety. In this conversation, Emily talks about her research into family violence within the Vietnamese context here in so-called Australia, she shares stories from the women who participated in the photovoice gallery, and we touch on the systemic injustices that can place survivors in further harm.Please note that the following discussion will contain references to abuse/violence. If you are impacted by any of the themes covered in this program, you can reach out to:InTouch: a family violence service working with migrant and refugee women and their communities,1800 755 988 (9am – 5pm)Safe Steps: a 24/7 family violence crisis response phone line for women and children, 1800 015 188 (24/7)1800 RESPECT
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Cher Tan, who is an essayist, critic and editor based in Narrm. She previously lived in Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide and Singapore, where she was born and raised. Cher Tan recently published her first book titled ‘Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging’ through UNSW Press. She chats about (un)belonging, the internet and writing her first book. You can find both print and e-book editions online and at various bookstores.
This week we head to Istanbul to speak with Tan Safi, a member of the Media Team for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition is an international grassroots solidarity movement which is aiming to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza and deliver 5,500 tonnes of vital humanitarian aid by sea. Tan provides an update on what is happening now that the Flotilla has been unable to set sail on its scheduled departure date of April 26 due to having its flag or legal registration revoked by the state of Guinea-Bissau. We also hear excerpts of Freedom Flotilla Coaltion organiser Huwaida Arraf speaking at a press conference in Istanbul on April 27. To follow the Freedom Flotilla Coalition visit https://freedomflotilla.org/ or find them on socials:Twitter/XInstagramFacebookYoutube You can also make a donation to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition here. Women on the Line spoke with Tan on May 1.
On this week’s episode we speak with human rights activist Khadija Gbla. Khadija was born in Sierra Leone and spent their youth in Gambia before coming to Australia. We talk about their experiences living at the intersections of disability, neurodivergence, queerness and Blackness, their activism in these spaces, and their hopes for young people like themselves. A note that this conversation covers difficult topics including racism, ableism, childhood abuse, Indigenous deaths in custody, and police brutality against Black and Indigenous people. If these subjects bring up anything difficult for you, you can contact 1800 RESPECT or Lifeline on 13 11 14. Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call 13 YARN.
On this episode of Women on the Line we continue our conversation with Yeoreum and Udie from Scarlet ChaCha– a sex worker-led organisation in South Korea. On 2 January 2023, the Mayor of Paju announced that he would demolish Paju’s red light district ‘Yongjugol’ within a year. In November last year the demolition commenced, and Scarlet ChaCha has been actively showing up in person for sex workers in Paju’s Yongjugol – protesting on the streets, creating signage to raise political awareness and supporting sex workers. Today we hear the final episode of a two-part series about what’s happening in Paju’s red light district and about the work Scarlet ChaCha is doing in South Korea. You can listen to the first episode of this series here. Our interview with Scarlet ChaCha members was translated by Yeonhoo. You can support Scarlet ChaCha by donating to their mutual aid request @choyeonhoo via paypal. All funds will go directly to sex workers who are impacted by the demolition. Please note there is discussion of state violence in this episode.
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear from Yeoreum and Udie from Scarlet ChaCha – a sex worker-led organisation in South Korea. On 2 January 2023, the Mayor of Paju announced that he would demolish Paju’s red light district ‘Yongjugol’ within a year. In November last year the demolition commenced, and Scarlet ChaCha has been actively showing up in person for sex workers in Paju’s Yongjugol – protesting on the streets, creating signage to raise political awareness and supporting sex workers. Today we hear the first episode of a two-part series about what’s happening in Paju’s red light district and about the work Scarlet ChaCha is doing in South Korea.Our interview with Scarlet ChaCha members was translated by Yeonhoo. You can support Scarlet ChaCha by donating to their mutual aid request @choyeonhoo via paypal. All funds will go directly to sex workers who are impacted by the demolition. Please note there is discussion of state violence in this episode.
This week on the program we speak with Danielle from Save Public Housing Collective about the Victorian State Government plan to 'retire and transform' 44 public housing towers in narrm Melbourne.While the state government is selling the scheme as an opportunity for improvement and renewal, those against the plan describe a poorly thought through strategy with zero consultation of residents, few answers on where displaced tenants will go and underlying questions around the privatisation of public housing and the motivations of accessing high value inner city real estate.Danielle speaks with us about community resistance to the plan, and the push to create viable public housing.You can find Save Public Housing Collective on twitter, Instagram, facebook or their website, and donate to their campaign fundraiser here.The song which closes this episode is "Inside My Kitchen" by Tiddas.
On this week’s episode we hear from Dacia Abela, lawyer and program manager at Naarm-based Community Legal Centre WEstjustice, about economic abuse in the context of family violence. Dacia takes us through what this looks like on a practical level, the intersections of culture and gender, how CLCs are working to help victim-survivors and raise awareness, and what can be done better to support victim-survivors across the country. This conversation covers sensitive topics dealing with family violence and violence against women. If these subjects bring up anything difficult, listeners can contact 1800 RESPECT or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
On this week’s episode we bring you an excerpt from the Teachers for Palestine Forum called ‘Why There’s No ‘Neutrality’ on Genocide’ that took place in Naarm earlier this year on January 22nd 2024. We play a speech delivered by Samah Sabawi, who is a Palestinian award-winning author, playwright and poet. This forum was organised by Teachers and School Staff for Palestine.Later in the show, we play an excerpt from a discussion with three people working in the education space on the importance of teaching about Palestine. Natalie is a doctoral candidate in education, teacher, and one of the organising members of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine; Dana is a Palestinian secondary school maths teacher; and Claire is a secondary school humanities teacher. This interview first aired on 3CR Tuesday Breakfast on 16 January 2024.
On this episode of Women on the Line we pay tribute to Cecilia Gentili. She was a mother and sister to many transwomen, migrant women, sex workers and the wider LGBTIQA+ community in New York City and globally. On 6 February 2024, she passed away leaving a burning legacy of love and sisterhood amongst the trans and queer community. We hear snippets from her funeral service held at St Patrick's Cathedral on the 15 February in NYC.
This week on the program we take a deep dive into Victoria’s parole system.First we hear an interview by 3CR Broadcaster Priya Kunjan with Karen Fletcher, Executive Officer of Flat Out about the impact of compounding and increasing barriers to parole on incarcerated people in Victoria.Then we hear Marisa from 3CR’s Doin Time show speaking with Sarah Schwartz, manager of the Wirraway Police and Prison Accountability Practice at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and lecturer at Melbourne Law School about the upcoming coronial inquest into the November 2021 death in custody of Yamatji, Noongar, Wongi and Pitjantjatjara woman Heather Calgaret.The recent statement issued by Heather’s family and VALS ahead of the inquest can be found here.
On this week’s episode we talk about birth trauma, why so many women and birthing people in so-called Australia are experiencing it, and how it can be avoided. We revisit a conversation with Naarm-based birth educator Vanessa Shribman from August 2023, a few months after New South Wales began its inquiry into birth trauma, which received over 4000 submissions. The inquiry found that 1 in 3 women experiences birth trauma with some of the main reasons being high rates of medical interventions causing alternative risk, lack of consent from birthing people before initiating medical procedures, midwives being overworked and burning out, and a lack of continuity of care.Vanessa’s work aims to empower women with the knowledge they need to know their rights, trust their bodies, and advocate for themselves in a medical system that is failing them. This conversation first aired on 3CR Tuesday Breakfast on 22 August 2023.
Larrakia, Kungarakan, Gurindji and French writer and performer Laniyuk joins us to discuss the campaign to return Lee Point to Larrakia Care, as well as the history of the Australian and US defence forces' militarised occupation of Larrakia Country. Interspersed through this conversation, you’ll also hear from several Larrakia women - Jamilah Mills, Arbei Talbot, Hayley Mcadam, Aunty Aly Mills, and Arbei Adjrun - who have lent their voices and stories to the fight, using audiovisual storytelling as a medium to convey the significance of Larrakia people’s relationship with Country as a foundation for community and cultural strength, and to ensure Larrakia futures.Sign the petition to return Lee Point to Larrakia people's care here, and watch some of the storytelling by Larrakia people about their connections to Country and what makes Lee Point so significant here on Laniyuk’s Instagram page.
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Ryan and Sangwon from Bae Collective 배 컬렉티브. This collective aims to connect and build a community of Korean queer and trans folks who are living, working or studying in Naarm (Melbourne, so-called Australia). We chat about the dreams of Bae Collective and also this lunar new year of the Wood Dragon which officially kicked off on the 10 February this year. The feature song on our episode was 'I'll remember me for you, I'll remember for me, I'll remember for you' by Yaeji.
This week on the program we hear from two of the speakers at the narrm Melbourne Invasion Day rally held on January 26.First we hear from Gunditjmara, Girai Wurrung and Djab Wurrung woman Sissy Austin.Then we hear the first part of a speech by Gunggari woman Dr Raelene Nixon, speaking about the death of her son Steven Lee Nixon-McKellar in police custody in Toowoomba in October 2021.#Justice4StevieLee
On this week’s episode we hear from Jaya Keaney, author of Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling, published with Duke University Press. Jaya is a lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Melbourne, where she researches and teaches in the areas of feminist science studies, queer studies, and queer of colour theory. We speak to Jaya about her book, the complexities and intersections of race and queerness when creating queer families, how queer couples have to 'make do' when creating families, and the future of queer family making in so-called Australia.
On this week’s episode we look into the prison industrial complex in so-called Australia and how private companies profit from the prison system. In particular, we focus on the high cost of phone calls and how this is impacting families and communities. Across the country, calls are free via payphones but in Victoria’s prisons they cost $7 and are limited to 12 minutes.We speak to Sarah Schwartz, Principal Managing Lawyer of the Wirraway Practice at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, and Monique Hurley, Managing Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, about the layers of privatisation and profit in the prison system, the exploitation of incarcerated people, and the importance of investing in the community.
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Lena Chen, a Chinese-American artist and scholar currently pursuing PhD in performance studies at UC Berkeley and her creative practice and academic work looks at Asian womanhood in the diaspora. Today we chat about her draft paper, ‘Performing Power: Asian American Resistance through BDSM’ and the online game ‘Only Bans’ she created to address surveillance of sex workers online.Content warning that we do speak about Asian fetishization and racism. Featured song on this episode is 'Finally' by M.I.A.
This week on the program we head to Far North Queensland to hear about a grassroots First Nations response supporting remote communities impacted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper.We speak with Butchulla and Woppaburra woman Samala Thakialee Cronin in Gimuy Cairns about the work she and others undertook in collaboration with Meanjin Brisbane based, female-led, Blak small business Dreamtime Aroha in the immediate aftermath of the cyclone.Community worked together to to fly much needed supplies from Cairns north to Gungarde Community Centre Aboriginal Corporation in Cooktown with the help of Daintree Air Services to provide support for remote communities on the Cape impacted by flooding, including people evacuated from Wujal Wujal.Women on the Line spoke with Samala on December 28th. For the most up to date information on how to support the community response check out the Dreamtime Aroha facebook page or Instagram.
On this week’s episode, we continue with our coverage of the ongoing genocide in Palestine.Firstly, we hear from Sofia Sabbagh, Palestinian-Irish artist, who speaks to us about the recent action at ABC HQ in Naarm/Melbourne where 40 creators produced portraits of Palestinian journalists who had been murdered by the Israeli Occupation Forces. These portraits were pasted to the ABC building and then torn down in what the collective called ‘Double Erasure’.Later in the show, we hear from Lana Laham, Palestinian-Mauritian activist with the Sit-Intifada. Lana recently spoke about shared struggle, resistance and liberation at the Free Palestine rally in Naarm/Melbourne on Sunday 17th December. You can join the Sit-Intifada everyday on the steps of Parliament from 7am-9pm. Follow them on Instagram - @thesitintifada. To keep up to date with upcoming actions and events calling for a Free Palestine, make sure you follow Free Palestine Melbourne and APAN.
On this week's episode we bring you a conversation I had with Nisha Thapliyal, an academic at the University of Newcastle who is researching social justice activism in the contemporary Indian diaspora, and Saba Zaidi Abdi, a Muslim journalist, creative director and actor from India who has lived in Australia for over 30 years, on the Hindu nationalist government in India and the escalating violence against Muslims in India. This conversation first aired on 3CR Tuesday Breakfast on 8 August 2023.
On this episode of Women on the Line we are diving into current issues in Disability Justice. As we head into holiday season and peak covid period, we listen to Iris Lee’s (3CR Broadcaster) interview with Farida about their experience with long-covid and the failure of the Australian healthcare system. We then hear Priya Kunjan’s 3CR Thursday Breakfast interview with Independent queer researcher Dr Shoshana Rosenberg about disability and trans solidarity with Palestine in the face of Israel's ongoing violent occupation. You can listen to the full interviews in the links above. This last interview covers some distressing content about genocide and state violence. If you need to speak to someone you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can call 13 YARN, and queer listeners can call QLife on 1800 184 527.The featured song on this episode is Wattani by all-girl Palestinian hip hop collective Ettijah. Podcast feature image by Sky Cubacub.
This week on the program we bring you part of an online teach-in from the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network called “How to talk about Gaza right now.”The teach-in took place on Friday December 1st following the end of the brief cease fire in Gaza and features Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, Dr Lana Tatour and writer Samah Sabawi with Associate Professor Jumana Bayeh facilitating the conversation.You can watch the full recording of the online teach-in here.
Ruby Hamad on the historic dehumanisation of Arabs and Muslims in the west, how that has impacted Israel's ongoing occupation and genocide in Palestine, and gaslighting as a tool for upholding Western power structures. Ruby Hamad is a Syrian-Lebanese author and academic with a journalism background. She is in the second half of a PhD in media studies at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Her best-selling debut book WHITE TEARS/BROWN SCARS traces the role that White Womanhood and feminism have played in the development of Western power structures. The non-fiction book was inspired by her viral 2018 essay 'How White Women Use Strategic Tears to Silence Women of Colour'.
For this week’s episode, we hear from Yassmin Abdel-Magied on the war in Sudan and later in the show, we hear from Francesca Albanese on the ongoing genocide in Palestine.Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese-born author, broadcaster and award-winning social advocate. She runs the website eyesonsudan.net, amplifying the voices of resistance movements on the ground in Sudan. In this conversation, Yassmin provides context to this latest conflict in Sudan and explains the role of neo-imperialism in this war. This interview originally aired on Tuesday Breakfast on the 14th and 21st of November 2023.Francesca Albanese is a highly respected human rights lawyer, researcher and author. She has worked for over twenty years as a human rights expert for the United Nations, including the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees. In 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Francesca Albanese as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. This speech was recorded at the Blak Solidarity gathering for Palestine held at Dardi Munwurro in Naarm/Melbourne on November 18th 2023.
For this week’s episode, we speak with Rosa Campbell who is an historian and writer. She holds a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge and is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh. She works on the global history of feminism. She writes often for a public audience recently at Overland, Meanjin, The White Review and Public Books. She leads public history projects with cultural institutions. In this episode, Rosa uses the digital map she has created for Overland to take us through the history of women’s sport and fitness culture in Sydney and around the world; the role of sport in women’s liberation movements; and how the historical struggle for cis women in sport is linked to the current struggle for trans women in sport.
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Fijian Australian-born artist Yasbelle Kerkow (iTaukei Fijian vasu Batiki, Lomaiviti), who is one of the lead artists for Kal Angam-Kal: Stories from West Papua. Kal Angam Kal illuminates the little-known history of exiled West Papuan Elders residing in Narrm through the unique lens of the community's youth. Yasbelle has collaborated with West Papuan artist, Cyndi Makabory (Biak and Waropen), to bring this project to life.The exhibition features new film works in which six young community members conduct interviews with their chosen Elders. Kal Angam-Kal is the first film exhibition to tell the stories of the West Papuan community by the community in Narrm. The show will be debuting at Footscray Community Arts on the 1st November and will run until the 28th January 2024. Follow Kal Angam-Kal on instagram and visit footscrayarts.com for more information.
This week on the program we bring you the voices of speakers from two Free Palestine rallies held in Narrm, Melbourne.We hear speeches from the rally at the State Library on Sunday 15th October, including rally MCs Noura and Hajar, Palestinian playwright, poet and author Samah Sabawi and Mai Saif, member of Free Palestine Melbourne and the Palestinian Community Association of Victoria.We also hear from Jordy Silverstein, member of Loud Jew Collective, who spoke at the earlier Free Palestine snap action on October 10th.Free Palestine MelbourneAustralia Palestine Advocacy NetworkAPAN tool to contact your local representatives
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear snippets from Shiralee Hood and Leah House who recently presented on the panel ‘Sovereignty in the time of the Voice’ held in Narrm on the 28 September. Alongside Shiralee and Leah, the panel also included Robbie Thorpe and Keiran Stewart-Assheton. Shiralee and Leah touch on themes of Aboriginal Sovereignty, the upcoming referendum, Black Deaths in Custody and the historical fights for land rights and Aboriginal sovereignty from the 60’s til now. You can watch the full panel discussion via Renegade Activists Youtube Channel. The referendum for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is happening on 14 October 2023. The audio was recorded as part of Renegade Activists and 3CR by Mercedes Zanker, presenter of 3CR's Uprise Radio.
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear about current issues faced by migrant and refugee women in both the workplace and more broadly in society in ‘so-called-Australia’. Phương Tran from 3CR Tues Breakfast chats with Dr Ellen Cho, Lecturer at Monash University, about her co-authored report detailing the experiences of women from migrant and refugee backgrounds in Victorian local councils. We then hear Kannagi Bhatt from 3CR Tuesday Breakfast chat with Rati and Lavanya from the Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality. Rati and Lavanya marched alongside a group of women from refugee backgrounds from Narrm/Melbourne to Parliament House in Canberra to advocate for permanent visas and freedom for refugees on the 25th of September. The song featured on this episode is 'K I'm Mortal' by KIMMORTAL. Note that this song has a language warning of the F word.
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Iranian-born, Narrm based, visual artist and fine art photographer, Ramak Bamzar, about her show Pro Femina. Pro Femina is currently being exhibited as part of the Ballarat International Photo Biennale at the Art Gallery of Ballarat until 22 October this year. Her show features new works which comment on women involved in the Iranian uprisings of 2022, as well as selected works of her photograph series Moustachioed Women and Rhinoplastic Girls. We discuss themes such as Iranian culture and aesthetics, beauty in brutality and brutality in beauty and Iranian women’s resistance and fight for freedom. Ramak Bamzar (born. 1980) is an Iranian-born visual artist and fine art photographer based in Narrm (Melbourne), Australia. Her work explores how cultural and religious norms can shape women's beliefs, values, and behaviours and influence their sense of self-worth and agency.In her works, Bamzar also investigates the influence of the male gaze on women's beauty and fashion and its consequences on women's self-esteem and self-image. Women who do not conform to these restrictive beauty standards may feel pressured to conform, leading to feelings of inadequacy, shame, and low self-esteem. Bamzar completed a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art– Photography in Tehran and her Master of Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in 2022.
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear from Alejandra Munoz, project officer at Dutch peace organisation PAX. She is currently leading the Don't Bank on the Bomb research, a joint project by PAX and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Alejandra spoke about PAX/ICAN's latest report, 'Moving Away from Mass Destruction', and the role that financial institutions play in the anti-nuclear weapons movement. We then hear from Emma, a primary school teacher based in Narrm/Melbourne, about the increased militarisation of the school curriculum and the involvement of nuclear weapons companies in these programs.
This week on Women on the Line, Dr. Shih Joo (Siru) Tan and Professor Marie Segrave discuss their study into migrant and refugee women's experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace. And later in the show, we play a poem by freelance writer Karen Wyld for this year's Red Room Poetry.
On this episode of Women on the Line we are looking at ‘Reproductive Justice among migrants and refugees in so-called-Australia. Earlier in May, the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health held a webinar looking at advancing gender equality in reproductive justice. We hear highlights from two presentations. Syahir (they/them) who is an abortion care doctor and advocate living and working in Garmilla/Darwin NT presents on abortion care among migrant and refugees in Garmilla/Darwin. We then hear from Giang Tran, Research Advocacy and Policy officer from the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health present on International Student experiences in intimate partner violence, sexual violence and accessing reproductive care services in ‘so-called-australia’.
This week on Women on the Line, we hear a presentation by Nilüfer Koç, from the Kurdish National Congress, who spoke at the Ecosocialism 2023 conference. Her talk Women, Life and Freedom discussed the history of the Kurdish Women’s Freedom Movement and the new challenges facing the revolution.
This week we speak with Noura Mansour, who is the Community Organising and Advocacy Lead at the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN). In this discussion, Noura speaks to us about Palestinian resistance and sumud in its many forms; the responsibility of the media when reporting on the Israeli occupation of Palestine; and actions that the wider community can take to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian cause.
Nerita Waight looks at Victoria’s broken bail laws, and Mariam Issa shares her journey from trauma to empowerment.Nerita Waight is the CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service.Mariam is a storyteller, life coach and author.
This week on Women on the Line we are covering the recent abrupt cancellation of The Asian American Literature Festival in Washington DC on Turtle Island. We spoke with Liminal Founder and Editor, Leah Jing McIntosh as well as writer Hasib Hourani, who are currently over on Turtle Island and who were expected to attend the festival alongside 8 Asian-Australian and Aotearoa-based writers. You can learn more about the campaign to hold the Smithsonian accountable to the Asian-American literature community by following the Asian American Literature Collective on instagram. Checkout their community action toolkit here.
This week on the program we speak with Tasneem Roc and Chue, campaign managers for the Myanmar Campaign Network, a national coalition of aid organisations, unions, human rights groups, faith based groups and Myanmar diaspora organisations under the auspices of Union Aid Abroad APHEDA.Tasneem and Chue speak about what has been happening in Myanmar, the situation for political prisoners, and the ongoing Civil Disobedience Movement, as well as the MCN’s call for targeted sanctions from Australia to cut off the flow of money to the military junta.Further information about the situation for political prisoners in Myanmar can be found at this report from the Assitance Assocation for Political Prisoners.The song A Yay Kyi Pi (Thway thitsar) used in this episode can be found here.
This week we discuss self-disclosure, a behaviour that on the surface sounds harmless but when done excessively can be overwhelming for the listener and pretty awkward for the sharer. Clinical psychologist and Professor Kim Felmingham helps us understand this common albeit embarrassing habit.And later in the program, Kristin O'Connell and Priya Kunjan discuss Australia's rising cost of living and its impact on people living in poverty. Kristin O'Connell is the research and policy expert at the Antipoverty Centre and Priya Kunjan is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Priya also presents Thursday Breakfast and Women on the Line.
On this week’s episode, we chat with Daisy: a Narrm based family violence lawyer and queer parent of a newborn who has recently had to navigate the medical maternity system. Daisy joins us on the show to share with us her observations on the lack of continuity of care for birthing people; the learning and unlearning that was required to avoid a traumatic birthing experience; and the similarities she noticed between the maternity system and her field of work.
This week on the show, Marjorie Anderson, the National Manager at 13YARN, discusses cultural safety, and later in the program, we hear an interview that Women on the Line programmer Emma Hart did with Tuffy Morwitzer from the Goongerah Environment Centre.
On this episode of Women on the Line we are covering International Whore’s Day, which was on Friday 2 June. This year’s theme was ‘Access to Justice’. Scarlett Alliance, held a webinar featuring national and international speakers addressing issues faced by migrant workers and calling for improved immigration policies in ‘so-called-Australia’ and globally. We hear how anti-trafficking laws and media portrayals further harm migrant sex workers, especially asian migrant sex workers. Speakers include: Mish Pony (CEO of Scarlett Alliance), Bee – a bilingual peer educator at Vixen, Mon from Scarlett Alliance's Asian Migrant Sex Workers’ Advisory Group, and Anna Pickering from the Tamaki Makaurau New Zealand Prostitutes Collective.
This week on the program we speak with Professor Kyllie Cripps (@CrippsKyllie), Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre and Palawa woman, about new research she has published on systemic racism embedded in the deaths of 151 Aboriginal women.Kyllie’s research examines police failures in relation to their role as first responders to situations of intimate partner violence against Indigenous women.Her article Indigenous women and intimate partner homicide in Australia: confronting the impunity of policing failures is published in Current Issues in Criminal Justice. Our episode today has a content warning for intimate partner violence against Indigenous women and racism. If you need support in relation to today's episode, you can contact:Lifeline on 13 11 141800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732If you are an Aboriginal person in Victoria who is experiencing or has experienced family violence you can call Djirra on 1800 105 303
On this week’s episode, we speak with Vina, Mayy, Farhana and Fazilat from An.Other Collective, a creative community that navigates the intersection of faith, identity and culture. An.Other Collective is a group of Muslim women creatives who are forming social connections and collaborating with each other to push back against the image and idea of a creative and design industry that is exclusive, white and dominated by cis men. In this interview, we talk about the beauty of connecting with people with shared experiences; the radical nature of rest and unproductivity under capitalism; and the tensions and complexities of cultural identity. Instagram: @an.othercollective Image supplied by An.Other Collective
This week on the program we immerse ourselves in the world of queer culture shaping, sex-positive zine Wicked Women, which ran from 1988-1996. The occasion is the Queer Gaze exhibition at the Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda in Narrm.The exhibition showcases images from the Wicked Women Collection at AQUA, the Australian Queer Archives, and this is the first public showing of some of the images for many years.We speak with Lisa Salmon, one of the founders of Wicked Women, as well as hearing the voices of people who came along to opening of the Queer Gaze exhibition on April 28.Queer Gaze: A Wicked Storytelling Event will be held on June 17.
This week, we speak with Sanmati Verma, a Managing Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre and a Law Institute of Victoria accredited specialist in immigration law. Sanmati is also currently an advisor to the United Workers Union, a board member of the Migrant Worker Centre and Deputy Chair of the national Visa Cancellation Working Group. In this episode, Sanmati talks to us about the exploitation of migrant workers and the lack of protection currently offered to visa holders and undocumented workers, especially when trying to take action against wage theft or unfair treatment. We also discuss the report, 'Breaking the silence: A proposal for whistleblower protections to enable migrant workers to address exploitation', put together by the Migrant Justice Institute in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Centre.
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Melody, a member from Fired Up Stilettos based in Aotearoa. Fired Up Stilettos is a group of strippers fighting for improved Industry standards and independent contractor protections, nationwide. Earlier this year Melody, alongside 18 other strippers were fired from Calender Girls Strip Club in Wellington after petitioning management for better labour rights. Sign their petition and support their campaign by visiting www.firedupstilettos.com. Melody Montague is an arts and culture writer and former stripper from Te-Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Aotearoa (New Zealand). She is one of nineteen strippers fired from Calendar Girls Wellington after petitioning management for better labour rights, and a founding member of the Fired Up Stilettos, who are fighting for improved working conditions for strippers and sex workers across Aotearoa.
This week on the program we hear an interview with Munanjahli, Yugambeh and South Sea Islander woman Dr Chelsea Watego (@drcwatego) about the silence surrounding the ongoing Senate Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.Dr Watego is Professor of Indigenous Health and Executive Director of the Carumba Institute at Queensland University of Technology and speaks with 3CR Broadcaster Grace Tan.Further information about what is happening to the Senate inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women can be found at this article on The Conversation by Amy McQuire, Chelsea Watego, David Singh and Elizabeth Strakosch.Amy McQuire's work on "presencing" can be found on her substack.Later in the show we feature speeches from Narrm Melbourne’s Trans Day of Visibility rally held on March 31st.We hear Fa'afafine and trans advocate Amao Leota Lu speaking about the need to protect trans women of colour and the trans community at large, and Sally Goldner (@salgoldsaidso) speaking on the fight against Nazis and trans rights.
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Meri Leeworthy, cofounder of Radical Directory, a project aimed at creating a public online space for left grassroots activists. We discuss the ways in which big tech companies control and manipulate us through social media; the relationship between the Internet and capitalism; and the power of imagining online spaces for community created by and for grassroots activists. Featured song : Only U - Jemi GaleImage supplied by Meri Leeworthy
Recently I read a Twitter thread by Jinghua Qian in response to a Crikey article on conversion therapy in China. This thread got me thinking about how to talk and write about complex stories. What do we owe our readers and the people we write about?Today Jinghua joins me to build a case for ethical reporting. We also learn about their time in Shanghai writing for Sixth Tone and what they make of Australia’s reporting on China.
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Domina Jia, a sex worker and artist based in Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i. We chat about their zine Be Easy Stay Safe vol.2 which features around 20 contributors from all facets of the sex worker industry including strippers/dancers, cam-models, sugar babies, dominatrixes and more. Find their work on instagram at @jinjavitus_ Featured song is ‘This Dyke’ by Kimmortal. Photos courtesy of Domina Jia.
This week on the program we speak with Kroft about L'université d'été euroméditerranéenne des homosexualités (UEEH), a gathering organised in France by and for LGBTIQ+ people. For decades, the UEEH gathering has been run by and for LGBTIQ+ people and collectives to promote the development and sharing of tools to fight discrimination and for mutual empowerment. With a non-hierarchical and feminist approach to self-organising, the UEEH aims to be a welcoming and secure space where people can share experiences and create meaningful connections that are necessary on a personal and activist level. Looking beyond France ensures that the event prioritises global activism strategies and solidarity.
This week on Women on the Line, Juliette McAleer fights to be seen as a whole person, and Nikita Rotumah uses boxing to keep kids fit and safe.
This week on the program we speak with Umi Asaka and Tommy or Tomoki Fukui about the planned release of 1.3 million tonnes of water contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the ocean. The plant is owned by TEPCO, that’s the Tokyo Electric Power Company, and if it goes ahead the release of this water would continue for a period of 30 years. Umi and Tommy unpack the issues around the radioactive wastewater at Fukushima Daiichi - how the water came to be there and the dangers of releasing it; nuclear Imperialism across the Pacific; structural methods of silencing those who speak out against radioactive contamination caused by the disaster at Fukushima; and the powerful resistance taking place to stop the release of the wastewater, demand accountability for the disaster and fight further radioactive contamination.Shortly after we spoke for the program the plan to dump the contaminated water was put on hold for the time being - but it’s important to keep the pressure on until the plan is shelved for good. Voice your opposition to the release of the contaminated water by adding your name to the statement here and watch out for the day of action on April 13.
This week we mark Invasion Day, to do so we’ll go straight into speeches from Narrm’s Invasion Day Rally where we’ll hear from Gurnai/Kurnai and Gunditjmara woman Meriki Onus and Noongar woman Roxy Moore. Listen back to 3CR's Invasion Day 2023 broadcast.Afterwards, we’ll hear an interview with Bunuba, Walmajarri and Cornish/Scottish presenter Natalie Davey from community radio station Wangki Radio in Fitzroy Crossing, who joined Women on the Line presenter Emma Hart to speak about the impact of the recent flooding in the Kimberley.To support community lead recovery you can visit The Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre donation page:https://mwrc.com.au/pages/donations
Today's show explores Palestinian movement building and solidarity between Palestinians and First Nations people in so-called Australia via edited excerpts from the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network’s inaugural Palestine Solidarity Conference. The conference was held on Kulin Nations land in Melbourne from the 27th to the 29th of January.The first two segments are from the conference's opening plenary session, “Organising for Palestine on stolen land: Solidarity and Intersectionality,” chaired by APAN Vice President Nasser Mashni. These excerpts include comments from Senator Lidia Thorpe, Kim Bullimore, Micaela Sahhar, and Randa Abdel-Fattah. The third segment is from the closing plenary, "75 years of Nakba - What's next for the movement?" chaired by Lina Koleilat. This excerpt features comments from Noura Mansour, Rand Khatib, and Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak.
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Heidi, Connie and Andra from Fortune – a print and space-making project, assembled by and for queer Asian publics. Tended to in Philadelphia. We chat about queer Asian publishing practices, our predictions for the upcoming lunar new year of the Water Rabbit/Cat and their upcoming lunar new year party.Find more about Fortune via their website or instagram.
Narrm Melbourne based label HER 他 is a music platform and event series founded and headed by DJ and musician Cloudy Ku which recently celebrated its three year anniversary. HER 他 is focussed around building and showcasing an incredible community of diverse artists, reaching deep into local scenes as well as to communities of musicians and listeners across Asia and Europe. We speak with Cloudy about the journey of the label and hear her selections from the artists below. Female Wizard - Malachite @female_wizardXuri - Wompoo Dove @xuri_peMaggie Tra - Ladyship @mtraBetty Apple - Lucifer Morningstar @lovebettyapple HER 他 @hermusicequalityH3R.LIVE
Content warning: This episode touches on some distressing topics, including experiences of sexual assault. Support is available via Lifeline on 13 11 14, the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467, and 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732), the national counselling line for sexual assault, family and domestic violence. This episode features a discussion with anti-poverty advocates Aeryn Brown, Melissa Fisher and Mel, all of whom have experienced navigating Australia's circuitous social security system. Aeryn, Melissa and Mel speak about the realities of living below the poverty line and the importance of centring lived expertise in reforming the delivery of social security. Aeryn's writing and interview features on poverty and social security:17 August 2019, 'Newstart and life on $40 a day: 'It's not living, it's surviving''7 June 2022, 'Cost of living: how to beat Australia's soaring inflation and cut your everyday expenses'14 October 2022, 'Break the Poverty Machine: the voices of Australia's poor (part 2)' Melissa's writing on poverty and social security:29 December 2021, 'The Covid supplement lifted me out of poverty. Then it was cut and my life went back to the way it was'18 March 2022, 'Centrelink's paltry increase doesn't cover inflation and condemns us further into debt'13 April 2022, 'I can't eat childcare or lower taxes. Australians in poverty have been thrown to the wolves by both parties' The image for this episode was made by Melissa, and you can find more of her art and support her creative practice here.
As the year approaches a close we visit the ongoing protests for freedom in Iran. In honour of the protests under the slogan of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi which is Kurdish for woman, life, freedom, we visit the realm of Kurdish poetry, central to Kurdish culture, life and resistance. We're joined by Kurdish/Celtic writer and dancer Leila Lois who shares some poetry and insights in honour of the protests in Iran that stem from the Kurdish struggle. In November she wrote an article for the Overland Journal on Kurdish women’s resistance in body and poetry.
Today’s show explores the importance of centring the agency and right to choose of people with disability. First up, you’ll hear part of a conversation about disability discrimination and self-advocacy between Lisa Brumtis and Heather Smith, from the 2022 International Women’s Day episode of Raising Our Voices on 3CR, a program produced and presented by people with disabilities. Later on, you’ll hear an interview with Catherine McAlpine, CEO of Inclusion Australia, talking about decision making and the Disability Royal Commission. The discussion of disability discrimination during this show may be distressing for some listeners. If you need to speak to someone about this, you can call lifeline on 13 11 14. If you are at risk of domestic, family or sexual violence, please call 1800 RESPECT, that’s 1800 737 732. For counselling support, or for referral to a counsellor or advocate near you, you can call the Disability Royal Commission counselling and referral service on 1800 421 468. You can also contact the National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline to report concerns on 1800 880 052.
In this episode, we're joined by two of the co-directors of Youth Verdict, a youth-led climate activist group that just defeated Clive Palmer’s planned Waratah Coal mine, to talk about their victory and the importance of centring First Nations cultural rights and human rights in climate justice work. Murrawah Johnson is a Wirdi woman, co-director and First Nations program lead at Youth Verdict. Monique Jeffs is a white settler based in Meanjin, and is one of Youth Verdict’s original founders. You can keep up to date with Youth Verdict’s work on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Note: The podcast features an extended version of our on-air conversation with Murrawah and Monique, with an extra 10 minutes of discussion about the importance of First Nations-led climate action!
On this episode of Women on the Line we cover Trans Awareness Week, which was held from the 13 - 20 November. We head to Narrm’s first Trans Pride March, to hear from speakers Anastacia Le Rose and Mama Merrin and her son Jay. We then head to Trans Day of Remembrance to hear from Key Change Trans and Gender Diverse Choir as well as Witt Gorrie. The speakers touch on topics affecting the transgender community such as high rates of incarceration of Aboriginal trans women and trans women of colour, transphobia, safer school spaces, mental health and community-building.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, please be advised that this program includes references to Indigenous people who have passed away. This show also covers themes that may be distressing to some listeners, including racial violence and domestic and family violence. Support is available 24/7 at:Lifeline on 13 11 141800RESPECT (1800 737 732)13 YARN (13 92 76) - a dedicated national crisis line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people On this episode, we’re joined by Amy McQuire, a Darumbal and South Sea Islander woman and PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, as well as a freelance writer and journalist. Amy speaks about her research and writing on media representations of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Australia. Through her work, she re-frames Indigenous women as not missing but disappeared, turning the focus back onto the settler colonial state and criminal punishment system to look at the myriad ways that Indigenous women are failed, and by whom, when it comes to experiences of violence.You can read Amy's writing on her substack Presence. Please consider a paid subscription if you are able.
On this episode, we cover the National Day of Action to Close Don Dale and Abolish Youth Prisons, which was held on the 22 October 2022. We hear from Sara Schwartz, who works at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, speak at the Fund communities, not prisons & police rally organsed by Homes no Prisons on Wurunderji and Boon Wurruong Country. Then head to Larrakia Country to hear from Josie Crawshaw at the Close Don Dale rally.
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Anna Weekes, an organiser from the Fossil Fuel Free Arts Northern Territory Campaign. The Fossil Fuel Free Arts NT crew have been campaigning for the Darwin Arts Festival to break up their long-term partnership with fossil fuel corporation Santos. We discuss their recent wins, artwashing, as well the impact of Santos in the Northern Territory.
Earlier this year the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, the 1973 ruling which protected abortion rights on a national level, unleashing a wave of repressive measures against abortion rights in conservative US states and increasing public focus on this area.This episode is the second part of a brief look at abortion rights. For part one, we looked beyond the USA to the situation for abortion rights in Poland, speaking with a member of Szpila Collective, an anarcha-feminist anti-repression collective based in Warsaw, working to support activists or other people who face repressions because of their political activity.This week on the program we continue that conversation closer to home, looking at abortion rights in so-called Australia. We speak with Dr Erica Millar, senior research fellow at La Trobe University, who provides a brief history of local abortion rights, an explanation of differences in state based abortion legislation, and perspectives on the impact of cultural perceptions of abortion on our current legal framework.If you're based in a rural area, the telehealth abortion and reproductive healthcare websites Erica mentions are Clinic 66 and Marie Stopes.
In this week’s episode of Women on the Line, we’re joined by Anne-lise Ah Fat, who has been involved in coordinating and editing a recently-released collection of poems by community members on the inside called ‘None Of Us Are Free Until All Of Us Are Free’. This is the second edition of poems from the inside published by Incendium Radical Library and Press, and has been in the making for over a year. The collection features creative writing from a range of contributors including Stacey Stokes, who kindly gave us permission to include her thoughts on writing as part of this episode and asked that Anne-lise read them out.Sales for ‘None Of Us Are Free Until All Of Us Are Free’ have been going towards supporting the Inside Out newsletter, a quarterly newsletter by and for LGBTIQ+ folks, sistergirls and brotherboys incarcerated in prisons or detention centres. You can help cover the costs of producing Inside Out and find out more by heading to Inside Out Solidarity Network on Facebook or visiting their website. Some other excellent initiatives providing support and resources to incarcerated community members:Sisters Inside's Free Her campaignBeyond Bricks and Bars: Trans Gender Diverse Decarceration ProjectIncarcerated Trans & Gender Diverse Community Fund
Earlier this year the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, the 1973 ruling which protected abortion rights across the US, unleashing a wave of repressive measures against abortion rights in conservative American states and increasing public and political focus on this area.This week on the program, we look beyond the USA to the situation for abortion rights in Poland.We speak with Alex from Szpila Collective, an anarcha-feminist anti-repression collective based in Warsaw, working to support activists or other people who face repression because of their political activity in Poland.To support the work of Szpila Collective by making a donation you can also reach them at:Szpila FacebookSzpila Twitterszpila (at) riseup (dot) netListeners should be aware that this episode contains discusison of domestic violence. If this conversation brings anything up for you, you can contact national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling service 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732.
Content warning: this is a sensitive area of discussion and may be distressing for some listeners. Listeners can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 1800RESPECT 24/7. Listeners in the music industry or arts can also call Support Act’s wellbeing helpline 24/7 on 1800 959 500. Today’s show focuses on sexual harassment in the workplace, exploring the need for cultural change both within industries and as a society and looking at some of the legal mechanisms silencing people who have experienced these harms. First, we hear from Anne Jacobs, the National Welfare Manager at Australia’s music industry charity Support Act. Anne speaks about the ‘Raising Their Voices’ report, which presents the findings of an independent review into sexual harm, sexual harassment and systemic discrimination in the Australian contemporary music industry. After this, Emma Golledge, Director of the University of New South Wales’ Kingsford Legal Centre, unpacks some of the barriers to accountability and transparency faced by people who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace with a focus on non-disclosure agreements.
In this episode, we discuss the political importance of archiving the feminist struggle in Algeria. Launched in 2019, Archives des luttes des femmes en Algérie is a collective that provides digital and open access to documents from and by Algerian feminist activists, collectives, and associations since the North African country gained independence in 1962.Joining us to discuss the importance of archives for activism in Algeria, is researcher and activist Saadia Gacem, who, along with Awel Haouati and Lydia Saïdi, forms part of this collective. Saadia is a PhD candidate in the anthropology of law researching the repressive family code in Algeria.This interview was conducted in French, and it is voiced over in English by Aminata Diallo.The audio of the song heard at the end of the episode is from Femmes en Mouvement, a documentary filmed and produced in 1989 by Merzak Allouache. Available on YouTube (in French)To find out more please see:Blog: https://archivefemdz.hypotheses.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archivesfemmmesdz/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archivesfemmesdz/
On this week’s episode of Women on the Line we chat with Odissi dancers Divya Nair, Shreya Rath, Vaishnavi Srinivasan and Pranavi Annadurai from the Sohamasmi Centre for Performing Arts, all senior dance disciples of Odissi dancer and teacher Smt. Monica Singh Sangwan. Upcoming solo and duet performances are happening Saturday 17 and 24 September at Dancehouse and 1 October at Fairfield Amphitheatre, accompanied by a live Odissi music ensemble featuring Vaishnavi Srinivasan (Vocals), Senthuran Jogaratanam (Percussion/Mardala), Shri Murali Kumar / Anita Das (Violin) and Lakshmanan Madhu (Saraswati Veena), trained by Shri Achyuta Maharana from Puri, India. Tickets are available now at sohamasmi.org.
This week you’ll hear from a group of diverse young women challenging structures and systems and really shaking things up.We start the show with Dana Alshaer, a proud Palestinian who’ll educate us on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, also known as BDS. She also explains why some people are reluctant to support this movement.And later in the show, we’ll be joined by Danya, Razaz and Ladan, a trio whose teacher training bill passed in the Youth Parliament!
In today's show, we are joined by Marnie Vinall and Dr Kasey Symons to unpack some important issues around gender dynamics in sports reporting and commentary, and to reflect on the growth of the AFLW with a focus on the AFLW fandom. Marnie is a sports reporter at The Age based in Naarm/Melbourne. Kasey is an academic and writer also based in Naarm, and is a Research Fellow in the Sport Innovation Research Group at Swinburne University as well as a co-founder of the women in sport collective Siren Sport. The photograph above was shot by multimedia creative and member of Siren Sport Megan Brewer.
On this week’s episode of Women on the Line we chat with Zena Cumpston, a Barkandji woman who has curated the exhibition ‘Emu Sky’ currently being shown at Melbourne University. The exhibition brings together numerous Aboriginal artists and knowledge keepers to explore Aboriginal perspectives related to science, innovation, plant use, land management and agricultural practices. Emu Sky is currently being exhibited, with free entry, at the Old Quad building at Melbourne University from now until Sunday 21 August 2022. Visit the Emu Sky website for more information.
Journalist and activist Nicola Joseph discusses the differences between tokenism and media justice, and in the second half of the show researcher Shelly Makleff discusses Abortion care in Australia. We also look at what the end of Roe V Wade means for women and birthing people.To learn more about Shelly's study click here.
On this week's episode, we're joined by Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker and Samantha Floreani to tackle some big questions about digital rights, predatory tech companies and regulation. Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker is a Nyungar technologist and digital rights activist who serves on the board of Electronic Frontiers Australia. Their work explores the intersection of activism, science-fiction, and technology in imagining radical futures and ushering them into existence.Samantha Floreani is a digital rights activist and writer living on unceded Wurundjeri land. They also live on the internet and strive to make it a better place through their privacy advocacy and tech policy work as Program Lead for Digital Rights Watch.You can read the article about queer online spaces and government regulation that Kat mentioned towards the end of the show here on Junkee.
This week’s episode covers the Yuendumu community-led campaign Karrinjarla Muwajarri - no police guns in remote Aboriginal communities. The campaign emerged in the wake of the 2022 Northern Territory budget announcement re-affirming a government commitment to resourcing police instead of vital community services, and after the acquittal of an NT police officer over the 2019 death of Warlpiri teenager Kumanjayi Walker. The campaign also addresses the need to restore self-determination and self-governance in remote Aboriginal communities on the 15th anniversary of the NT Intervention, which is scheduled to end this year. A national day of action was called on the 18th of June, and today’s show features excerpts from speeches given at the Mparntwe Alice Springs rally by Sabella Turner (Central Arrernte Nation), Valerie Martin (Warlpiri Nation), Barbara Shaw (Arrernte Nation) and Kumalie Riley (Arrernte Nation).You can read the Karrinjarla Muwajarri statement of demands here. More information about the work of the Intervention Rollback Action Group is available here.This show was produced in collaboration with Ethyl Ephedrine, slumberkitty and Tin Pickle from the Punk Tree Hour show on 8CCC Community Radio Alice Springs and Tennant Creek.
In April, France saw the far-right party leader receive a large portion of the vote in the presidential election albeit with the lowest voter turnout since 1969. This week we discuss French politics ahead of the second round of legislative elections which chooses representatives to parliament on June 19.To discuss these issues within a broader context of global capitalism we’re joined by Dr Rachel Bloul, who is a social scientist formerly from the ANU. Her fields of expertise are immigration politics, global politics and genocide studies. After living in Australia for 40 years, she returned to a changed France seven years ago and shares some of her insights into the political landscape and argues for a need for a different political language for collective struggle.
Thanks for tuning in to Women on the Line's 2022 live Radiothon special!Iris, Ayan and Priya counted down the top 10 most-downloaded episodes of Women on the Line over the past year, and played you some highlights from these shows. We also caught up with Emma and Scheherazade via phone, and got a very special call from former WOTL producer Hope. Keep those donations coming for 3CR's 2022 Radiothon so we can continue to keep community strong through the power of independent media for another year!Donate to our GiveNow crowdraiser, where we are working on our target of $1650 to contribute to 3CR's $250,000 goal!Call the station on (03) 9419 8377 to donate over the phone.Text in your pledge and receive donation details at 0488 809 855.Head to 3CR's donation page!
We all agree everyone deserves access to good quality education. Unfortunately – not everyone is given the same opportunities. In Australia, the legacy of racist policies has meant that Aboriginal students continue to face structural barriers that impact their education.I reached out to Aunty Gail Kunwarra Dawson to find out what makes a real difference to the lives of Aboriginal students. Aunty Gail is a Bunwurrang Elder and a school education researcher.
One aspect of Australia's draconian border regime that has grown in recent decades is the education sector, which has entrapped many International students in a system of privatised exploitation and precarity. We hear from Carol from the Support Network for International Students (SNIS) about the network and the concept of education trafficking. Later in the program, we turn to student resistance in solidarity with Palestine at the University of Melbourne. There the student union has backflipped from historic support for Palestine in the face of a reactionary backlash. We hear from Emma from Students for Palestine (Melbourne Uni).
This week Áine Kelly-Costello chats to us about disability and migration and how the two intersect. Áine discusses the podcast Disability Crosses Borders and shares their own migration experience. Áine also looks at the Acceptable Standard of Health, a visa requirement they've described as "lengthy, expensive, stressful and degrading."Support #EndASHNow
This week's show covers updates in the struggle for self-determination of West Papuans, including limitations of the Special Autonomy Law which was renewed in 2021, the Indonesian government’s push to break up the provinces of West Papua and Papua to create 5 smaller administrative regions, and issues related to freedom of expression, assembly and communication. We hear from Esther Haluk, a member of Garda Papua, a democratic movement of West Papuan people, as well as a lecturer at Walter Post Theological Seminary in Jayapura, and Veronica Koman, an Indonesian human rights lawyer who is currently in self-imposed exile in Australia. You can find out more information about the situation in West Papua by following the work of organisations like TAPOL, the International Coalition for Papua or ICP, and Komite Nasional Papua Barat or KPNB, plus don't forget to tune in to Voice of West Papua on 3CR every Tuesday from 6:30-7:30PM.
In the lead up to the federal election, we’ve seen a host of minor far-right political parties spin, propagate, and actively spread disinformation, seemingly for political gain. All the while, the so-called 'freedom' rallies continue to protest outside political institutions. What is it motivating people to show up to these rallies or join these conspiracy-laden movements more broadly? To delve more deeply into this topic we hear Professor Pam Nilan speak at the launch of her latest book titled Young People and the Far-right which interrogates how specifically young white men get attracted to the dystopian fantasies of far-right futures. The book launch was held at the Black Spark Cultural Centre on April 26. Then, activist Michel speaks about their preliminary research on the so-called freedom movement in Naarm/Melbourne. They have a background in community organising and are completing Honours in Anthropology at the University of Melbourne. For security reasons, the name has been changed
When you think of wellness influencers, what comes to mind? Sun? Yoga? Neo-Nazis!!? Today we hear from academic Tresa LeClerc, whose essay 'Consumption, Wellness, and the Far-Right' explores what makes the wellness industry a target of white nationalist ideas.Later in the program, we'll listen to an interview Diaspora Blues did with Dr Ruth DeSouza about her life-saving podcast ‘Birthing and Justice’.
The Victorian Government is proposing to significantly expand the capacity of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre or DPFC, a women's prison on the western edge of Narrm, Melbourne. Drawing on the voices of women with lived experience of prison and evidence based practice, the Homes Not Prisons campaign is calling on the State Government to use the money allocated for expanding the prison to build public housing instead. This week on the program we bring you selections from Stop the Expansion of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a recent online event hosted by Victorian Women Lawyers addressing this issue.The discussion features Yuin woman Vickie Roach, Principal Legal Officer of the Law and Advocacy Centre for Women Jill Prior, Sara, member of the Homes Not Prisons Steering Committee, and Karen Fletcher, Executive Officer of feminist abolitionist advocacy and support service Flat Out.
Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis, and yet the primary focus of politicians is on private home ownership rather than protecting the most vulnerable. Chloé Cooper, a member of Save Public Housing Collective with lived experience of homelessness, joins us to share her analysis of the state of homelessness support services in Victoria, and how we might achieve meaningful change on housing insecurity in Australia. Later in the show, we hear from Professor Libby Porter, a researcher and educator at RMIT's Centre for Urban Research. Libby's work focuses on dispossession and displacement in contemporary cities, and she speaks with us about the importance of maintaining and building public housing as a crucial element of tackling housing insecurity. Both Chloé and Libby refer to a demonstration that is planned for May Day, Sunday the 1st of May, at around midday on the steps of Melbourne's Parliament House. You can keep up to date here.
This week we focus on the struggle of Uyghur people in occupied East Turkestan. The Chinese state has been intensifying genocide of Uyghurs in the last decade. We hear from Uyghur community member Fazilet, and audio from a recent Uyghur and Muslim lead Stand for Uyghurs rally in Melbourne with Idil Ali (MC), and speeches by Mai and Fazilet.
This week we hear from transgender Tamil woman Amity Mara on the Borderless Affirmations Mutual Aid group, which supports trans migrants (interview by Priya Kunjan, 3CR Thursday Breakfast). Later in the program, we hear from an April rally in solidarity with Palestine in Melbourne, as Israel once again attacks Al Aqsa mosque in Ramadan.
The Covid-19 pandemic has intensified existing systemic inequalities. We hear from a rally in Melbourne, Fighting for public health and workplace safety. We hear from rally co-chairs, Sarah Hathaway and Jiselle Hanna, unionist and Greens candidate Celeste Liddle, retail worker and unionist Maudie Osborne, and public health worker and unionist Nita Okoko.
This week on the program we focus on the situation for people fleeing from war on the Polish border with Belarus and Ukraine.More than 1.8 million people escaping war in Ukraine have arrived in Poland since February 24, but not everyone has received the same welcome to the European Union.On the Polish-Belarussian border, people seeking safety in the EU from war in the Middle East continue to be pushed back to Belarus, despite what in some instances can be many dangerous attempts to cross.Our guest for this episode speaks about the forces behind this situation, what is happening to the people caught by this border, and what you can do to provide support.For more information or to make a donation use the link below:https://chuffed.org/project/poland-belarus-ukraine-border-crisis-solidarity-fundraiser
Today's show features two women working towards climate justice in so-called Australia: Tishiko King, Campaign Director at Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network, and Emma Bacon, Executive Director of the Sweltering Cities project. Tishiko, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman with connections to Masig and Badu Islands, speaks about climate vulnerability and fighting for climate justice in Zenadth Kes/the Torres Strait Islands. Emma discusses the effects of rising temperatures on urban heat stress and why urban infrastructure needs to both adapt to and mitigate climate change. You can find out more about the work of Seed Mob here, and support the Torres Strait 8's 'Our Islands, Our Home' campaign here. Send a personal message to local member of Parliament for the Torres Strait, Warren Entsch, on why you think the Australian Government should take urgent action to protect Zenadth Kes from climate change. If you live in Australia, take the Sweltering Cities 2022 Summer Survey here before the end of March to support advocacy for sustainable urban development and changes to residential infrastructure in the face of global warming.
In a collaborative show with Sudanese refugee and freelance journalist Elina Mark, we delve into education issues for refugee communities stuck in limbo in Indonesia as a result of Australia's border policies.We feature two interviews.Firstly, the mother of four children, Shereen speaks about barriers for her kids to access education in Indonesia.Afterwards, co-founder of the refugee-run Education4all learning centre, Faiza Ahmed Omer Faloul speaks about how they fill a void and help the broader refugee community in Indonesia. *4All are currently fundraising to support and continue their work. Link to fundraiser https://ensany.com/campaign/3998?fbclid=IwAR2tDZSaKvTZ8ogVgvW5lYO6K6qP6DbG3QKxLCyCXUojLv5trPtx-gSsSQ8
On this week’s program, we’re analyzing two stories making national news. Our first story looks at what happens when police view migrant and refugee women as the main aggressors in family violence calls, and our second interview focuses on the exploitation of Pacific farmworkers. Helping us tell these stories is the CEO of inTouch Michal Morris and Dr Victoria Stead from Deakin University.Articles/reports THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF MIS-IDENTIFICATIONAustralia needs better conditions, not shaming, for Pacific farm workersProducerAyan Shirwa
This week we hear from queer, Maori-Polish writer, abolitionist and organiser, Julia Rose Bak, about the concept of disability justice (First aired on Radio A and A, also see Disability Justice network mutual aid fundraiser). The summer of 2021-22 has seen a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic with the Omicron variant, mass illness and death in an environment of woeful state responses and complacency. In the second half of the program, Polly, a queer academic and consultancy researcher, speaks about the Omicron summer crisis and how the left should respond.
This week on the program we cover two important topics which have seen some significant development in the last week. First, we speak with two Gomeroi yinarr, Aunty Polly Cutmore and Traditional Custodian Karra Kinchela, about the fight to stop Santos’ Narrabri Gas Project, near Moree in North West NSW. 850 gas wells are proposed for the area, and court hearings are underway.Visit the Moree Ecological Holistic Information Centre page And find more information about the Pillaga Ultra - A Run to Keep the Pillaga Wild Then we hear from Charlie and Evan from Pride in Protest in Warrang Sydney, about the previously proposed Religious Discrimination Act.Last week was a big week, and after some significant wrangling and subsequent trauma for the LGBTIQA+ community the Act has now been withdrawn by the Coalition. While we spoke before the legislation was withdrawn, Charlie and Evan provide an analysis about the forces at play behind the bill that's still very relevant.You can connect with Pride in Protest at the social pages below:Facebook - Pride in ProtestTwitter - Pride in ProtestInstagram - Pride in Protest
In today's episode, we delve into a thriving leftist movement in Narrm (Melbourne) built by migrants from Turkey in the 1970s and 80s. International human rights lawyer, researcher and activist, Eda Seyhan joins us to discuss her article published in Jacobin on how this movement organized migrant workers, supported political refugees, influenced unions, and contributed to the anti-imperialist struggle both in Turkey and internationally.Eda conducted this research as part of her visiting fellowship at the Institute of Postcolonial Studies.Article: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/01/derneks-australia-communists-labor-mutual-aid
In this show, Murri historian and activist Dr Jackie Huggins speaks about the recently-published updated edition of 'Sister Girl: Reflections on Tiddaism, Identity and Reconciliation', which is out now through the University of Queensland Press. She reflects on the process of writing and on her prolific career, touching on the strength of Aboriginal women, race relations in feminism, Indigenous leadership, and honouring her parents through biography.Dr Jackie Huggins AM FAHA is a member of the Bidjara and Birri Gubba Juru peoples, and is currently leading the work for Treaty/Treaties in Queensland. This episode also features the song 'Sista Girl' by Oetha. Dr Huggins will be in conversation with Wiradjuri Author Dr Anita Heiss on the evening of Monday 31st January 2022 to discuss the new edition of Sister Girl. Online and in-person registration details are available here.
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy was founded 50 years ago on Invasion day, January 26, in 1972. It is the world's longest ongoing protest camp.In this episode, we air some archival audio from 1992 on the 20-year anniversary and from 2012 on the 40-year anniversary. We hear the voice of Dr Roberta ‘Bobbi’ Sykes, an excerpt of an interview with the late Aunty Pat Eatock from 3CR’s coverage of 2012 Embassy’s 40th anniversary, and 'The Dispossessed' a poem presented by the late Aunty Oodgeroo Noonuccal. Afterwards, we hear part of a conversation, first published on Instagram Live, on the Embassy's history and reflections on the misinformation circulating around recent events at the Old Parliament House in Canberra. The conversation is between Wiradjuri poet and podcaster Lorna Munro, who lives on Gadigal lands, and Ngambri woman Leah House. Lorna has worked on podcasting about gentrification, colonisation and unpacking the colonial playbook in many formats, including the Survival Guide series for Radio Skid Row.The documentary mentioned in the conversation is Ningla A-na.To find out more about the Aboriginal Tent Embassy visit www.atesovereignty.com.au. The embassy has a fundraiser to help support the preparation in the lead up to Invasion Day 2022: https://chuffed.org/project/aboriginal-tent-embassy-anniversary.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this program contains the voices of people who are deceased.
We hear about the collective Boycott Sydney Festival campaign to end the troubling partnership between the Sydney Festival and the Israeli state. A Palestinian led campaign, as part of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement for Palestinian freedom has been calling for the festival to be boycotted because the Festival refuses to drop its relationship with the Israeli Embassy. We hear from Palestinian activist, author and academic Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. The campaign is calling for everyone to get behind the many artists who withdrew from the Festival in solidarity, who have independent shows and exhibition on. Check out a catalogue of the artists on the Boycott Sydney Festival Instagram. Also see: BDS Australia, Do Better on Palestine, Palestinian Justice Movement Sydney.
In today's episode, we're diving into a discussion about gender identity and self-representation for trans and gender diverse people with Dr Brooke Brady and Shoshana Rosenberg, who are currently undertaking a research project called The Dynamic Gender Hotline. The hotline, voiced by Zaya Barroso, invites transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming or otherwise gender diverse people to leave an anonymous voicemail sharing personal stories about their experiences of gender. The project investigates how gender is experienced over time by people of a range of different ages and identities. Dr Brooke Brady (she/her) is a research fellow at the University of New South Wales in the School of Psychology and UNSW Ageing Futures Institute. Shoshana Rosenberg (they/them) is an independent researcher currently working at UNSW.
In this episode, we are joined by two writers based in Indonesia who speak with members of their communities.Firstly, Elina Mark works with two non-profit educational organisations: Education 4All and Beyond the Fabric. Elina speaks about educational barriers refugee children face with the co-founder of the 4all, Faiza Ahmed Omer Faloul. Now focusing on delivering online education, 4all is a refugee-run organisation that Faiza help set-up to fill a void, challenge the status quo and help the broader refugee community in Indonesia.Then, writer Nimo Ahmed voices some of the issues refugee women face as she speaks with two women Hodan and Fahma who have been in Indonesia after leaving Somalia. Nimo's writing aims to uncover social and cultural problems refugee women face. 4all is currently fundraising in order to reach more people in need of their educational services across Indonesia. To donate: https://ensany.com/campaign/3998
This week we're tackling the subject of racial capitalism: what is it, why should we care, and how does it threaten our existence? Helping us make sense of this concept is antiracist race critical scholar Alana Lentin.As promised here is a link to her lecture.ProducerAyan Shirwa
Tamil people are fleeing violence in their homeland in Sri Lanka and facing border violence from the Australian government. This week we shed light on the Tamil struggle for freedom and the struggle to free refugees in Australia locked up by Australia's regime of border violence. First, we hear from Renuga Inpakumar, a spokesperson with the Tamil Refugee Council. Second, we hear from speeches given at pro-refugee rallies centred around the refugee detention Park hotel prison in Melbourne: including a speech by Lavanya Thavaraja, also a member of the Tamil Refugee Council; Amanda Threlfall, Assistant Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council and Federal Senator for the Greens, Lidia Thorpe.
This week on the program we focus on Transfemme, a new online resource for preventing heterosexual or bi+ cis men’s violence against trans women.We speak about the project with Amao Leota Lu, community advocate, consultant and performance artist, whose work focuses on weaving the tapestry of intersectionality of race, culture and gender, and Starlady, social justice advocate and Program Manager at the Zoe Belle Gender Collective.
Today's episode features two timely conversations. First, we are joined by Fiona York, Executive Officer of Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) and a broadcaster on 3CR with HAAG's program Raise the Roof. Fiona raises concerns about the government's crackdown on the charity sector via amendments to the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission (ACNC) regulations.NOTE: Since this episode was produced, the proposed amendment to the ACNC regulations that Fiona and I discussed was disallowed by the Senate, with Labor, Greens and the crossbench uniting to back a disallowance motion moved by Rex Patrick (Independent). After this, we hear from Associate Professor Chelsea Watego, a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman, founding board member of Inala Wangarra, and Director of the Institute for Collaborative Race Research. Chelsea speaks with us about her new book Another Day in the Colony (UQP). This conversation was initially broadcast on 3CR's Thursday Breakfast program on Thursday the 18th of November 2021.
In light of what people, in particular Indigenous and First Nations peoples, have called a failure at COP26, we bring you two conversations on the effects of climate change.We first hear from the Pacific Climate Warriors Coordinator for Victoria, Folole Asueao Sagele Tupuola who first spoke with Thursday Breakfast. Daughter of the Moana, they are a storyteller and artist settled on Wathaurung Country and talk about the #Youth4Pacific Declaration on Climate Change that was delivered to Pacific Leaders at COP26. Then, Helen Berry who is Honorary Professor at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation at Macquarie University, speaks about her recent publications on the mental health impacts of climate change on young people and children. Helen is a widely-cited psychiatric epidemiologist and expert in how climate change, disasters and social and physical place influence mental health and wellbeing.
This week we look at the Voter Integrity Bill 2021, and in the second half of the show, we discuss the practice of female genital cutting (FGC), its causes and the health risks.Helping us with the Voter Integrity Bill is the Deputy CEO of The Australian Council of Social Service, Edwina MacDonald, and tackling FGC are Medina Idriess and Rani Pramesti from the Multicultural Centre for Women's Health.NEFTA Leadership Program.Family & Reproductive Rights Education Program.
This week we focus on the movement for sex worker rights and liberation. The Victorian government currently has a bill to partially decriminalise sex work. We hear from Dylan from Victoria's peer sex worker organisation, Vixen Collective on the benefits decriminalisation brings to sex workers and why the present bill leaves some sex workers behind. Later in the program, we hear from Peaches about some broader questions, including on sex work and anti-capitalism
This week on the program we hear an interview by 3CR broadcaster Priya Kunjan about Homes Not Prisons, a campaign to stop the expansion of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison in Victoria. The campaign is fighting for money the State Government has allocated for this project to be used to build public housing instead.Priya speaks with Vickie Roach, Yuin woman, activist and advocate for Aboriginal women in prison, Sara Stillanos, advocate with lived experience, and Gabi Franich, a campaign worker for Flat Out, a state-wide homelessness support and advocacy service for women who have had contact with the criminal justice or prison system in Victoria.Sign the letter calling to stop the prison expansion and use the funds to build public housing here. The track you hear at the end of this episode is "The sun cannot rise in prison" by Narrm-based artist Papaphilia.
In a piece for IndigenousX published 27 August 2020, Mineng Noongar social work academic Jacynta Krakouer stated that "Now is the time for critical race conversations in social work." Krakouer discussed the colonial origins of the field, and a need for changes in the way that it is taught and researched- particularly in terms of disrupting the overwhelming whiteness of those in positions of authority in academia.For this episode I am joined by Cin and Inez, both of whom are students currently enrolled in social work degrees at different universities and in different states in so-called Australia. Both Cin and Inez share their motivations for entering social work, experiences of studying social work as students from marginalised backgrounds, critiques of the discipline, and hopes for transformation.This is the first of a two-part series featuring students, academics and practitioners reflecting on social work, race and colonisation.
In this episode, we look at the impacts of the pandemic on sexual and domestic violence (SV/DV) in Aotearoa (New Zealand).Sexual and gender-based violence specialists, Hala Nasr and Miriam Gioia Sessa join us to discuss recently released research data and issues more broadly within the SV/DV sector. They also discuss navigating the siloing effects of neoliberalism, government policy, community power and returning to the radical roots of the sector.Hala Nasr is a sexual and gender-based violence specialist, with experience working in sexual and domestic violence response and prevention programmes and intersectional approaches to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Now residing in the unceded Wurundjeri lands in Narrm/Melbourne, her family hail from Egypt and she was born and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau. Currently, she is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, looking at women and girl safe spaces.Miriam Gioia Sessa is an Italian-English national who began feminist and social justice activism at the age of 14 while living in Rome. For the last ten years, she has worked in different areas of the specialist sexual violence sector and is an experienced facilitator and community educator and organizer in the areas of violence prevention and intervention.
This week we speak to Dr Maria Hach about the Sexual and Reproductive Health Data Report 2021.Dr Maria is the author of the report and the acting Research Advocacy and Policy Manager at Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH). Due to the length of the report, we've had to narrow our focus to a few key areas. These areas include contraception use, family violence and reproductive coercion.In August, the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) launched its data report online. It featured a panel of health experts in the field, and in today's show, we will play highlights from the talk.
Mid-Late September has seen extraordinary reactionary mayhem in Melbourne. Anti-vaccination to anti-lockdown to far-right forces smashed the CFMEU office, took to city streets and were repressed by riot police. To make sense of these events, we hear from long time anti-fascist, unionist, writer, Arrernte woman and Greens candidate, Celeste Liddle. We also hear more broadly about the left, the need to be critical of policing, failures of the state's responses to the pandemic, community responses and where to from here. Find the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Services statement read out at the end on policing the pandemic here.
This week on the program we look at COVID-19 vaccine access and inequality.We begin with an interview with Nadia Mattiazzo, acting CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria, about how the COVID-19 vaccine roll out is going for people with disabilities and what is stopping women with disabilities from accessing the vaccine.Then we speak with Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor of Public Health at La Trobe University, about global vaccine inequality, and the push to waive intellectual property rights to break the monopolies of pharmaceutical companies and allow developing countries to make their own COVID-19 vaccines and medical products to fight the pandemic.Support Amnesty International's campaign for vaccine equality here, or visit the Australian Fair Trade and Investments Network for more information.
On today's episode, we are joined by Vickie Roach, a Yuin woman, abolitionist and advocate for Aboriginal women in prison. Vickie speaks about the new 20 Years On The Inside podcast, which she co-hosted with Kutcha Edwards. The 20 Years On the Inside podcast series reflects on 20 years of 3CR's Beyond the Bars prison radio broadcasts, giving voice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victorian prisons. This episode includes several brief excerpts from 20 Years on the Inside, as well as the song Inside My Kitchen by Tiddas.
In this episode, we hear two conversations about the impacts of Australia’s border policy regime. Firstly, Renuga Inpakumar, a spokesperson for the Tamil Refugee Council, speaks about the current threat of deportation thousands of Tamil refugees face in Australia and the impacts of the pandemic on the community.Then, we hear from Nur Azizah who speaks to us about her lived experience as a Rohingya refugee living in limbo in Indonesia as a result of Australia’s operational border policies. Azizah appears in Freedom Street, a documentary about the lived experiences and stories of people seeking refuge, stuck in Indonesia, that also deconstructs Australian policy.Freedom Street is currently fundraising, donations can be made at Documentary Australia's website:[documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/freedom-street]
This week on Women on the Line, we’re joined by Melanie Joosten from Seniors Rights Victoria, to help us understand all about elder abuse. And later in the show, Georgia Mill, the host of the podcast A Fluorescent Feeling, explains how we can have better conversations about chronic pain.
Latoya is an Aboriginal & Maori, Takatāpui researcher, undertaking their PhD at UTS on Gadigal Land. Wiradjuri, Kokatha and Wirangu man, Wayne Fella Morrison, their brother, was a father, fisherman and artist. Wayne Fella Morrison died nearly 5 years ago in hospital after being restrained by prison guards on remand in Yatala prison, Kaurna country in South Australia. They speak on the circumstances of Wayne's death, the Justice for Fella campaign, including the call to legislate a ban on spit hoods nationally, and touch on abolition. Find the #BanSpitHoods, Stop Black Deaths in Custody petition here. Follow the Justice for Fella campaign on Facebook, and support the Gofundme. You can listen to more of this interview on Queering the Air here.
In today’s episode, we’ll be hearing about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic outside of Australia.Firstly, we hear from Mumbai-based labour movement activist Sujata who speaks about the effects the pandemic is having on the working class in India. The interview is conducted by Jiselle Hanna and appeared on 3CR’s Asia Pacific Currents program.Then, we turn to Cuba where University of Sydney sociology professor, Dr Sujatha Fernandes speaks about Cuba's large-scale protests in July and the socio-political climate in the country. This interview is conducted by Genevieve Siggins from 3CR's Tuesday Breakfast program.
In this episode, we're joined by Dr Tracy Westerman, a proud Nyamal woman from the Pilbara region of Western Australia and an internationally recognised expert in Aboriginal mental health, cultural competence and suicide prevention. Dr Westerman is the founder of the Westerman Jilya Institute for Indigenous Mental Health, which has a focus on improving access to clinically and culturally appropriate mental health services including intervention and suicide prevention programs for Indigenous young people. Dr Westerman discusses the need for these supports, and how the Westerman Jilya Institute is building them from the ground up.You'll also hear the song 'Koorndarm' by Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse from their 2020 album Koorlangka. This episode follows on from themes explored in Surviving and Resisting Institutional Racism with Kerry Klimm and Associate Professor Chelsea Watego.
In this week's episode, we are joined by Salua El Omari an activist and psychologist originally from the Rif in northern Morocco, working and living in Andalucia, Spain.She joins us to discuss the socio-/geo- political situation in the Rif region particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic and the largest social movement the Hirak Rif. Further, Salua tells us about the importance of matriarchal lineages and oral traditions in forging and maintaining identity and strength in resistance. Bordering the Mediterranean and sharing the only land border with Europe in Africa, the Rif is home to the first post-colonial state in Africa after a successful guerrilla war against the Spanish colonisers in the 1920s. Carrying on from then, the Rif has continued to be a centre of struggle for civil rights in North Africa. Salua is the founder and president of the Rala Buya socio-cultural association and works with the human rights association APDHA in Andalusia. NB: This interview was conducted in Spanish and translated by Blossom Ah-Ket The song we hear in the show is called Aseqsi by Rif ExperiencePerformed by Maryam & Soufian Elbouzakhti, with the melody by Thaghrast Nederland. It was composed and arranged by Soufian Elbouzakhti, with lyrics by: Ahmed Sadiki
This week we hear from two women holding state institutions accountable and using their platforms to bring issues such as structural racism and state violence to the forefront.Alison Whittaker looks at coronial inquests and whether they can be sites of justice, and Abiola Ajetomobi discusses her migration story, support networks and how to be a better ally.GuestsAbiola Ajetomobi is the director of Innovation Hub at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Alison Whittaker is a Gomeroi poet and law scholar.Our interview with Alison was inspired by her article Indigenous deaths in custody: inquests can be sites of justice or administrative violence.
This week we hear from two activists involved in the Homes not Prisons campaign, Amy and Karen, interviewed by Carly Baque on Thursday Breakfast. The campaign initiated by the advocacy service for criminalised women in Victoria, Flat Out, aims to stop the $188.9 million expansion of Dame Phyllis Frost women's prison in Melbourne's west and invest in public housing. We hear Amy tell her story of the devastating impact of punitive bail laws contributing to her being incarcerated. A note for listeners: this episode includes descriptions of domestic violence. You can sign their open letter here.
This week on the program we hear an interview with Professor Lyndall Ryan, a leading historian of the Australian colonial frontier.Lyndall spoke with Marisa Sposaro, presenter and producer of 3CR Community Radio’s Doin Time show, about the Frontier Wars, the process of uncovering evidence of massacres of Aboriginal people, and a digital Colonial Frontier Massacres map covering the period from 1780 to 1930.Listeners should be aware that this episode contains historical description of massacres and mention of Aboriginal people who have passed away.
This week's episode of Women on the Line features two important discussions about the everyday operation and effects of racism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.First, we hear from Kerry Klimm, a Kuku Yalanji and Koko Lama Lama woman living in Meanjin, who speaks about being subject to - and fighting - institutional racism while working in the not-for-profit sector, and the lasting toll this has taken on her health and wellbeing.We are then joined by Associate Professor Chelsea Watego, a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman whose work has interrogated the role of race in the production of health inequalities. Chelsea expands on the way that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience, theorise and resist racism every day.
This week Eugenia Flynn and Tasnim Sammak join us to explore the shared reality of erasure and history of struggle against settler-colonialism, genocide and oppression between Blak Australia and Palestine. Within that struggle emerges a shared decolonial solidarity between Palestinian and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples where Tasnim and Eugenia talk about a need to move beyond 'reciprocal solidarity'. These issues are discussed in their recent article Blak Australia to Palestine: solidarity in decolonial struggle published on Indigenous X.Eugenia Flynn is a writer, academic, arts worker and community organiser. Eugenia is Aboriginal, Chinese Malaysian and Muslim and she works within her multiple communities to create change through art, literature and community engagement. Tasnim Sammak is a PhD candidate at Monash University’s Faculty of Education, a single mum of two boys and a local Palestinian Muslim organiser.We also hear a poem by Larrakia, Kungarrakan, Gurindji and French writer and poet Laniyuk who performed at the Blak-Palestinian poetry night in Narrm/Melbourne on June 26th. Blak and Palestinian poets, artists and activists came together for a special evening of poetry, performances and discussions. You can hear the full broadcast of the night, and by extension all the poems, on the Salaam Radio Show at 3CR.
We hear an interview with Wage Peace anti-war protestor Margaret Pestorius, who attempted a citizen's arrest on former defense minister, Christopher Pyne, as part of the Disrupt Land Forces protests in Brisbane at the start of June. Afterwards, we hear excerpts from Dreaming Disability Justice, an online event hosted by the Disability Justice Network and the Emerging Writers Festival, featuring Vanmali Hermans, Julia Rose Bak and Margot Beavon-Collin.
We feature two different discussions around spaces at the margins. First, we hear from Gala Vanting speaking on the Emerging Writers' Festival and The Intro Room's event, Sex work in Space, who speaks about her practices, sex worker advocacy and community. Please support and share Scarlet Alliance's emergency support fundraiser for sex workers needing material support, especially in light of a recent lockdown in Victoria. Second, we hear about police and conservative and mainstream spaces at Naarm / Melbourne queer pride march being challenged through protest with Nick, and through poetry and imagining liberation with Laniyuk. You can find more on this where it first aired on Queering the Air, also with Em Gayfer. Support our 2021 radiothon at our crowdraiser, or on the 3CR website.
We need your support to keep Women on the Line on radical 3CR community radio going for another year! Donate via our crowdraiser, or via the 3CR Donate page and mention us. We hear excerpts and discussions around previous shows: Disrupt arms deals | BDS, solidarity with Palestine, Skateboarding, Consent and Inclusivity, Justice for Mhelody Polan Bruno, and from a special former presenter, Hope!
2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and 26 May was the 24th anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report, yet state violence against First Nations people in so-called Australia continues unabated. This show links together specific concerns about draconian bail laws in Victoria with broader impacts of state actions on Aboriginal women and families. We are first joined by Gamilaraay, Kooma and Muruwari singer, songwriter and actor Maurial Spearim, who speaks about her new track Sardine Baby. Sardine Baby pays tribute to survivors of the Stolen Generations, drawing on the story of Aunty Sharyn Egan. You can buy a copy of Sardine Baby here. Meena Singh, Yorta Yorta and Indian woman and Legal Director at Human Rights Law Centre then discusses the gendered and racialised harms of bail laws in Victoria, situating them within the broader context of ongoing colonialism.The impetus for this conversation was the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service's letter to the Victorian government published on 28 May 2021 calling for urgent changes to the current bail laws, of which Human Rights Law Centre is a signatory. You can read the letter here on VALS' website. You can also donate to VALS to support their important work for the Victorian Aboriginal community here.
In the midst of human-caused atrocities by arms manufacturers, we air discussions of resistance and solidarity with lands being exploited and warred upon for profit from so-called Australia to West Papua, Palestine, and beyond.In this show, we are joined by two human and earth rights defenders. We first hear from Zelda Grimshaw who works with Make West Papua Safe and is a co-organiser of Disrupt Land Forces.Later, we are joined by Jeanine Hourani who is a Palestinian activist, campaigner, and storyteller to discuss Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment movement, arms deals and what forms solidarity can take. CW: Violence, murder. In the first half of the program, listeners may find some content confronting or disturbing Find & Connect Support Services: Freecall 1800 16 11 09 (Monday–Friday 9am–5pm).Lifeline: Call 13 11 14 anytime for confidential telephone crisis support.
This week we feature the struggle by the Palestinian people against the occupying Israeli settler colony and the struggle against mandatory detention of asylum seekers. We hear first from Palestinian, educator, activist and writer Noura Mansour on the Nakba, the escalating violence by Israel, including in Sheikh Jarrah, and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. Later in the program, we hear a speech from Tasnim Sammak, Palestinian organiser and PhD candidate in education, speaking at Campaign Against Racism and Fascism's May 8th pro-refugee rally. Note the show was produced in the previous week and there's been further bombings and killings particularly in Gaza, by the Israeli state. Check out Free Palestine Melbourne for the latest, including upcoming rallies, and RISE Refugees, Survivors and eX-detainees, mentioned in Tasnim's speech.
This week on the program we look at proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, including “independent assessments,” which if implemented would require people with disabilities to see medical assessors they do not know for a one off, non-appealable appointment which would determine whether they are able to access the scheme and if so, what support they can receive.We hear from Ajar Sana from the Disability Justice Network on the work the network does and the intersections of ableism, colonialism and white supremacy.First though, we speak with disability advocate and writer El Gibbs about the proposed independent assessments and why they have received so much push back from people with disabilities.Make a contribution to the Disability Justice Network's Mutual Aid Fund here.
On today's episode, we're joined by Dr Indigo Willing and Emily Kafoa to talk about how skateboarders are shifting the conversation on consent, anti-racism and inclusivity. Indigo and Emily take us through how women and gender diverse skaters have been working to transform the scene, covering topics including community accountability, creating safe spaces, and fostering representation and diversity in skateboarding.Dr Indigo Willing is a Vietnamese sociologist and skateboarder and co-founder of both We Skate Queensland and Consent is Rad, based in Meanjin on Jagera and Turrbal land. Emily Kafoa is a Bundjalung skater, a Minjungbul girl from Tweed Heads, and is the founder of Girls Skate Gold Coast as well as a new ambassador for the First Nations skate team Songline Skateboarding.
On today’s show, we discuss the proposed changes to the National Insurance Disability Scheme as well as the broader political context surrounding the restructuring of the NDIS. Afterwards, we discuss the eugenic underpinnings of disability framing and 'governance' in the West - with a focus on imperial hygiene in colonial Australia.To discuss these issues we are joined by Dr Shakira Hussein who is a writer and researcher based at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of From Victims to Suspects: Muslim Women since 9/11 and has researched and published articles on disability as a result of her lived experience with multiple sclerosis.Follow or connect with Shakira on Twitter: @shakirahusseinYou can find some of her work discussing disability in The Saturday Paper, Crikey and Two Degrees.
In Melbourne on April 6th, Filipino, Trans, and Asian communities held a vigil and protest for Mhelody Polan Bruno, a 25 year old Filipina trans woman who was killed in Wagga Wagga in 2019, following the failures of the criminal legal system in the former RAAF man's sentencing. We hear from Anakbayan Melbourne MC Alexia, Gabriela Australia's Ness Gavanzo, Tita Marilou reading a poem by Dawn Iris Dangkomen, trans community worker Amao Leota Lu, Ro from Anti-Colonial Asian Alliance Kulin Nations, and music from Celine Yap. Speeches examine broader systemic issues including the shadow pandemic of domestic violence, racism, transmisogyny, state violence and calls for abolition
This week on the program we hear an interview with Veronica Gorrie, a Gunai/Kurnai woman who lives and writes in Victoria. Veronica speaks about her debut book Black and Blue, a memoir of her childhood and the decade she spent in the police force, in conversation with 3CR Community Radio broadcaster Priya Kunjan. More information about Black and Blue can be found here: https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/black-and-blueWe’ll also hear from Kristin O’Connell, media spokesperson for the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, about the impact of the discontinuation of JobKeeper in an interview with 3CR Broadcaster Genevieve Siggins.The Australian Unemployed Workers Union website can be found here: https://unemployedworkersunion.com/
In any given year, hundreds of kids languish behind bars. In Australia, the minimum age of criminal responsibility is 10. In other words, a 4th grader can be arrested and brought before the court. Canberra is the only jurisdiction that has taken steps to raise the age.This week on Women on The Line, Raise The Age campaigner and solicitor, Sophie Trevitt, explains why locking up kids is not only “traumatic for the child” but exposes them to further harm.And in the second half of the show, Doin Time’s Marisa Sposaro chats to Bronwyn Carlson, a Professor of Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University.We want to thank Marisa for giving us permission to play her special International Women’s Day coverage.Today’s episode explores aspects of the criminal justice system that might be distressing to some listeners.If discussions about violence and trauma are a trigger for you, please come back another week.For support, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit Lifeline on lifeline.org.au. Lifeline is a 24-hour hotline.
On today's special International Women's Day show, we hear from Jay, a staunch victim-survivor of police-perpetrated domestic violence who is fighting for a safer world. Jay speaks to us about her personal journey, her attempts to hold her abuser accountable, and her public and political campaign to draw attention to the plight of the victims of police-family-violence offenders in Australia, lobby for systemic reform, and collect statistical evidence to support her initiative and provide to politicians and the media. She also discusses alternatives to policing that can keep victim-survivors safe and what keeps her fighting the good fight. Today’s episode include descriptions of family violence, miscarriage, grief, trauma, and mental health. If any of these themes are triggering for you, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit Lifeline on lifeline.org.au. Lifeline is a 24 hour hotline. You can also call WIRE Women’s Information on 1300 134 130 that’s 1300 134 130. WIRE’s phone service is available 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Today’s episode is co-produced by Anya Saravanan and Ayan Shirwa.
This week on the program we pay a visit to the South East Asia Queer Cultural Festival (SEACQF), running completely online from February 13 to March 13.SEACQF has been put together to bridge the gap between activism and art, and to assert local, anti-colonial LGBTIQ+ identities in the region at a time when many LGBTIQ+ communities in South East Asia are facing increased repression.We travel to the Philippines and Indonesia to speak with Festival Coordinator Ivanka Custodio, and Lini Zurlia, Advocacy and Comms Officer for the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, about the festival theme 'Be/Longings' and the work of over 40 queer south east asian artists, activists and allies included in the festival.The films, literary anthologies, visual art, music, drag, queer archives, performance art and comedy from across the region included in SEAQCF can all be viewed online for the duration of the festival.To support the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus (Southeast Asia Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Caucus) and their work in putting on the festival you can click here.
This week we question the punitive nature of fines. We have fines under council laws for parking to public transport tickets to corporate toll road fines to now public health fines during the pandemic. Governments here in so called Australia and internationally are turning more and more to fines despite concerns they increase inequality. We hear from community lawyer at West Justice Shifrah Blustein who critically examines the fines regime in the state of Victoria. Article in Overland, Fines: designed to crushVictorian Legal Aid (hotline)Federation of Community Legal CentresNational Debt Hotline
Designer and researcher Jo Szczepanska looks at what happens when marginalised communities seek legal help online. Later in the episode cohealth's community engagement coordinator, Jasmine Phillips discusses the lessons learned during the pandemic and how we can apply those lessons to the vaccine rollout.
This week we hear from Isabelle Oderberg, journalist, writer and non-profit communications specialist, about her upcoming book Hard To Bear, which is an investigation of how Australia manages early pregnancy loss. We also discuss the silence around miscarriage, the quality of education around pregnancy loss and its causes, and the links between climate change and pregnancy loss. You can read more about Isabelle's work at hardtobear.com and isabelleoderberg.me.
On this week's show, senior academic Kathomi Gatwiri looks at racial microaggressions at work.Her study Racial Microaggressions at Work: Reflections from Black African Professionals in Australia is the focus of our interview.We also hear Senator Lidia Thorpe's Invasion Day Rally Melbourne 2021 organised by Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance. Read the full report here or a summary here.Produced and presented by Ayan Shirwa
This week we hear from Arika Waulu, a Gunai, Gunditjmara and Djapwurrung sovereign, community activator, and member of the LGBTQ community. They talk about the politics of home in the pandemic, including the impacts of restrictions, and the politics of First Nation regeneration, with the Wuurn of Kanak landback initiative setting up a base for revival. They also speak about 'LANDBACK FEST: Cultivate, Activate, Regenerate' happening at the Atherton Gardens Fitzroy on 23rd of January.
As we welcome a new year, and Victoria settles into their new covid normal, one community still reeling from the lockdown are the residents of the nine towers. Most of you will remember that in July 2020, nine housing commission towers were forced into a hard lockdown. Residents could only leave their homes for supervised exercise, on compassionate grounds and for emergencies. These detention orders were unprecedented and as we’ll show had a devastating effect on residents.
On today’s show, we listen to excerpts from Invisible Voices 2020 Human Rights Day - a World Human Rights Day special broadcast on 3CR Community Radio. This special broadcast aired on 13 December 2020 during 3CR’s Queering the Air, and it was a live panel discussion about the issues impacting LGBTIQA+ forcibly displaced people in the Asia Pacific Region. This panel event was presented by Invisible Voices and Queering The Air, in collaboration with Democracy in Colour and Forcibly Displaced People Network, and in partnership with 3CR Community Radio. This event was also supported by Equal Asia Foundation.
This week we bring you Part 2 of an MPavilion talk called Womxn’s Covid-19: Archive and Artwork in Conversation For almost a year now, artist and activist, Katie Sfetkidis has documented the stories of women and gender diverse people living in Victoria during COVID 19.Two participants from the archival project, Hope Mathumbu and Kate Sulan, sat down with Katie Sfetkidis to share their reflections on the tumultuous year that was 2020.Special thanks to Queen Victoria Women's Centre and MPavilion for giving us permission to share this wonderful piece of programming with you.To learn more about Hope Mathumbu, Kate Sulan and Katie Sfetkidis click here.
This week we bring you an MPavilion talk called WOMXN’S COVID-19: ARCHIVE AND ARTWORK IN CONVERSATION.For almost a year now, artist and activist, Katie Sfetkidis has documented the stories of women and gender diverse people living in Victoria during COVID 19.Two participants from the archival project, Hope Mathumbu and Kate Sulan, sat down with Katie Sfetkidis to share their reflections on the tumultuous year that was 2020.Special thanks to Queen Victoria Women's Centre and MPavilion for giving us permission to share this wonderful piece of programming with you.To learn more about Hope Mathumbu, Kate Sulan and Katie Sfetkidis click here.
This week we hear from two protests against injustice in Melbourne. First, we hear from the Renters and Housing Union Victoria's snap action against evictions to homelessness, where the government is winding back its hotel housing program, including from member Adriana. Second, we hear speakers on systemic issues in solidarity with the national day of action 'Gamil Means No!' to stop Santos' gas field destroying Gamilaraay country.
This week on the program we focus on Blockade IMARC, an online conference and actions series focussed on resisting extractive industries, colonialism and capitalism.IMARC stands for the international mining and resources conference, and listeners may remember last year’s significant protests against the conference in Melbourne.We hear extracts from the panel “Extractivism 101 and Latin American Perspectives Part 1,” featuring speakers Dandara from MST, the landless worker’s movement in Brazil, and Dani from a grassroots movement against neoliberal extractivism in Chile.To open the program, we speak with Marisol Salinas, Mapuche indigenous woman and activist, who has been organising and speaking at the conference.Video recordings from the conference can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownIMARCAlliance/
In this episode with poet, Darlene Silva Soberano, we speak about the possibilities of poetry and social justice. How bewilderment, found through poetry and daily living, can keep us connected to our humanity, connected to land and community, giving us purpose for the struggle for justice. Darlene and I discuss bewilderment, pleasure, pandemic lockdown and wellbeing. Listen in to hear Darlene’s poetic take on life and justice.
In September 2020, a private member’s bill aiming to criminalise coercive control was introduced in the NSW parliament. Penalties under the bill includes jail terms of up to 10 years. Coercive control is broadly defined as a pattern of behaviours used to intimidate, humiliate, surveil, and control another person. A number of high-profile family and domestic violence advocates and campaigners have thrown their support behind the bill and behind the idea of criminalising coercive control in australia more widely. In response to these advocates and the criminalisation campaign in general, 3CR Community Radio's Tuesday Breakfast show held a panel event titled Safety for Who?: Abolitionist perspectives on criminalising coercive control. This panel event was held on 11 November 2020 and and aimed to explore the anti-criminalisation arguments with those most affected and at-risk. The panel, as the name suggests, also explored how abolitionist perspectives can inform the way we address gender-based violence. In today's show, we will hear part of this panel discussion. To listen to the rest of the discussion, you can visit www.3cr.org.au/tuesday-breakfastPlease be aware that today’s show contains descriptions of physical, emotional and sexual violence. If this type of content is a trigger for you, please contact LifeLine on 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au, 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732, or your state-based service.
Survival Guide isn’t just another radio show. It is a fight for community, land, and for the right to exist unapologetically.In 2018, Lorna Munro and Joel Sherwood Spring got together to create a show that would chronicle the gentrification of Redfern and Waterloo. But Survival Guide isn't your typical gentrification saga. It is the story of the ongoing displacement of Aboriginal people, greed, and ultimately, complicity. This week we hear from Lorna Munro, one half of Survival Guide and learn about the rich and vibrant community fighting back - one episode at a time.To support Radio Skid Row's campaign to stay on the air, click here.
The Federal government is currently pushing to expand its trialled cashless debit card scheme provided by Indue that quarantines 80% of recipient's payments. We hear from Amanda from the advocacy group The Say No Seven on the fight against the cashless debit card, the danger and harm the card causes particulary for women, and how campaigns against the card have been received in feminist movements.
This week on the program we look at changes to both the structure and culture of policing during COVID-19.We speak with Tiffany Overall from Youthlaw about the implications of a new bill which will significantly expand the reach of Protective Service Officers in Victoria.Moving to NSW, we speak with Charlie Murphy from Pride in Protest about the police response to an October 10 protest against new State legislation proposed by Mark Latham which aims to eliminate support for trans and gender diverse children in NSW’s school system.You can find Pride in Protest's podcast series here.
On this episode of Women on The Line you’ll hear from Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, the Professor of Psychiatry, at The Alfred and Monash University.Today we hear from Jayashri about the link between mental health and reproductive hormones. In particular, the impact of hormonal contraception, on mental health. We also discuss the problematic diagnosis of borderline personality disorder amongst women and Premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
This week on Women On The Line, we hear from Franco Stevens, founder of the magazine Curve, one of the largest lesbian magazines in the world, and Jen Rainin, director and co-producer of the documentary Ahead of The Curve. This film chronicles Franco's personal journey, lesbian visibility, and the power of community. Ahead Of The Curve was recently screened at the Queer Film fest 2020 in Sydney. Please be warned that this week's show contains content that may not be suitable for children.
In 2006, the minister for Melbourne Bronwyn Pike told the Carlton Residents Association that the Carlton Redevelopment project would “break down the social housing ghetto”. The ghetto Bronwyn refers to is the Carlton Public housing estate. An estate that prior to the redevelopment project was home to a rich and vibrant community. Everyone knew each other. They babysat each other's kids, borrowed sugar when it ran out, and for many of them, spoke the same language. Some families worked, others didn't.The government didn't see - or refused to see - these communities as they were: rich in culture, community and connection.This week Dr Kate Shaw tackles the pernicious policy of social-mixing.[In the audio we quoted Bronwyn as saying public housing when it should be social housing]Presented by Anya SaravananProduced by Ayan Shirwa
In this episode listen to Shoshanna Dreyfus speak about her research project to co-design potentially the worlds’ first all abilities and ages inclusive playground in the City of Wollongong. You’ll also hear from Katherine Horsfall about her research project, in partnership with the City of Melbourne, to develop Melbourne’s first Indigenous wildlife meadow at Royal Park in Melbourne.
We hear stories from women inside prison. People in prisons are already experiencing state violence, now during a pandemic where contagion can spread like wildfire in crowded indoor spaces. We hear from Vickie Roach, Yuin writer and activist, about her lived experience inside prison to politics of abolition. Second, we hear from LGBTIQ and disability justice advocate Ashleigh Chapman on her experiences, including being inside during the pandemic.Vickie's interview originally aired with Marisa Sposora on the Doin' Time show. Ashleigh's experiences were heard at the Abolitionist and Transformative Justice Centre's Stories from Inside Prison webinair. Also mentioned: National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls.
How we prepare for, get through, and recover from disasters have sadly become increasingly pressing questions. But the impact of disasters, and people’s needs in these conditions can be very different according to their circumstances.To address some of these questions, recently DARU, that’s the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit, held an online forum on Disability and Disaster Resilience.This week on the program, we speak with Country Fire Authority project manager Angela Cook, who spoke at the forum about how the CFA is working to support people with disabilities to prepare for bushfires, and new resources for the Preparing Vulnerable People project which will be launching on the 11th of September.We’ll also hear an excerpt from the forum where Angela speaks with Toni, a woman with a lived experience of disability who has been instrumental in advocating for change. CFA resources for workers in the sector: www.cfa.vic.gov.au/workersFor individuals wanting to plan and prepare: www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare/leave-early Full video recordings of presentations from DARU's Disability and Disaster Resilience Forum can be found here.
In this episode listen to Aakanksha Manjunath and Natasha Sharma from ‘It’s Not a Compliment’ about their inclusive campaigns addressing street harassment and measures they’re taking to respond to the unique challenges being presented during Covid19.You'll then hear from Professor Devleena Ghosh, from the Social and Political Sciences Program at the University of Technology Sydney, followed by Annette Herrera, The Acting Vice President, Professional staff, National Tertiary Education Union of Melbourne University Branch, speaking at the National University Staff Assembly held on August 24th.
This week, we are joined by Ayan Shirwa, producer of Diaspora Blues. Ayan talks to us about her show, the importance of cultural diversity in media, and how to tackle systemic barriers to increase such diversity.You can listen to Diaspora Blues at www.3cr.org.au/diasporablues.
In 2016, marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa made headlines during his Olympic run in Rio. As he passed the finish line he crossed his arms over his head. This gesture would send Feysia into exile for two years. Before this moment, the plight of the Oromo people barely made the news. His protest however brought the spotlight on Ethiopia's crackdown of Oromo Protesters. So who are the Oromo people and why are they persecuted by the Ethiopian government? What happened in 2015 to bring the community out into the streets, and what’s happened since?Music by Ripley Kavara
Hospital maternity departments are rapidly changing protocols and policies in an attempt to protect staff and patients from the Covid-19 virus. However, these changes leave birthing people concerned. As a result people are turning to homebirth in unprecedented numbers. We speak with Grace Sweeney, one of the coordinators of Homebirth Australia about this turn to homebirth and the campaign to support the sustainability of the homebirth care model.Photo credit: Jerusha Sutton
This week we turn to two different areas long neglected by governments in Australia, now facing more dire consequences during the coronavirus pandemic: decarceration and housing justice. We hear from Tabitha Lean (Twitter), an advocate for incarcerated people on pushes to free people inside prison at risk of death from virus outbreaks and politics towards prison abolition. This interview previously aired on 3CR Thursday Breakfast with Priya Kunjan. Second, we hear from Eirene Tsolidis Noyce on the housing justice organising of precarious renters with the Renters and Housing Union (Victoria).
June 21 marked 13 years of the failed Northern Territory Intervention.To mark this date, groups Concerned Australians, the Intervention Rollback Action Group and Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney held an online forum featuring five First Nations speakers speaking from on country across the NT via video link, moderated by First Nations Professor Larissa Behrendt AO. This week we bring you excerpts from the forum, featuring Aunty Pat Ansell Dodds of Grandmothers Against Removals Mbarntwe (Alice Springs), Amelia Kunoth-Monks of Arlparra (Utopia), and Barbara Shaw, founding member of the Intervention Rollback Action Group, speaking from Mbarntwe. The full forum included First Nations speakers Harry Jakamarra Nelson, Warlpiri Elder from Yuendumu, and Yingiya Mark Guyula MLA - a Liya Dhalinymirr leader of the Djambarrpuyngu people. Stephen Gray, Lead researcher of the recent Monash University Castan Report, Northern Territory Intervention: Evaluation Report 2020 and Greg Marks, international human rights law expert in Indigenous rights and former NT resident also spoke.The forum can be heard in full at the Concerned Australians website.
In this episode we bring you some of the key stories and messages delivered by Hope Mathumbu and Sue Bolton during the Online Forum: Covid19 response: Healthcare and Justice not Racism, hosted by Socialist Alliance on Saturday July 13th.
On 30 June 2020, the Victorian government announced a lockdown of specific hotspot suburbs in an effort to control the spread of COVID19 cases. Less than a week later, on 5 July 2020, the Victorian premier Dan Andrews announced a 'hard lockdown' of 9 public housing estates. The residents in these housing estates in the suburbs of Flemington and North Melbourne, were effectively placed in detention in their own homes, without warning, for up to 24 days with a large armed police presence. In today's show, we first hear from Tigist Kebede, counsellor, and volunteer at AMSSA Youth Connect about what was happening in the housing estates after the lockdown was announced. We then hear from Tamar Hopkins, lawyer and researcher in the area of police accountability and racial profiling, about the history of policing of the residents in the affected suburbs. Please be aware that this show was recorded at a time when the residents in these estates were in lockdown and the situation continues to evolve rapidly. Please also be aware that today’s show contains descriptions of police brutality. If this type of content is a trigger for you, please contact LifeLine on 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au.
In 2016 the Federal Government quietly rolled out the Online Compliance Intervention. It would later become known as Robodebt because of its automatic debt recovery process.Income data matching isn't new. The Department of Human Services has been comparing data submitted to the Australian Taxation Office, with earnings reported to Centrelink, as far back as 2004. But this time around it was different. The onus was no longer on a department official to cross-check for inaccuracies. Now it was on the individual to prove they didn't owe money.This week on Women on the Line we hear about the dirty business of robodebt - a scheme that left thousands of Australians drowning in debt, with many more sadly pushed over the edge.To help us make sense of this scheme we reached out to Asher Wolf, one of the more recognizable faces behind the campaign to end robodebt.
We hear from two historians, Mary Sheehan and Liz Crash, talking on the experience of the Influenza pandemic that peaked in 1919 through the lens of today's pandemic. They cover a broad area, with Mary touching on experiences of nurses in Melbourne including Valda Kelly, community support, comparisons to today; and Liz exploring history repeating, technological changes, gender, unemployment and resistance. Support 3CR's Station appeal here. You can find Mary's writing at Living Histories. Here's some extra resources provided by Mary who you can contact at mary.sheehan@student.unimelb.au :School of History and Philosophical Studies forum pageMy Marvellous Melbourne podcastsIn addition listeners can contribute to the Journal of the Plague Year, and online archive of COVID-19. You can find Liz Crash on Twitter, and more about her collaborative project, Underfoot, with Jinghua Qian here. The previous Women on the Line featuring Liz is here.
In this episode of Women on the Line you’ll be hearing from several women and gender non conforming people about their experiences of connection and disconnection during this current COVID19 pandemic crisis. Many of these were personal submissions made from voice memos apps on phones or computers. We explore what it’s like to live in social isolation in this time, connection with and histories of mutual aid, the barriers to connection, the embodiment of both despair and hope, and reflections on how the Government restrictions highlight the social inequities in our societies.
This week, we are joined by Madison Griffiths, producer of Tender, a Broadwave Productions podcast about what happens when women leave abusive relationships. Madison is a writer, producer and poet whose words can be found in the Guardian, VICE, Overland, Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings and more. We speak about the need to center survivors in their stories and why it is important to talk about what happens after their departure from violent relationships.
It’s been almost a month since eligible Australian’s started receiving their Coronavirus Supplement. This extra $550 a fortnight payment was the government’s financial response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week we're joined by Kristin O'Connell from the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union to help us make sense of the supplement, and why our government insists on punishing the poor. Produced and Presented by Ayan Shirwa
This week we look at two different areas, but both relating back to this current pandemic.Many disabled and chronically ill people have been navigating living at home long before the pandemic and have been supporting each other through it. In the first half of the show we hear from writer and facilitator Julia Rose Bak on care work in disabled communities, and bittersweet reflections on how non-disabled people are engaging in more community support in this moment. See their piece, Coronavirus Shows Care Work Isn’t Just for Disabled Communities Anymore. Also mentioned: sick woman theory, by Johanna HedvaSecond, we go back over 100 years to the influenza pandemic of 1919. What parallels exist between 1919 and today and what lessons can we draw from the pandemic in 1919? We hear later from amateur local and social historian Liz Crash (@AsFarce), who speaks to the social and political context of 1919, and parallels in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Transcript on google docs.
What is it like working from home for women and people with caring responsibilities? How can we expect women and carers to do two jobs at once?May the 1st is May Day, an important day for workers, and this week on the program we look at work under COVID-19 through a feminist lens.We'll hear a personal account of someone working from home with two children undertaking remote learning, and speak with Wil Stracke, one of the assistant secretaries at the Victorian Trades Hall Council.
This week on Women on the Line, we explore how the COVID19 pandemic is affecting people in immigration detention both in the US and here in Australia. First, we listen to a conversation between Max Castle from 3CR Community Radio's Thursday Breakfast, and Maru Mora-Villalpando, a community organiser working in Seattle/Tacoma, Washington, about the threat of coronavirus outbreaks in US immigration detention centres. After that, we listen to Sumarlinah, a writer, editor, dancer, and community organiser currently living on Wurundjeri land, about what COVID19 restrictions mean for people in immigration detention in Australia.
It’s a strange time at the moment, a time to stick together, while doing our best to physically stay apart. This week on the program we speak with epidemiologist Dr Meru Sheel based at the Australian National University about the public health implications of COVID-19 and the best things we can be doing to work towards solidarity in community and global health at this time. We also hear from Sally McManus, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, on the impact of the pandemic on casual workers and unemployed people, and the push to support those in insecure work.
This week on Women on the Line, we hear a speech by social theorist and activist Professor Patricia Hill Collins on why intersectionality matters. This talk was recorded at the Activism at the Margins conference organised by RMIT University. Professor Patricia Hill Collins is Distinguished University Professor of Sociology Emerita at the University of Maryland, College Park and Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emerita of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Professor Collins has taught at several institutions, held editorial positions with professional journals, lectured widely in the United States and internationally, served in many capacities in professional organizations, and has acted as consultant for a number of community organizations. In 2008, she became the 100th President of the American Sociological Association, the first African American woman elected to this position in the organization’s 104-year history. In this speech, Professor Collins explores how intersectionality might inform new understandings of political solidarity within historically subordinated communities that are involved in activist projects.
This week on Women on the Line, we hear some highlights from the Activism @ the Margins conference. In the first half of the show, Kashifa Aslam, an RMIT researcher, looks at the women behind the viral hashtag #illridewithyou. Kashifa also explores whether their activism was real, or symbolic.Later in the program, RMIT lecturer, Pauline Anastasiou discusses the silent activism of the Big Umbrella Foundation.Produced and Presented by Ayan Shirwa
This week on the program we look at flood plain harvesting in NSW and the impact of bushfires in East Gippsland. We'll hear excerpts from a recent interview by 3CR Community Radio Tuesday Hometime presenter Jan Bartlett, who spoke with Fiona York for news from East Gippsland after the devastating fires. First though we speak with Bev Smiles, President of the Inland Rivers Network, about the recent decision by the NSW government to put in place a three day exemption to an embargo on floodplain harvesting, allowing irrigators to capture water that could otherwise have flowed into the Darling River.
This week we hear speeches from protests tackling racism in the settler colony. First, we hear from the Invasion Day 2020 rally in Melbourne, organised by the Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance, with Sasha Edwards speaking on Justice for Jesse Edwards, and from Apryl Watson-Day on Justice for Tanya Day. Second, we hear from the protest, No to racism, lift the travel ban rally by Stand Together Against Racism, with Yanni from Anti-colonial Asian Alliance (Kulin Nation / Melbourne) and their statement on the corona virus, and Shan Windscript, PhD student, casual academic and NTEU delegate.Mentioned: Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance - WAR's poster on pay the rent, Pay the rent collective.
Since October 2019, Chile has been crippled by rolling strikes across multiple sectors of the economy, and generalised political rebellion in the streets. The cause of these uprisings at one point, was the raising in prices of fares on the Santiago subway, but has since channelled people’s general anger and frustration at political corruption and enduring poverty in that country. Juliana Rivas, is a Latin American Feminist, she studied sociology in Chile. Worked in different public institutions in Chile in areas related to socio-urban issues. She participates in a group called Loca-Latin Americana Berlin working to support the Chilean rebellion.
On this show, you will hear from Donna Lyon, academic, filmmaker and boxer discussing her project ‘Left/ Write// Hook’ - designed to help women who have experienced sexual abuse and trauma find a connection to their body, mind and spirit through weekly transformative writing and boxing workshops. You will also hear from Mischa Merz, boxer, writer and owner of Mischa’s Boxing Central Gym discussing her career as a boxer and a writer.
Today on Women on the Line, the campaign to abolish Australia Day. January 26 marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, the invasion of Australia and the start of genocide against the original owners of this land. For the last 3 years, the campaign to abolish Australia Day – not just to change the date – has garnered a lot of public support. We hear from Aunty Jenny Monroe, Dtarneen Onus Williams and Meriki Kalinya.
This week we hear about the broader issues of oppression around the struggle for Justice for Filipina trans woman Mhelody Polan Bruno, who was killed on holiday in Australia last year. We hear from Lina Cabaero, from Migrante Australia, who also talks about Phillipines solidarity. We then hear excerpts from a vigil last year in Melbourne, organised by Members of Filipinx, Trans, Asian Diaspora communities, calling for justice for Mhelody Polan Bruno, in 2019. We hear from chair Laura McClean, Alexia from Migrante Australia, Sharmane from Anakbayan Melbourne (statement link), Ness from Gabriela Australia, and Yani & Sophie from Anti Colonial Asian Alliance.
India’s Hindu-supremacist BJP government has stepped up its state repression by ramming through areactionary Citizenship Amendment Act in early December 2019. The law grants Indian citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan but denies that right to Muslims from any country in South Asia. Immigrants from other countries in the region, including Tamils from Sri Lanka and Rohingya from Myanmar, are also excluded.Workers, students and other parts of civil society have been protesting since November last year in an effort to defeat the legislation, and protests are continuing, with a nationwide general strike on 8 January bringing tens of millions of workers to the streets.In Shaheen Bagh, a neighbourhood in South Delhi, some 200 women have been holding a permanent protest camp for over a month, and vow not to be moved until the law is lifted.On the program today to discuss the Citizenship Amendment Act of India, it’s implications for communal violence, and the growing protest movement in opposition to it, we are joined by Shivani Kaul, from New Delhi India.
The fourth and final part in a series of recordings from LaTrobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society’s one-day symposium looking critically at the intersection points of HIV and people’s lives, especially people and communities affected by HIV who have not been at the centre of the Australian HIV response. Hear from Dr Jennifer Power, Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society and Kirsty Machon, CEO of Positive Women Victoria continuing their discussion around intersectionality and evidence in HIV research. Also hear from Jane Dicka, manager at Harm Reduction Victoria, Jane Green and Dylan from Vixen Collective discussing the intersections of HIV and the Law.
Part three of a four part series of recordings from LaTrobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society’s one-day symposium looking critically at the intersection points of HIV and people’s lives, especially people and communities affected by HIV who have not been at the centre of the Australian HIV response. Hear from Dr Jennifer Power, Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society and Kirsty Machon, CEO of Positive Women Victoria discussing intersectionality and evidence in HIV research.
Part two of a four part series of recordings from LaTrobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society’s one-day symposium looking critically at the intersection points of HIV and people’s lives, especially people and communities affected by HIV who have not been at the centre of the Australian HIV response. Hope Mathumbu, secretary of the Victorian African Health Action Network and Chiedza Malunga, an African Australian Healthcare Professional discuss concepts such as invisibility, hypervisibility, allyship and service delivery in relation to HIV and Intersectionality. Hear from Sarah Feagan, a peer navigator at Living Positive Victoria discussing her work supporting women living with HIV.
Part one of a four part series of recordings from LaTrobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society’s one-day symposium looking critically at the intersection points of HIV and people’s lives, especially people and communities affected by HIV who have not been at the centre of the Australian HIV response. Hear from Hope Mathumbu, secretary of the Victorian African Health Action Network (VAHAN) and Chiedza Malunga, an African Australian Healthcare Professional discussing key concepts around Intersectionality and HIV.
The sex workers rights movement had a win with a bill for the decriminalisation of sex work in the Northern Territory passed on November 26th. Decriminalisation allows sex workers to access basic labour rights and protections as in other sectors. This week we hear from sex workers involved in campaigns for sex workers, first in the Northern Territory from Scarlet Alliance ATSI chair Desirae August, SWOP NT co-ordinator Leanne Melling and Sex Worker Reference Group member, Alison Woods; and later in Victoria with Jane Green from Vixen collective, after the announcement of an inquiry moving towards decriminalisation of sex work in Victoria.
This week on the program we look at Re-Register: Australian Women Sculptors from the Women’s Art Register, which the inaugural Women’s Art Register Artist-In-Residence program. The Register, which is based in Richmond, was established in 1975 and is a living archive of women and gender non-conforming people’s art practice and an artist run and not-for-profit community and resource. We speak Caroline Phillips from the Register and artist-in-residence Julia Boros to explore the program and exhibition.
On 6 October 2019, Donald Trump ordered American troops to withdraw from northeastern Syria, where the United States had been supporting its Kurdish allies. Three days later, Turkey launched airstrikes on border towns. The air assault resulted in the displacement of over 300,000 people and countless civilian deathsThe Middle Eastern and North African alliance of socialists organised an international dialogue over zoom, that I had the benefit of participating in, on the question of Kurdish self determination. Here is an excerpt of that dialogue.
This week on Women on the Line we bring you an interview with the late Lisa Bellear. This interview was conducted by Women on the Line in 1992 and is part of 3CR's First Nations oral history project, Black Gold. In this interview Lisa describes her experiences growing up as an Aboriginal women of the stolen generation as well as her activism.
GEN VIC & MEAA launched 'Don't Read the Comments: Enhancing Online Safety for Women Working in the Media'. The report outlines the discrimination and abuse faced by women journalists and what needs to be done to resolve it.
'Religious freedom' has been the latest rallying point of the conservative Christian right since after their marriage postal survey loss. The Morrison government has a draft religious discrimination bill before parliament. This week we hear from campaigner Renee Carr from Fair Agenda, and Tilde Joy from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union and Industrial Workers of the World, who in particular outline how the bill provides a license to discriminate.
On today’s program, Women on the Line looks at campaigns and strategies for the prevention of violence against women. Gender Equity Victoria held a conference on this issue in June 2019. On today’s program, Rei Alfonso from Flat Out discusses the challenges facing workers in the Prevention of Violence Against Women (PVAW) industry with specific reference to the Criminal Justice System followed by the Q&A Panel – policing and the justice systems and preventing violence against women, faciltated by Alyssha Fooks, CASA House
Built on the stolen land of the Kulin Nation in 1911, Footscray Park has been an important part of Melbourne's western suburbs community for over 100 years. On this show, hear from Gemma Cafarella, one of the co-chairs from the Save Footscray Park group. You will also hear from Ella and Maddy, two residents from Footscray. All three guests discuss grassroots action to try and save parts of Footscray Park from being redeveloped into a large soccer complex.
We hear part 2 of the speeches at a rally called by Djab wurrung women to defend sacred land on September 10 in Melbourne.The fight to defend sacred Djab wurrung landscapes near Ararat, Victoria, from destruction by the Andrews state Labor government heated up after a Djab wurrung heritage protection embassy established in June 2018. The road remains highly contested despite a small mediation agreement for part of the route. We hear from Lidia Thorpe, singer Yirgjhilya Lawrie, Tarneen Onus-Williams, Meriki Onus and Arika Onus. We also hear Apryl Watson speak at the rally, linking to the campaign for justice for Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day, who died after injuries in police custody in late 2017. Check out Justice for Tanya Day - Remember Her Name.Visit dwembassy.com, and their social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. You can support the campaign by staying at the front line camps, donating, and many other ways here in this document.
This week we hear some of the speeches at a rally called by Djab wurrung women to defend sacred land on September 10 in Melbourne. We hear from Georgia Mae, Lidia Thorpe, Marjorie Thorpe, Aunty Donna Wright and Sissy Austin. The fight to defend sacred Djab wurrung landscapes near Ararat, Victoria, from destruction by a highway duplication by the Andrews state labor government heated up after a Djab wurrung heritage protection embassy established front line land defense camps in June 2018.Visit dwembassy.com, and their social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. You can support the campaign by staying at the front line camps, donating, and many other ways here in this document.
Negative press about trans and gender diverse people has dominated parts of the mainstream media this year. This week we have a wide-ranging conversation on gender self-determination with Amao Leota Lu, a proud Samoan fa'afafine and trans woman of color. She is an international speaker, performing artist, writer, activist and storyteller who infuses the intersectionality of gender, culture and life experiences in her performance works and talks.
On today’s program, Women on the Line looks at campaigns and strategies for the prevention of violence against women. Gender Victoria held a conference on this issue in June 2019.Today we hear from an educator from the health the organisation RhED, which is a specialist service for the sex industry in Victoria and Lidia Thorpe, a Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman and First Nations activist.
On today’s program, Women on the Line looks at campaigns and strategies for the prevention of violence against women. Gender Victoria held a conference on this issue in June 2019. Today we hear from Karla McGrady, Senior Practice Advisor, Our Watch and Lauren Caulfield from Advocacy & Law Reform Officer, Flemington Kensington Legal Service
We hear from K'Nyaw Paw, General Secretary of the Karen Women's Organisation, on the struggle for justice for the Karen people, women's rights and support, under military rule in Burma / Myanmar . The recording was made at an event held by Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA, Melbourne.Also, news updates; Djab wurrung embassy, and gofundme for Justice for Tanya Day campaign.
On this show, you will hear from Rosy Satanek events coordinator with Volunteering Victoria. You will also hear from Hilary and Jade, two community members discussing their experiences as current and past volunteers.
This National Science Week, we hear a discussion on the interplay between science and art. On the 7th of August, Yarra Libraries held a forum, Adding the A to the STEM, Stem standing for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and A standing for Art. The panel also explores how STEM fields have presented barriers for people at the margins because of systemic oppressions, with women and people of colour under-represented in the area. We hear from Mei Liu, a science communicator; Erica Hediger, a designer and mechanical engineer; Maxime Banks, multidisciplinary creator, of the Black-American diaspora; and from the moderator, Stacy Gildenston, an educator and rocket builder. We end with a moving tribute to the late Toni Morrison by Maxime Banks.
This week on the program we speak with Tamar Hopkins, researcher and founding lawyer of the Police Accountability Project at the Flemington and Kensington Legal Centre, about racial profiling by police. Tamar discusses how racial profiling functions in Victoria, lessons that can be learned from the Canadian legal system, and how positive change can be made going forward.
Marking 10 years of No Lights, No Lycra (NLNL) – a global dance community providing an inclusive and non-judgmental place for people, we speak with NLNL founder Alice Glenn, as well as hear from people about their experiences participating in NLNL.
Marking World Hepatitis Day 2019, we hear from Dr Kudzai Kanhutu, Deputy Chief Medical Information Officer at Royal Melbourne Hospital discussing Hepatitis B; and Anne Roseman, Sexual Health and Blood-Borne Virus Coordinator for Victoria, from the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) discussing Hepatitis C.
We hear from a panel held by the Australian Jewish Democratic Society on July 6th, 'From Australia to Israel / Palestine - Transnational solidarity against the intersections of colonialism and racism'. Panelists include: Orly Noy, Mizrahi activist and journalist; Micaela Sahhar, Australian-Palestinean researcher and writer; Crystal McKinnon, Yamaji researcher; and Fatima Mawas, film maker and writer. You can find the rest of the audio here.
We hear from We Are Union Women's Feminism in the pub: Fighting for Climate Justice panel held on June 19th. We hear from Amanda Mahomet, Arrernte woman; Katherine Cunningham, Gippsland resident and Earthworker Cooperative Board member; Rebecca Jakobi, Djap Wurrung woman, from the Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy; and Anna Langford, Friends of the Earth Melbourne activist and Hospo Voice United Voice Victoria member. Speakers touch on solidarity across movements, feminism, centering climate justice on First Nations struggles for land rights, and building worker co-operatives. You can find more audio from the night here.
This week on the program we look at coal and coal fired power stations. We hear from Bronya Lipski, Environmental Justice Australia lawyer and author of recent report “Unearthing Australia’s toxic coal ash legacy” about the coal ash waste dumps that come with generating coal fired power and their impact on the community and environment. In the second part of the program we speak with Amy from Front Line Action on Coal for a report from the blockade camp against Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine on Wangan and Jagalingou land in the north of the Galilee Basin in central Queensland.
On 29 November 2017, the Victorian Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017, which has come to effect in 2019. We open this show with a poem, Things about Dying by Maxine Beneba Clarke, first published in the print edition of the Saturday Paper on June 22, 2019. We speak with Colleen Hartland, a former Australian politician and advocate for voluntary assisted dying. We also speak with Dr Neera Bhatia, an Associate Professor at Deakin Law School.
A celebration of the respresentation of Latinx communities in mainstream Australian arts and culture: We hear from Ruby Pivet and Jessica Ibacache, cofounders of ¡Yo Soy! - A Melbourne-based arts collective for Latinx creatives. We also hear from Laura Hernandez, a Melbourne based Mexican actress starring in an upcoming monologue Madwoman with the Mannequin.
We hear from a rally held by Solidarity for Palestine, Narrm, Melbourne in May, on the Nakba, the ongoing catastrophe. Next, we listen to Respect Inc QLD co-ordinator Elena Jeffreys who speaks to the origins of International Sex Workers Rights Day and current campaigns. Finally, we hear from a rally in Melbourne on June 2nd on International Sex Workers Rights Day held by Vixen collective and Feminist Insurgency. The audio of the latter speeches is low quality, you can find the transcript of the last speech here.
We hear excerpts from four gender non-conforming and women panellists: Jane Green (sex worker rights activist with Vixen collective), Miriam Khalil (contemporary artist), Tarneen Onus-Williams (writer and organiser for Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance) and Laura McClean (union organiser and queer anti-fascist), at a discussion on reclaiming LGBTIQ+ pride, from corporations, cops, whiteness, returning pride to its radical roots. The panel was held on May 17, International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism & Transphobia by Feminist Insurgency. Speakers underline how LGBTIQ+ liberation is connected with other struggles including against racism and colonialism.
Women on the Line speaks to two women involved with PartnerSPEAK, an organisation of peers who reach out to partners and families of people using and making child abuse material.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, commonly and collectively known as ME/CFS is a complex, acquired illness with many symptoms whose presentation and severity vary from person to person. On this show, you will hear experiences from people living with ME/CFS who attended a #MillionsMissing rally hosted by Emerge Australia. You will also hear a conversation with Dr Lisa Smith, a qualified Medical Practitioner and Teacher who has has suffered herself from ME/CFS all of her adult life.
On this episode of Women on the Line we'll be speaking with Jessica Gerrard, Senior Lecturer in Education, Equity and Politics at the University of Melbourne, about her research looking at precarity and poverty for street vendors selling the Big Issue street press. The Big issue is a not for profit social enterprise which offers employment opportunities to people experiencing homelessness and other disadvantage surrounding employment.
Sociologist, sex work, and trans activist, Roberta Perkins passed away in June 2018. She was a key founder of a number of organisations and has left behind many books and archives. What was her life like and what is her legacy? Hear from Senior Lecturer at University Technology Sydney Eurydice Aroney. Check out Whores of Yore, NSW sex worker rights timeline, alluded to in the program.Further reading: Stepping in to sex work history through the archives of Roberta Perkins, VALE Roberta Perkins, Vale Roberta Perkins, Remembering Roberta Perkins.
Water management in the Murray-Darling Basin is extremely complex, defined by the differing and in some cases opposing needs of communities, agribusiness and the environment. This week on the program we look at the tension between the financial cost and the broader value of water in the Basin, and the impact this is having on the biggest river system on the continent.We hear from Mel Gray, Healthy Rivers Ambassador for the Macquarie and Castlereigh rivers in Dubbo, and Dr Virginia Marshall, author of “Overturning aqua nullius: securing Aboriginal water rights” and Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University.South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission: https://www.mdbrc.sa.gov.au/
It's been 28 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. In Victoria, over 80 Aboriginal, health, human rights, housing, legal and women’s organisations are calling on Premier Andrews to abolish the offense of public drunkenness – a key recommendation of the Royal Commission. This petition was sparked by the December 2017 death in custody of Aboriginal mother, grandmother and beloved community member, Tanya Day. In this episode we speak with AprylWatson , a proud Yorta Yorta, Wemba Wemba, Barapa Barapa woman from Echuca and one of Tanya Day's four children. We also speak with Shahleena Musk, a proud Larrakia woman from Darwin in the Northern Territory, she is a lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre.
Celine Yap speaks with Gillian Triggs, former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, about her campaign to introduce a Bill of Human Rights into Australia.Thank you to 3CR's Refugee Radio, where this interview was originally broadcast.
This episode of Women on the Line is about Parenting with Disability. This show was part of 3CR’s special broadcast for International Day of People with Disability in 2018. Presented by Nicole Smith and featuring the voices of Jax Jacki Brown and Elvira Tarrant. Their stories speak of the deep injustice they experience, stigma and discrimination and the ways these impact parenting. And, like all parents, they also speak of the joys and pleasures of the relationships with their children.
March 31st, is International Transgender Day of Visibility. A day for the celebration and recognition of trans people. In today’s show we’ll recognise the struggles and celebrate older transgender women and gender non binary people.In today’s society, older transgender people have frequently spent most of their life living as a gender that does not fit with their understandings of themselves. In this episode we’ll speak with Michelle McNamara about both the joys and challenges of being an older transgender person.Michelle McNamara is an out and proud transgender woman with a wife and two adult children. She teaches biotechnology at the University of Melbourne and is a committee member of Transgender Victoria and the Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council.Websites mentioned during the showTrans Day of Visibility tdov.org.auThen and now - Older Trans Women share their stories. A project of Vals LGBT Ageing and Aged Carehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92GOtFyFNrs
This week on the program we bring you an interview with Aunty Sandra Onus speaking from the Djab Wurrung Embassy in Victoria, and also some coverage of the Melbourne School Strike 4 Climate held on Friday March 15.The Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy was founded in mid 2018 to lead a grass roots protection action to preserve Djab Wurrung heritage threatened by the Western Highway Duplication project near Ararat. Last week (w/c 18 March) pressure on the Embassy ramped up as police threatened to make way for works to begin. Women on the Line spoke with Aunty Sandra on Thursday 21st March. As of publication today the Embassy are requesting support and for people to come to camp as police pressure to start works is increasing once again.To find out how you can support the Embassy visit: https://www.facebook.com/Djab-Wurrung-Heritage-Protection-Embassy-191956261657314/https://dwembassy.com/This episode we also hear excerpts from speeches at the Melbourne School Strike 4 Climate and interviews with rally attendees by Dale Bridge from the Australian Council for the Defence of Government Schools.For more information about School Strike 4 Climate, visit:https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/
Over the 2019 summer, music festivals - particularly those in NSW - have been put in the spotlight with a number of young people overdosing on substances. This prompted health and other professionals to renew their calls for pill testing. These calls were rejected by the New South Wales Government who instead decided to crackdown on festivals by introducing a raft of proposed changes to the industry. In this show, we speak with Steph Tzanetis, the Coordinator of Harm Reduction Victoria’s DanceWize program, a nightlife and music festival harm reduction service offering peer education and support. We also speak with Fiona Measham Professor of Criminology at Durham University since 2012, with over two decades of research and work across a broad areas including criminology and social policy.
A fledgling #NunsToo movement has entered the public sphere while a much disparaged global summit on child sex abuse has taken place at the Vatican. Here in Australia, Cardinal Pell has been convicted for child abuse - it's been a tumultuous fe weeks for Catholics internationally.Dr Kathleen McPhillips, a leader with the Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Network and the Vice-President of the Australian Association for the Study of Religion joins us to discuss the issues. We also hear from Doris Wagner of #NunsToo and Virginia Saldanha, a leader and activist with the Ecclesia of Women in Asia on the dynamics of spiritual abuse. Voices of Faith are running a global campaign for greater gender equality in the Catholic Church called Overcoming Silence. Check out their website where you can take a 1min action for change and unity at overcomingsilence.com
On this episode of Women on The Line we’ll hear from student strikers based in Melbourne, fighting for climate justice as part of the School Strike for 4 Climate Australia network. Disillusioned by the inaction on the climate emergency before us they've taken action into their own hands.These students are here to remind us we have just 12 years to massively reduce carbon emissions, before there is no turning back. In this interview we'll hear from Freya, Stella and Emma about the state of emergency that is climate change, why the strikes are important, how more people can support it and the inherent hope within this movement. This interview occurs before the mass Global strike on March 15.Image Credit: schoolstrike4climate.com
On the 3 of February at the 2019 Victorian Pride March, the Daniel Andrews Government announced that gay conversion therapy would be banned in Victoria - making this state the first in Australia to make this ban. In this episode of Women on the Line we look at how the announcement impacts the intersex and trans community. We chat with Sally Goldner from Transgender Victoria and later in the show we hear from Tony Briffa from Intersex Human Rights Australia. Guest biosSally Golder: has twenty years involvement in Victoria’s LGBTIQ communities includes Transgender Victoria, co-facilitating Transfamily, presenting 3CR’s 'Out of the Pan' and as Bisexual Alliance Victoria Treasurer. She was awarded an Order of Australia in 2019, is a life member of 4 organisations, the 2015 LGBTI Victorian of the year and joined the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll in 2016.Tony Briffa: is the Co-Executive Director of Intersex Human Rights Australia alongside Morgan Carpenter. Tony is one of Australia’s first intersex advocates, appearing on 60 Minutes in 2000 and 2005, and published in Nature in 2004. Tony more recently presented a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, in 2014. She is also a councillor of Hobsons Bay in Melbourne, the first openly intersex person elected to public office and the world’s first openly intersex Mayor.
The Melbourne Accelerator Program also known as MAP was launched in 2012, as the first University-aligned startup accelerator in Australia. In February 2019, in collaboration with Startup Victoria, MAP hosted an event called the Female Founder Connection, a dynamic and vibrant night of networking especially for female founders.On this show, you will hear recordings of that event featuring a wide range of speakers from the startup and investment sectors. You will also hear two interviews with the MC of the event Judy Anderson, who is also the CEO of Startup Victoria, as well as Natalie Swedosh, event attendee and founder of Strike Up a Chat.
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict,"In this show, we speak with Nikki Marczak, a genocide scholar and survivor advocate. Nikki is a member of the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and co-editor of Genocide Perspectives V. Nikki was formerly Deputy Director of Nadia’s Initiative. Her research focuses on women’s experiences of genocide and the transgenerational effects of genocide. We also speak with Susan Hutchinson, a civil-military professional with experience in government, military and non-government organisations. She is currently a PhD scholar at the Australian National University. Susan is the architect of the Prosecute; don't perpetrate campaign calling for the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. She also a member of the Australian Civil Society Coalition for Women, Peace and Security. If you or someone you love needs to talk to someone about issues that have been brought up by the content of this show, please contact the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service on 1800 737 732 or Lifeline – a national crisis support and suicide prevention service on 13 11 14. Further Reading: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057%2F978-1-137-60117-9_7https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2018/08/01/all-survivors-have-book-inside-their-heartshttps://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/yazidi-refugees-have-urgent-need-protection-genocidehttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/comment-seeking-justice-for-an-ongoing-genocidehttps://r2pasiapacific.org/files/2059/spotlight_feb2017_issue37_yazidi_genocide_survivor_seminar.pdfhttps://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Yazidi-genocide-survivor-Jews-are-an-example-for-us-500501https://www.chriscrewther.com.au/media-releases/yazidi-genocide-by-isil-recognised-in-australian-parliamenthttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/secret-mission-to-rescue-yazidis-from-war-zone/news-story/05505b6cd4549e804cab4cfa24592379
Today’s Women on the Line looks at sexual and gender based violence in international development and humanitarian organizations.The interviewees are Hendrica Okondo, who has 20 years of experience in humanitarian contexts within UN organizations; Robin Yaker, who has worked for the International Rescue Committee and Raising Voices; and Sarah Douglas, who is the deputy chief of peace and security at UN Women. Hosted by Joanne Sandler and Shawna Wakefield from the Gender at Work podcast, available at genderatworkpodcast.org With thanks to Frieda Werden of the Women's International News Gathering Service. Music:We Share Our Mother's Health - The KnifeBird Flu - M.I.A.
Invasion Day, commonly known as Australia Day in this country is a time for mourning, a time for struggle. On this show we will be looking at the intergenerational trauma created by a system and a culture which will not recognise sovereignty, that is rather intent on genocide. In this episode we hear from Lidia Thorpe representing Grandmothers Against Removal in Victoria. Lidia speaks to us about forced removals which see Aboriginal children removed from their families, community and culture. We will discuss the power of GMAR's, the devestation these removals cause to families and communities, and the relationship between colonisation, the celebration of invasion and forced removals.More information about volunteering with GMAR will be available shortly. For now you can connect with them through the Facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/GMAR.GrandmothersAgainstRemovals/
The 41st African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) Conference was held in November 2018 at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. In this show, we hear a presentation from the conference by Rene Sephton, a PhD candidate within the School of Global Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University. This presentation looks at the concept or philosophy of Búmùntù from the perspective of the Luba people from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The field of philosophy has long been a hostile environment for women. Feminist thought has been slow to infiltrate the significant back catalogue of ideas and theories that have shaped how we understand ourselves and western societies. Until recent years, when students and contemporary thinkers have engaged with philosophy, often in academic settings, there’s been limited exposure to women thinkers, and only recently has intersectional feminist thought been taking on the old masters. In this week’s show we meet feminist philosophy academics and teachers Katherine O’Donnell and Emma McNichol on the meeting of feminist thought and traditional philosophy. With Katherine, we ask what does it mean to live philosophically, discuss the feminist move in philosophy to value the body as well as the mind, and question if feminists can be misogynistic towards women. And later in the show, Emma McNichol introduces us to her work with the Melbourne Centre for Feminist Philosophy.
December 10 is Human Rights Day, and this week on Women on the Line we look at a human rights issue that is very close to home: the rising number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out of home care in Australia, and what this means for these young people, their families and communities.Recent changes to legislation made by the state government in NSW will have serious consequences for First Nations communities, and in light of this we’ll hear from Dana Clarke, AbSec Chair and CEO of Burrun Dalai Aboriginal Corporation, Aunty Hazel Collins, founder of Grandmothers Against Removals, and Muriel Bamblett, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency and recently appointed chair of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal Islander Child Care.Sign the petition to stop the NSW Government from removing another generation of Aboriginal children from their community and culture here: http://absec.good.do/sign/https://www.absec.org.au/https://www.facebook.com/GMAR.GrandmothersAgainstRemovals/https://www.vacca.org/https://www.snaicc.org.au/
To commemorate World AIDS Day and International Day for Persons With A Disability 2018, we speak with Suzanne, an HIV and disability advocate with a background as a healthcare professional in different local and international health contexts. We discussed the relationship between disability, sexuality and HIV.
On this week on Women on the Line look at mental health issues that LGBTIQ+ young people and rural and regional young people are facing today. We chat with Mel Gaylard, secondary school teacher who is committed to creating safer schools for LGBTIQ+ young people. Later in the show we hear from Pauline Neil – founder of Live4Life, a health promotion organisation addressing youth suicide in rural and regional Victoria.
World Antibiotic Awareness Week occurs annually in November aiming to draw attention to the role of effective use of antibiotics in preventing and containing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In Melbourne, the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Safer Care Victoria are hosting aforum featuring a number of Australian clinical and research groups in a dynamic program covering all facets of the response to antimicrobial resistance.In this show, we speak with Lesley Hawes, a PhD fellow at the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship and the Department of General Practice at Monash University; and Courtney Ierano, a PhD fellow at the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship and the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne.
In this week’s Women on the Line, we speak to Nyah and Romy, two young people who’ve spent many weeks organising a ‘Children’s March for Nauru’ in Melbourne. We talk about refugee advocacy and what it’s been like to get involved in activism and campaigning. Later in the show, we also chat to Gabrielle de Vietri from the Artists Committee who initiated working with children and young people for this event. This show also features singer and musician Gelareh Pour, also involved with the Children’s March.
On this week on Women on the Line we hear a live recording of ‘All the Feels’ – a mental illness and health fundraiser for In Sickness and In Stealth art collective. The event was held on National Mental Health Day, 10 October, at Loop Projection Bar in Melbourne. ‘All the Feels’ launched the second In Sickness and Stealth zine and featured a lineup of live music, poetry, visual art and zines.Artwork by Fox.
Women on the Line speaks with Larissa McFarlane, activist and artist based in Melbourne about disability pride and it's power against structural systems and attitudes which marginalise people with disability. We'll speak with Larissa about the recent re-installation of the Disability Pride mural which was removed last year by the local council, receiving national media at the time. We'll hear from Larissa about the ways in which she utilises her practice to engage her community to create safe cultural space, which continues to support the struggle for self-determination of people with disability. The well used statement, “Nothing about us without us”, originated from disabled struggles, a catch cry against systems which decided that they were best placed to make decisions for people with impairments. This show is about a community who are fighting for dignity, human rights, and access to full participation in all forms of society.Image Credit: Ali Buttler
This week on the show we head to Westernport on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, where AGL have proposed the Crib Point gas import terminal. We’ll hear about the campaign to stop the floating gas infrastructure project from:- Louise Page of local activist organisation Save Westernport- Zianna Fuad, the coordinator of Quit Coal collective, part of Friends of the Earth Melbourne- Excerpts from the Environment Victoria live stream of the rally against the proposed project held outside the recent AGL annual general meeting, including speeches from Cat Nadel of Environment Victoria and Julia of Save WesternportMore information about the campaign can be found at the links below:https://savewesternport.org/https://www.quitcoal.org.au/https://environmentvictoria.org.au/
In Melbourne, as part of a joint investigation between the Royal Melbourne Hospital Refugee Health Program and Cohealth Community Health Service, a team of public health professionals have been conducting research looking into the experience of precarious housing amongst refugees in Melbourne and the perceived health impacts of housing. We speak with Dr Kudzai Kanhutu, an infectious diseases physician at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service and current Refugee Health Fellow at the Victorian Infectious Disease Service (VIDS); Jamie Quintana a student at the University of Melbourne with a background in science, currently in her Honours year; and Jacinta Bongiorno, who has extensive experience having worked in nursing and health coordination in the humanitarian settlement program.
Salome’s dance of the seven veils is inspiration for the name of a collective of strippers and adult industry performers who have come together to build community and improve working conditions as Salome’s Circle.In the new testament of the Christian bible, Salome danced before Herod with the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter, and has become a symbol of dangerous female seductiveness in art and literature over the centuries.In this week’s WOTL, we hear from Leigh Hopkinson, who reads extracts from her memoir Two Decades Naked of her time stripping in New Zealand and Melbourne. And Sophie, who has danced in strip clubs in both the US and Australia over the last 15 years, who tells us about stripping, working conditions and the thorny issues of feminism, stripping, heterosexual male desire and objectification. https://www.salomescircle.org/https://www.facebook.com/salomescircle/https://www.hachette.com.au/leigh-hopkinson/two-decades-naked MusicCriminal, Fiona AppleWork It, Funky White Sista
This episode of Women on The Line we look at women, their bodies and the institutions which attempt to govern us – the health and medical industries.We’ll hear from Sheridon Byrne, a feminist activist, doula and educator, about birth justice and the struggles that women and other birthing people face to birth on their terms. You’ll also hear from Sangeetha Thanapal about issues surrounding fat identity, race, intersectionality, the gender pay gap and the experiences of marginality, stimga and discrimation that fat women experience.
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with three female cast members of The Fall - a protest theatre production documenting the South African student movement of 2015. we speak with Ameera Conrad, Thando Mangcu and Tankiso Mamabolo.
On this week on Women on the Line we take a closer look at the recent changes to the Australian Government's My Health Record system. Earlier this year the Government announced that the system would be changed from an opt-in to opt-out system. What are the implications of these changes? We chat with Katina Michael ,who is a Professor in the School of Computing and Information Technology at the University of Wollongong, about data and privacy issues with the My Health Record system. Later in the show we hear from Jules Kim, CEO of Scarlett Alliance, chat to us about how the system will impact sex workers.
Women on the Line hears this week from OWLS, Older Women Lost in Housing. At an event hosted by the Justice Committee of the Victorian Women Lawyers, we hear from two speakers, Penny Leemhuis, an OWLs Advocate, and Lucy Adams from Justice Connect, a Victorian organisation which provides people locked out of the justice system with free legal help.The music for this week's show is Lost in the City by Anna Oliphant WrightFor more information seeOlder Women Lost In Housing https://pennycarpe.wordpress.com/Justice Connect https://www.justiceconnect.org.au/Everybody’s Home Campaign http://everybodyshome.com.au/Housing for the Aged Action Group’s Ageing on the Edge National Project https://www.oldertenants.org.au/ageing-edge-national-action-project
"Food is more than sustenance and nutrition, it has social, cultural and symbolic meanings which structure not only our daily lives, but also life transitions...Food represents an arena where powerful values and beliefs about being a human are evident. Food practices also demarcate cultural boundaries of belonging and not belonging." (Dr Ruth de Souza, 2017) On today's show we chat with Cinday, owner of Shop Bao Ngoc - a Vietnamese Australian Tuckshop in Melbourne. We also chat with Saba Alemayoh, owner of Saba's Ethiopian Restaurant and Afro Hub - a social enterprise supporting Africans in Melbourne flourish economically, artistically and socially.
This week on Women on the Line we bring you the second part of the 2018 NAIDOC week panel discussion of Feminism in the Pub, “Because of Her, We Can!” presented by the Victorian Trades Hall Council.Listen back to the first part of the discussion here. The panel discussion took place on Wednesday July 4 at Trades Hall and featured speakers Celeste Liddle, Marayne Muller and Robyn Oxley in conversation with panel chair Edie Shepherd.
We commemorate 30 years since the first Fairlea Wring Out demonstration with community activists, academics and prison abolitionists Amanda George and Emma Russell. The first Wring Out Fairlea demonstration was organised by the Coalition Against Women's Imprisonment and took place at the former Fairlea women's prison in Melbourne on 26 June 1988. The Wring Out action was repeated three more times over the next eight years, bringing thousands of people to encircle Fairlea prison in protest and in solidarity with the women inside.We’ll hear original broadcasts from 3CR's Women on the Line, which are part of the newly released podcast: soundcloud.com/wringoutfairleaMusic: Fairlea Prison Blues, Nice Girls Don't Spithttps://soundcloud.com/wringoutfairlea
‘Aboriginal women have been displaced from being the experts of their birthing experiences through tradition, culture and experience, to being passive recipients of medicalised and institutionalised pregnancy care’ (Ngaanyatjarra Health Service, 2006).We speak with Cherisse Buzzacott, an Arrernte woman from Alice Springs, a midwife and project Officer for Birthing on Country (BoC) - a Project aimed to establish Aboriginal Birthing on Country models of maternity care.
This week on Women on the Line we bring you excerpts from a special NAIDOC week edition of Feminism in the Pub, “Because of Her, We Can!” presented by the Victorian Trades Hall Council. The panel discussion took place on Wednesday, July 4 at Trades Hall and featured speakers Celeste Liddle, Marayne Muller and Robyn Oxley in conversation with panel chair Edie Shepherd.
A celebration of women in comedy. Comedy is more than just a pleasant way to pass an evening, humour more than something to amuse. It is interwoven into the fabric of our everyday existence - humour is everywhere! However on a professional level, women comics are still fighting the unfunny fight for equal respect, equal opportunity and equal pay.In this episode we chat with Kirsty Webeck, a Melbourne-based comedian, host, radio presenter, freelance writer and editor. We also speak with Urvi Majumdar, a Melbourne-based comedian and writer.
Mandatory sentencing for attacks on emergency workers are proposed as a tough but fair health and safety measure. Yet this approach has been shown to be ineffective, while devastating the lives of community members with addiction, severe mental health challenges and people subject to family violence. Yet the Victorian State Government is now putting this bill on the table with bipartisan support.Meghan Fitzgerald, Social Action, Policy & Law Reform Manager at Fitzroy Legal Service, talks us through the bill and its likely negative consequences, especially for women. And we speak to community sector worker Vanessa Born who is taking a stand against the proposed amendments.
On this episode of Women on the Line we look at race and community care. We chat with Caroline Ridler who is the Coordinator for the Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color (QTIPOC) project at Switchboard Victoria. Caroline chats with us about the upcoming panel she is coordinating and moderating, 'The Qtipoc project presents:Race and Community Care'. She shares with us her insights into anti-racism training and community sector issues when working with queer, trans and Indigenous people of color.bioCaroline is the Coordinator for the Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color project at Switchboard. She self-identifies as a queer Indian woman of colour and has been involved with LGBTIQ, Women’s and People of Colour organising in Melbourne for many years.
This week on Women on the Line we feature three perspectives on legislation that has a significant impact on people's lives.Jiselle Hanna speaks with Sally Goldner of Transgender Victoria about the end of forced divorce laws for transgender people in Victoria in the wake of marriage equality.Emma Hart speaks with Jane Green of Vixen Collective about recent decisions made by the Victorian Liberal Party in relation to sex worker rights and the Nordic Model. Anya Saravanan speaks with Adrianne Walters of the Human Rights Law Centre about exclusion zones for abortion clinics in NSW.
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with two feminist writers of colour about mentorship and writing feminism. We chat with Natalie Kon-Yu about the Feminist Writers Festival, mentorships in the australian literary industry, academia and motherhood. Later in the show we chat with Shu-Ling Chua about memoir writing, mothers and writing sexuality.BiosNatalie Kon-Yu is a creative writer, editor and academic, with a particular focus on creative writing by women and feminist literary criticism.She is working on a project that examines the place of women and writers of colour in the Australian Literary Industry. Natalie has been published in national and international journals, won the Katharine Susannah Prichard Emerging Writer in Residency, an Australian Society of Authors’ Mentorship, and been long-listed for The Australian/Vogel Award. She is currently completing her first novel. Shu-Ling Chua (@hellopollyanna) is a writer who focusses on sex, culture, femininity and growing up. Her work has appeared in Feminartsy, Peril Magazine and Meanjin, among others. She is working on a collection of essays on coming of age as a young Asian-Australian woman and is a 2018 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellow.
Today we look at violence against women and the response of the criminal justice system. The community response is often surrounding the need for greater police responses and a tougher approach on the perpetrators of these violent crimes. But is it within our criminal justice system’s interest to support and empower women?
This week on Women on the Line we chat to Inez Trambas about Negro Speaks of Books.Negro Speaks of Books is an online platform created to host conversations about books written by authors of Colour. Taking its name from the poem ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’ by Langston Hughes, Negro Speaks of Books celebrates the diversity of Bla(c)k literature across the Diaspora, and recognises the necessity of Bla(c)k literature in our struggle for liberation.We discuss black literature, authors who have made an impact on our readings and also speculate on the future of Australian literature.
On this episode of Women on the Line we look at the recent Trump legislation SESTA/FOSTA and how it impacts sex workers and internet censorship. We chat with Daisy who is the co-founder of All Sex Workers Go To Heaven (ASWGTH) and Sandy who who is a cam model and freelance artist who has studied performance and video art. They chat with us about representation of sex workers on the internet, in feminism, community and in art and how SESTA/FOSTA is impacting them. BiosDaisy is a queer brown artist currently living in Los Angeles. They are an advocate for intersectional sex worker rights. Daisy is a curator, zine maker, contemporary artist, and stylist on their free time. They are one of the co-founders of All Sex Workers Go To Heaven - a space to build community and solidarity for sex workers of color. Visit them on instagram @allsexworkersgotoheavenSandy is an cam model and freelance artist. She studied performance art and video in college and has a bfa in digital art and a ba in east Asian studies. Cam modeling has been a main source of income on and off for the past two and a half years. Camming has supported her performance skills and creative ways to sell, interact, and engage, which boosts her confidence with the rest of her art career. She also works as a model for fine arts classes.Daisy has generously supplied a list of good resources for us:Survivors Against Sesta SWOP Behind Bars SWOP USA
Medically Supervised Injecting Centres have been proven to be an effective way of preventing deaths from from drug overdoses, and helping people to access safe injecting equipment and support services. Late last year a trial of a medically supervised injecting centre for North Richmond in Melbourne was announced by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and is due to start in June this year. This week on Women on the Line we hear from Dr Marianne Jauncey, the Medical Director of the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Kings Cross, Sydney, Jane, a Drug Overdose Peer Educator at Harm Reduction Victoria, and Judy Ryan from Victoria Street Drug Solutions, a resident's group which has advocated strongly for the trial centre in Richmond.
Mental health advocates have increasingly called for the need to reinstate female-only psychatric wards. These campaigns are about improving the safety and experience of women in crisis, including reducing incidents of sexual assault.This week’s edition of Women on the Line features an interview by Hope Mathumbu with Prof of Psychiatry Jayashri Kulkarni, director of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre. Aoife Cooke speaks to campaigner Sue Armstrong, a Melbourne based activist with a psychiatric disability, who has been campaigning on this issue since the 1990s.
On this week's Women on the Line we head to the Bay Area in California and Hong Kong to hear from two artists chat about zines, DIY culture, and making art in their respective hometowns.Multidisciplinary artist and curator Renae Moua chats with us about their art practice, DIY culture, their teaching philosophy and zines! Later in the show, we hear from Elaine W.Ho who chats to us about 展銷場 Display Distribute, hand-to-hand courier services, zines and print culture in Hong Kong.Music from this week's show is Heft by Japanese Breakfast.BiosRenae Moua (R.L. Muas) is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and academic residing on Ohlone land. Their projects are concerned with digital media, cyberspace, visual culture, and its relationship to capitalism, power, and IRL curated violence. Their art, teaching, and curatorial practice is based on an interdisciplinary approach that intersects the visual arts with critical cultural and social theory, praxis and a DIY (‘do-it-yourself’) ethic. They create experiences that encourage critical-thought and break away from western heteropatriarchal boundaries to further shape how we educate and empower our present and future generations. Find them on instagram here and their website here.Elaine W.Ho is a co-conspirator with 展銷場 Display Distribute, a thematic inquiry, distribution service, exhibition space and sometimes shop in Kowloon, Hong Kong. This project, which began in 2013 as a documentary gesture of a distinct urban phenomenon, has unfolded as a series of investigations taking the form of interventions, audio and publishing projects, forming a flexible mode of research attesting to the ad-hoc arrangements emerging out of a particular socio-economic environment.
On Women on the Line we look into the language of distance. How do we navigate both visible and invisible borders? Where is home and who gets to feel at home? We chat with artist and curator Talia Smith about her upcoming exhibition,I Can See for Miles, held at the Centre for Contemporary Photography. Later in the show, we hear from artist Lana Nguyen who walks across invisible borders everyday. She chats with us about her essay Mapping the Supply’s Chain featured on Chart Collective. Music from this week's show is Lipstick Stains and Baybee by Jay Som. BiosTalia Smith is an artist and curator from New Zealand and now based in Sydney Australia. She is of Samoan, Cook Island and New Zealand European heritage. Her curatorial practice engages with photographic and time based mediums in order to examine notions of time, memory and ruin.Lana Nguyen is an artist whose practice currently centres on exploring the idea of home in Australia. Coming from a half-Vietnamese refugee, half colonial-Australian background – she is interested in looking at the contestations in the history of this land, its borders and its margins. She is interested in interdisciplinary approaches between art and activism; the ways we can create, reflect and deepen community through the arts. Recent projects she’s worked on include La Nonna, a theatre piece exploring the intersection of queer and immigrant identity as part of the 2018 Midsumma Festival and Planning Atlantis, an independent site-specific performance exploring the dream of the Docklands.
Today on Women on the Line, we look at some research that’s being done in the space of revenge porn, more accurately labelled, image based abuse.Recent research has found that one in five australians has experienced image based abuse, mostly in an online environment. 20 per cent had experienced the non-consensual creation of nude or sexual images11 per cent had experienced the non-consensual distribution of nude or sexual images9 per cent had experienced the threat of distributing those imagesTo discuss this more, Jessamy Gleeson, an academic who is involved with this research, based at RMIT, and also a feminist activist and organiser.
Her Sound, Her Story is a documentary about the personal experiences, histories, and the significant social impact of women in the music industry across Australia, featuring many well-known names and influential artists. Made by Michelle Grace Hunder and Claudia Sangiorigi Dalimore,Claudia joins us for Women on the Line this week to tell us how it's made and what she learned from the process.Later on the show, we stay with the theme of women’s access to the music industry and we’re joined by Corey Green, a trainee sound engineer, to talk of her experience of being a young woman in the world of audio tech, and we hear a taster of her work. Featuring music by: Mama Kin, Sampa the Great, Race Rage
On this week's Women on the Line we chat with Annie Humphrey, Anishinaabe singer and song writer living on Leech Lake Indian Reservation. Annie chats with us about her latest album "The Beast and the Garden", music and activism, the impact of line 3 pipeline on Leech Lake Indian Reservation, and whether or not she has hope for the future. You can listen and support her latest album at anniehumphreymusic.com.Music from this week's show is "Strong Wind" and "The Wizzard" by Annie Humphrey.Photo credit: Sarah LittleRedfeather
This week we bring you a very special episode of Women on the Line featuring selections from our annual fundraiser held in late 2017 at the Yarra Hotel in Melbourne. You’ll hear from musicians and poets who performed in support of the show, including P-Unique, Soreti, Manisha Anjali, Infraghosts and Hardata.P-UniQue https://soundcloud.com/p-uniqueSoreti https://www.facebook.com/soretik/Manisha Anjali https://www.manishaanjali.com/Infraghosts https://www.facebook.com/infraghosts/Hardata https://soundcloud.com/hardata
Today on Women on the Line, highlights from the Melbourne Invasion Day Rally. The 26th January, 2018 saw some of the biggest rallies across Australia in solidarity, defence and struggle with Aboriginal people. You’ll hear the following voices, in this order:Aunty Jenny Monroe, Gwenda Stanley, Aretha Brown, Ruby and Celeste Liddle
We speak to Rasheedah Phillips and Moor Mother from Black Quantum Futurism about the intersections of justice and science fiction as well as the beauty of community building through an Afrofuturist lens. Moor Mother - KBGK
As we move into 2018, and the dust settles on the Marriage Equality Bill which has now moved into law, and a few more wedding bells have started ringing, this week’s show looks to what’s next for LGBTIQ plus communities across Australia, and the campaigns, struggles and celebrations ahead.We speak to Karen Field from Queerspace on future health campaigns for LGBTIQ+ communities, highlighting links between recent public discourse and mental health and a new focus on family violence.Lee Carnie from the Human Rights Law Centre takes a focus on legal campaigns, including stopping medically unnecessary surgery for intersex people and easier changes to birth certs for trans communities.We finish the show with a look to the future plans of LGBTIQ+ communities across Australia who met at the recent Better Together Conference. Music from this week's show is A Very Hot Shower from Two Steps on the WaterEmotionally Untidy from Rachel Maria Coxand You're a Fucking Joke from Bec Sandridge
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Australian -founded International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in Norway on International Human Rights Day on December 10th. Australian campaigners and supporters gathered in Melbourne Town Hall to celebrate and watch the ceremony. In this week’s show, we’ll first hear from The Nobel Prize chairperson Berit Reiss-Andersen. 3CR’s Judith Peppard then speaks to ICAN Australia’s Outreach Coordinator, Gem Rumold, outside Melbourne Town Hall. We’ll also hear from Indigenous anti-nuclear activist Karina Lester from South Australia, and Fijian campaigner Vanessa Griffen, before returning to the ceremony to give the closing words of the show to Setsuko Thurlow, a Japanese–Canadian nuclear disarmament campaigner who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Music is by Kate Vigo and Do the Robot
Palestinian activist Mai Hamed helps us unpack the recent statement US President Donald Trump made about Jerusalem becoming the capital of Israel. This statement was met with outrage from European and Arab leaders for its boldness, carelessness and the danger is poses.Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movementAustralians for Palestine Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh - Shadia Mansour
On this episode of Women on the Line, Thanh Hằng Phạm chats with Odissi dancer and teacher Monica Singh Sangwan and her student, Yee Wen Soo about classical indian dance, passing on tradition and knowledge and how a classical indian art form should grow beyond its origins. Monica Singh Sangwan teaches the Sohamasi Odissi dance group at Dancehouse in Carlton. Catch the Sohamasi group's upcoming performance "Sthithi" at Mapping Melbourne on the 16 Dec. Check out the facebook event here. [Image description: Odissi dancers forming a lotus and wearing red and blue sarees]
As part of programming for International Day of Disabled Persons 2017 which falls this week, artist Larissa Mac Farlane joins me by phone to talk about disability and art practice, disability pride as practice and the hidden joys of handstanding and grandstanding. To see her work, see larissamcfarlane.blogspot.com.au.Music from this week's show is by Heidi Everett, http://www.heidieverett.com.au/
On this episode of Women on the Line Thanh Hằng Phạm chats to Wemba-Wemba and Gunditjmara artist, curator and writer Paola Balla on blak matriachy and powerful blak women making art. We also hear from Māori (Waikato, Tainui A Whiro, Ngaati Tahinga) artist Kirsten Lyttle on indigenizing photography and weaving.*Artwork "Twilled Work" by Kirsten Lyttle
This year marks the 100 year anniversary of the Russian Revolution – a momentous event in human history. In 1917, Russian women garment workers went on strike. They were protesting the desperate poverty caused by the first World War, symbolised in the infamous bread queues. On International Women’s Day, March 8, before the morning was out, tens of thousands of women textile workers were on strike. Joined by housewives, they marched to the metal factories demanding that the (mostly male) workers join them. It sparked the revolution, the overthrow of the Tsar and the attempt to build a new world order.What happened to the gains of the revolution? What’s the meaning of socialism in this centenary year? How do we understand the failure, collapse and rejection of the totalitarian soviet model of socialism? And most importantly, what are the tasks for the international workers of the world, to realise a just and fair society for all?To discuss these issues and more, I am joined by Beatrix Campbell, writer, broadcaster and feminists activist based in the UK. Campbell is on a speaking tour in Australia, hosted by the SEARCH foundation, discussing the issues that face working people of the world in light of the 100 year anniversary of the Russian Revolution.
New media has been central in modern activism, especially for people of colour who continue to be misrepresented and under represented by mainstream media. We listen to a panel discussion about the prominence of new media in asserting the voices of people of colour from Footscray Community Arts Centre's, 2015 West Writers: Our Stories Forum.We hear from founding editor of Future-Black Linda Kennedy, creative producer of Sovereign Trax Hannah Donnelly, and co-founder of Still Nomads, Samira Farah. The panel is moderated by founding editor of Ascension Magazine, Sasha Sarago. Lady Lash- Memory Chambers
On today’s program, we bring you some coverage from the2017 Indigenous and Grass roots Movements Solidarity Gathering. The conference was held in Melbourne Australia, over the weekend of 7 & 8 October, and was hosted by the Latin American Solidarity Network.The two keynote speakers featured on today’s program, are Kristy Lee Horswood - Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) activist and member of the Gamilaraay Nation and Catalina Catrileo - Mapuche activist and sister of Matías Catrileo, the 22 year old Mapuche warrior who was murdered by the Chilean police in 2008.
We hear two incredibly fascinating and insightful interviews put together by 3CR’s Tuesday Breakfast team, Ayan Shirwa, Ruby Schwartz and George Maxwell. We first hear from Julie Kun, CEO of WIRE which is a women’s referral service in Victoria. Later we hear from Emma Barnard, who is conducting her PhD at the University of Melbourne on Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery. She - Laura Mvula
Australia is in the midst of a Marriage Equality postal survey – asking the whole of Australia their opinion about whether people of the same sex are allowed to love each other. The Left and other civil rights activists are mobilising our forces to pull out a Yes vote, so the campaign is on!As would be expected, the campaign has been attacked by the right, but there are also some criticisms of the yes campaign that come from the left. Questions about the lack of intersectionality, whether this fight is just about white queer people’s rights, and the possibility that other important social justice issues have been sidelined in this campaign.Despite the problems with the yes campaign, we are still calling for people to vote and to vote yes. But it’s important to air the left-wing criticisms of the yes campaign. So today’s program does this with guests Fatima Mawas, a young muslim film maker from Western Sydney and now based in Melbourne, Australia. And Wil Stracke the campaigns industrial officer at Victorian Trades Hall Council, who has been spearheading much of the yes campaign in this state.
January 26, known officially as Australia Day, marks the beginning of the European colonisation of what would become known as Australia.While the date is celebrated as Australia's national day, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people January 26 holds the significance of marking the beginning of the invasion and theft of their lands by colonisers, and for many indigenous people the day is marked as a day of mourning and resistance.This week on Women on the Line we look at discussions surrounding changing the date of Australia's national day, and a recent decision by the City of Yarra Council in Melbourne to change the way they engage with January 26. We'll hear from Yarra Mayor Amanda Stone, and from Wurundjeri Elder Annette Xiberras.
This week we chat with the inimitable Manal Younus about her work as a writer, educator and performer. We also chat about her upcoming collaborative show 'AMKA - Narratives from the African Diaspora' which is a "journey of being, becoming and existence" that uses spoken word, music, dance, theatre and projection to explore the "awakening of black bodies" from the African diaspora in Australia. AMKA is showing at the Arts Centre in Melbourne on September 22 and 23. Get tickets to AMKA here, and check out all of Manal’s work on her website.To Be Young Gifted and Black - Nina Simone
This week on Women on the Line we bring you a selection of interviews from 3CR Community Radio’s Breakfast Current Affairs presenters Ayaan Shirwa, Rachida Benamar, and Ruby Schwartz. We’ll hear Ayaan speak with Lara Watson about the First Nations Workers Alliance, and then interview Nyomba Gaṉḏaŋu from the Yolnju Nations Assembly about the impact of more than ten years of the Northern Territory Emergency response. We'll also hear Rachida speaking with Jenny Smith, CEO of the Council to Homeless Persons about NIMBYism in relation to social housing, and Ruby interview Hannah McCann, Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Melbourne about a feminist wikipedia edit-a-thon.First Nations Workers Alliance https://fnwa.org.au/Yolnju Nations Assembly http://www.yolngunations.org/Council to Homeless Persons http://chp.org.au/researcHERs at University of Melbourne Wikipedia edit-a-thon http://library.unimelb.edu.au/research/researcher-library-week/researcHERs-@-UoM-Wikipedia-edit-athon
This week on Women on the Line we hear a repeat episode from earlier in the year Madhuni from RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees discussed the experiences of women in detention and Aboriginal spiritual healer Miliwanga Wurrben shared the importance of spirituality.This episode was co-produced by Ayan Shirwa.Black Smoke - Emily Wurramara
This week on Women on the Line we look at the postal plebiscite on marriage equality, which is being pushed forward by the Federal Government but is currently subject to not one but two separate High Court challenges. First we speak with Felicity Marlowe, the convener of Rainbow Families Victoria, who is also a litigant in one of the High Court Challenges against the postal plebiscite. Then we hear from Sally Goldner from Transgender Victoria about how the potential postal plebiscite is affecting the trans community.If you are part of the LGBTIQ community and are feeling distressed by the plebiscite or the broader marriage equality debate you can call QLife on 1800 184 527 for support and referral between 3pm and midnight in your state or territory or visit https://qlife.org.au/.
Indigenous Australians are the most incarcerated people in the world. Nationally, Aboriginal people are jailed at a rate five times greater than black males were under Apartheid South Africa. In Western Australia and the Northern Territory the figure is eight times greater.The disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system on Aboriginal people is directly related to this country’s history of colonisation and genocide of Aboriginal people, and the continued subjugation under successive government policies.Writer, poet activist, Vicki Roach, is an Aboriginal woman, a former prisoner in Victoria, who gained a Masters degree while in prison, and remains to this day an activist and campaigner against the prison industrial complex. In 2007 she lead and won, a High Court challenge to the Howard Government’s ban on prisoners’ right to vote – again, achieving this from a cell at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre women’s prison.Vicki gave a talk at the Marxism conference in 2014 about women and the criminal injustice system. And sadly, very little has changed. But with the current focus on the crisis in juvenile justice, I thought it was worth hearing Vicki’s words again, and particularly her story from juvie to adult prison, to activist.
This week's show is about upcoming drug law reform around recreational drug use, and what's current in harm reduction approaches.We’ll hear from three guests on this topic, Nevena Spirovska from grassroots campaign High Alert, Stephanie Tzanetis from DanceWize, once a grassroots campaign and now supported by Health Promotion Victoria, and Julaine Allan, an adjunct associate at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Music is by Simona Castricum N.B. The US academic referred to Julaine Allan is Dr Daniel Ciccarone, a San Franciso-based public health researcher and physician. Women on the Line does not condone or condemn people who use drugs for their choices. If you are concerned about your drug use or that of a friend, you can call Family Drug Support on 1300 368 186, or check out your state-based service.
Today we hear two interviews by 3CR broadcasters Jiselle Hanna and Hope Mathumbu. First Jiselle speaks with Catherine Barrett of Alice's Garage labout the #WomenHoldingHands campaign. Later we hear an excerpt of a conversation between Hope and Dr Kudzai Kanhutu, Refugee Health fellow at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service about Hepatitis Awareness and how the disease disproportionally affects culturally diverse and Indigenous communities. Estere - Cruel Charlie
This week on Women on the Line we travel to Mparntwe, also known as Alice Springs, to look at the Arrernte language project Apmere angkentye-kenhe which translates into English as “A place for language.” We’ll speak with artist Beth Sometimes, and hear excerpts from a forum on language held on July 3rd as part of the project to coincide with NAIDOC week, featuring Amelia Turner, Veronica Lynch, Pamela Lynch, Veronica Turner, Felicity Hayes and Margaret Kemarre Turner. The "50 words everyone who lives in Mparntwe should know" can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/watch-this-space-ari/50-words-everyone-who-lives-in-mparntwe-should-know The Arrernte learning audio walk can be heard here: https://apmere-angkentye-kenhe.bandcamp.com/releases For more information about the project visit http://wts.org.au/exhibitions/apmere-angkentye-kenhe
On this week's episode of Women on the Line, we hear from comedica caberet duo, Maeve Marsden and Libby wood, the creaters of Mothers' Ruin. Equal parts historical and hysterical, all heaving harmonies and tipsy candour, Mothers' Ruin explores the history of gin through story and song.
Bernadette McAliskey is a prominent Irish republican socialist political activist and feminist. This week’s Women on the Line is from a speech she gave in April this year in Dublin, Ireland, at the launch of a people’s history magazine marking 80 years since the fascist bombing of the village of guernica in the Basque country, Spain. McAliskey took this opportunity to give a wide ranging and passionate speech about the face of fascism today, which has been edited here for an Australian audience.
We hear a discussion between 3CR Tuesday Breakfast’s Ayan Shirwa and Juliana Huxtable. Juliana is a poet, DJ, model, academic and performance artist. Her work explores gender, race and socio political issues. She’s also the co-founder of Shock Value, a nightclub that fosters community and celebrates NYC’s kaleidoscopic nightlife. Lost One - Lauryn Hill
We hear three short speeches from one of the Emerging Writers Festival’s most popular events, Amazing Babes. Amazing Babes is a night where eight women perform an ode to an amazing babe in their life. We hear excerpts of speeches from Poala Balla, Jasmeet Sahi and Susie Anderson.Cruel Charlie - Estere
You might have heard of WINGS, the Women's International News Gathering Service. Your community radio station might even broadcast WINGS. In May this year, WINGS hosted an international webcast, where the producer there, Frieda Werden gathered women community broadcasters from right across the world, and we spent about two hours together, live on the web, discussing how and why we got involved in community broadcasting, and how it's enabled women to get connected. This week's show features excerpts from this webcase, and particularly, you'll hear the voices of Frieda Werden, the host of the webcast and of WINGS, the first guest Sheila Katzman and guest Kate Raphael. First up, Frieda introduces Sheila Katzman.
This week we chat all things Liminal Magazine, Asian-Australian voices and the power of autonomy in art. Liminal Magazine is an online publication that uses long form interviews between Asian-Australian creatives to share intimate truths about their multifaceted experiences of identity, creativity, sexuality and a myriad of other topics. We hear from with Linh Thùy Nguyễn, deputy editor of Liminal Magazine and Thanh Hằng Phạm who was featured on the publication in May.Thanh Hằng produced two radio documentaries, We Weren't Born Yesterday in 2015 and Remotely Intimate in 2016. Black Smoke – Emily Warramara Photograph of Thanh Hằng Phạm by Leah Jing McIntosh
This week on Women on the Line we bring you coverage of Myriad Collective’s TRANSPOSSIBLE, a month long showcase of trans and gender diverse talent, including an art exhibition, two performance nights and a creative industries workshop. We’ll hear excerpts from the second performance night held on May 13th, and also an interview with Myriad Collective member Darcy T. Gunk. Performers featured in this episode in order of appearance are:Cee SickAmao LeotaIris LeeAn excerpt from Beauty is the Beast (Krishna, Mossy, Raina & Leon) Tonié FieldAstrid&Racerage Asiel Adan Sanchez Excerpt of music accompanying a dance work by Raina Peterson https://www.facebook.com/myriadcollective/https://myriadcollective.wordpress.com/
On today's program, we broadcast some excerpts from Feminism in the Pub. Feminism in the Pub is a feminist conversation series, hosted by Victoria Trades Hall Council Women's team's, the We are Union Women. The topic, Sexism at work, was the second in the series, and was held on the evening of Wednesday 17 May.
Nyasukeji 'The First Born Girl' is an exhibition on black womanhood and culture currently showing at Connection Arts Space in Melbourne. The artists involved in the exhibition Nyaruot Ruth Ruach, Vonda Keji and Sunday Makuach join us to chat about about their practice, community and this new group show. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill- Lauryn Hill
Today's episode of Women On The Line commemorates May Day, international workers day, and in so doing, we look at the No Profit from Rape campaign, run by the 1800RESPECT telephone workers to defend their jobs.
In Melbourne Australia, a socialist organisation called Socialist Alternative organises an annual Marxism Conference over the Easter long weekend. This year, they invited special guest Haley Pessin from the International Socialist Organisation and the Black Lives Matter Movement. She gave a keynote address at the conference, which we broadcast for you now.
The bodies and stories of Muslim women in Australia and around the world have been on high rotation in the media for the last decade at least.As part of a partnership with the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights, 3CR facilitated a podcast training program for young Muslim women to equip them with the skills to both define and publish their own stories. We hear from three participants of the program- Idil Ali, Anna Elsamad and Farhana Sanif discussing the the program and the importance of disctating their narratives. Nneka - Soul is Heavy
The recent Fair Work Commission decision to cut penalty rates for workers in the retail and hospitality sectors raises serious questions about the future of work and our priorities around protecting the wages some of our lowest income earners. This week on Women on the Line we discuss the penalty rates decision and its impact on women who will be affected. First we’ll speak with Lisa Heap, Women’s Lead Organiser at the Victorian Trades Hall Council, and then we’ll hear from Sara Charlesworth, Professor in the School of Management at RMIT University and who gave expert evidence in the penalty rates case that went before the Fair Work Commission.
Kalpona Akter is the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity, a labour NGO in Bangladesh. She is a former child worker who started work in garment factories when she was twelve. Kalpona set up the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity in 2001 to campaign for improved conditions in the garment industry. Like many labour organisers in developing countries, Kalpona and her colleagues have experienced significant repression for the work that they do. In 2012, unknown assailants abducted, tortured, and killed Kalpona's colleague, labor union organizer Aminul Islam. April 4 is the 5 year anniversary of his death.
The side wall of 3CR has been a beautiful and collaborative mural since I can remember. A new edition to our mural is Ms Saffaa's beautiful collaborative paste up project. On today's show I chat with Ms Saffaa about her activism and the poltiics of her art. We also hear a poem by the spectacular Mahogany L. Browne who was in Melbourne for the Women of the World festival at Footscray Community Arts Centre. Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh - Shadia Mansour
Mid last year, I visited my old share house in Petersham, in Sydney’s inner west. It was the night of the Federal election, but the occasion was in fact an eviction party for the house, which at the time of its ending had been a share house for 11 years. So, after a little processing time, this week on Women on the Line we bring you an episode that’s a bit more personal for me than usual, featuring voices and stories from the house at Middleton Street and hopefully some insight into the shared project of living that it entailed.
On the program today we replay some of the speeches from this year's International Women's Day march in Melbourne Australia.International Women's Day has an extraordinary history, and one very much routed in the labour movement. In fact, it's original name is International Working Women's Day.
Be Bold for Change, with me Women on the Line celebrates International Women’s Day with a collage of women talking about a woman or gender diverse person in their lives who has taught them what it means to Be Bold for Change. Maybe it's a seasoned campaigner whose skillful wisdom teaches how to make the world a better place, or someone so loved they make us want to.
This week on Women on the Line we hear from Madhuni from RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees discussing the experiences of women in detention. We also hear from Aboriginal spiritual healer Miliwanga Wurrben about the importance of spirituality.This episode was co-produced by Ayan Shirwa.Black Smoke - Emily Wurramara
Following the much publicised break up of the homeless and rough sleeping community outside Flinders Street Station in central Melbourne on February 1st, on this week’s episode of Women on the Line we’ll take a look at proposed amendments to by-laws by Melbourne City Council which would effectively ban homeless people from sleeping in the CBD. We’ll hear from Kelly from the Homeless Persons Union Victoria about the #nohomelessban campaign, and Tarni from Justice Connect Homeless Law about the implications of the possible legislative changes, and also what effective homelessness prevention looks like through a discussion of the Women's Homelessness Prevention Project. #nohomelessbanhttps://www.facebook.com/Homeless-Persons-Union-Victoria-1489953661246085/https://www.facebook.com/nohomelessban/http://www.justiceconnect.org.au/our-programs/homeless-law
Ms Dhu's death could have been prevented if she had been given antibiotics, and found police acted unprofessionally and inhumanely - that was the finding of the coronial inquest into the death of Aboriginal woman, Ms Dhu, just 22 years of age.One of the most staunch campaigners and advocates for justice for Ms Dhu, is her grandmother, Aunty Carole Roe, and I had a chance to speak with her recently.
We take a look at the new US political landscape to ask how can Donald Trump’s administration, with a specific nod to his chief advisor Steve Bannon, be both pro-Israel and anti-semitic at the same time, and what this could mean for Jews in the US, for the future of Israel and for the urgent need for justice for Palestinians. With Jordy Silverstein of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society.www.ajds.org.au
We listen to a panel discussion called Arts + Sovereignty which was part of the Wominjeka Festival at Footscray Community Arts Centre. The panel was facilitated by Paola Balla who was joined by a wonderful panel of guests including Rosie Kilvert, Kamahi King, Miliwanga Wurrben and Léuli Eshraghi. In this excerpt we will hear from Paola, Rosie and Miliwanga as they discuss the intersections of art and decolonisation.Alice Skye - You Are The Mountains
This episode of Women on the Line we bring you two perspectives on barriers to film making for women in an Australian context. First we speak with Amy Browne about building networks in Melbourne to overcome gendered barriers to participation in the film industry, and then we hear from Sophie Mathieson of Women in Film and Television NSW about a recent protest about gender equality on the red carpet at the AACTAs. filmfatalesmelbourne [at] gmail [dot] comFilm Fatales Melbourne FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/359995620869932/http://www.wiftnsw.org.au/https://www.facebook.com/wift.nsw.au/
Bersih, which literally means clean in Malay, is a movement that started in 2006 to build a mass oppositional force to corrupt government elections. On November 19 2016, 40,000 Malaysians took to the streets for Bersih 5.0, this time calling for the resignation of corrupt Prime Minister Najib Razak. Police arrested 15 activists and opposition politicians, including Bersih chairperson, Maria Chin Abdullah, who we feature on today's program.
Elousie Cobell was a Native American tribal elder, activist and banker. While treasurer of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana, in the United States, she showed up many financial irregularities and deep mismanagement in trust funds held by the US government. This week’s show is about her case action lawsuit which started in 1996, settling in 2010, where Cobell recovered royalties for 500,000 individual Native Americans in a settlement worth $3.4 billion dollars.Corbell died in 2011. Last month, November 2016, Cobell's work on behalf of Native Americans was honored by the award of a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. This inspiring talk by Elousie Cobell dates from 2005, when she spoke at the National Network of Grantmakers. Thank you to Lisa Rudman of Making Contact Women's Desk for the recording, and to Frieda Werden at WINGS and the Community Radio Exchange, Canada. www.cobellsettlement.com
This week on Women on the Line we bring you an interview with the late Lisa Bellear. This interview was conducted by Women on the Line in 1992 and is part of 3CR's First Nations oral history project, Black Gold. In this interview Lisa describes her experiences growing up as an Aboriginal women of the stolen generation as well as her activism.Lady Lash - Memory Chambers
Clementine Ford is an Australian feminist writer, broadcaster and public speaker. She has a regular column in Daily Life. In 2015, Ford received abusive messages online and responded by making some of these messages public. In September 2016, Clementine Ford released her debut book, Fight Like a Girl, and here she reads the final chapter of this book to the Listen Conference, held in Melbourne in October 2016.
Clementine Ford is an Australian feminist writer, broadcaster and public speaker. She has a regular column in Daily Life. In 2015, Ford received abusive messages online and responded by making some of these messages public. In September 2016, Clementine Ford released her debut book, Fight Like a Girl, and here she reads the final chapter of this book to the Listen Conference, held in Melbourne in October 2016.
Mental health advocates have increasingly called for the need to reinstate female-only psychatric wards. These campaigns are about improving the safety and experience of women in crisis, including reducing incidents of sexual assault.This week’s edition of Women on the Line features an interview by Hope Mathumbu with Prof of Psychiatry Jayashri Kulkarni, director of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre. Aoife Cooke speaks to campaigner Sue Armstrong, a Melbourne based activist with a psychiatric disability, who has been campaigning on this issue since the 1990s. Send a letter of support for their campaign to impatient.doco@gmail.com
We listen to interview with activist, author, academic and prison abolitionist Professor Angela Davis during her visit to the Moroccan Deli-cacy on Lygon Street for a panel discussion organised by the Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance and RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees. Angela was here for Sisters Inside's 'Is Prison Obselete' Conference in Brisbane as well as the University of Melbourne’s 'Justice Through Conflict, Conflict Through Justice' Symposium. Blue Boss by Sampa The GreatClick here the full version of Angela Davis' speech.
In September 2016, producer Aoife Cooke joined the 'Walk with the Valley' event, walking 100 kilometers to demonstrate commitment to a ‘just transition’ for the Latrobe Valley in Victoria. Participants were walking for the creation of sustainable, dignified jobs for communities working their way out of the climate crisis.With guests Anna Boddenberg and Laura Williams of the Earthworker Cooperative, and Wendy Farmer from Voices of the Valley. You can learn more and donate by going to http://earthworkercooperative.com.au/walk-with-the-valley/
Today on Women on the Line, we look at a dispute at Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India factory in the North Indian State of Rajastan. The workers there have been on a hunger strike for over 3 weeks now following their dismissal over a campaign to try to form a union.Shivani Kaur discusses the issues specific to this dispute, strategies that work, and strategies that don't work to win industrial disputes. Shivani is a labour movement activist in India, she's a trade unionist, and an organiser and legal officer for workers in the automobile sector.
This week on Women on the Line we bring you an interview with Alok Vaid-Menon from trans south asian performance art duo DarkMatter. Women on the Line was able to speak with Alok in New York City in August earlier this year in anticipation of their current visit to Australia and appearances in Melbourne this week. In this episode we chat about Alok's work, labour and social media, the relationship between art and activism, marriage equality, language, authenticity, hope and Alok performs some spoken word. For more information about what Alok will be doing in Melbourne this week listeners can visit http://www.facebook.com/darkmatterpoetry.
It's an exciting time for art in Australia and on this week's show we speak with two wonderful artists, Thando Sikwila and Amie Batalabasi about the work they're doing.Thando is a musician and actor, currently playing Shug Avery in the upcoming Australian production of The Color Purple at Chapel off Chapel launching on October 13. We chat with her about what it means to for Australian theatre to have an all black and brown cast sharing the story of The Color Purple which launches on October 13.Amie is a filmmaker, director and founder of Colourbox Studio in Footscray. In October her film, Blackbird, which centres the untold story of Australia’s Solomon Islander Sugar Slaves in the late 1800s is being screened at the worlds biggest Indigenous film festival imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto. Colourbox Studio is also launching its Spring Pop Up Shop on October 7 and she tells us all about it!
This week on Women on the Line we play a repeat of a show from June 2016 where we look at climate issues, specifically coral bleaching in Australia. Listeners may have heard the news that on average 35% of the coral across the Great Barrier Reef is dead or dying. To take a closer look at this phenomenon, first we speak with Dr Mia Hoogenboom from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies about what’s happening on the Great Barrier Reef, and then we cross the country to speak with her colleague Dr Verena Schoepf who will discuss the situation on coral reefs in Western Australia.
During Melbourne Writers Festival, we spoke to two writers making significant waves with their literature this year.Charlotte Wood picked up the Stella prize for The Natural Way of Things, while Fiona Wright won the Kibble Literary Award for her memoir Small Acts of Disappearance.Books available to purchase: www.readings.com.auAlso mentioned: www.archermagazine.com.au
[Image: Menstrual Designer Jen Lewis and Photographer Rob Lewis]This week’s show is about periods - the monthly mess we both celebrate and shy away from. There is recurring taboo around monthly cycles in pop culture, but at the same time, a neverending supply of goofy jokes have worn thin. But new levels of comfort talking about periods is shifting from the comedy circuit to both the union floor and the boardrooms - menstruation leave is back on the agenda for trade unions and some multinationals. Dr Lauren Rosewarne has spent a long time thinking about thinking and writing about all these topics, and joins us for a chat. She is the author of 'Periods in Pop Culture: Menstruation in Film and Television.' More of Lauren’s work can be found on www.laurenrosewarne.comBe warned -this show is not for the squeamish. Music: ‘Let it Flow’ by Kristine GerolagaAudio from ‘Menstruation Education 1958,’ ‘The IT Crowd’ and ‘Roseanne’
This week’s show tells the story of the ‘Jobs for Women Campaign’ of the 1980s in Wollongong, New South Wales. Feminist-socialists and migrant women took on Australia’s then biggest employer, and won the right to work in male-dominated spaces. We’re joined by activist and former employee at the steelworks, Robynne Murphy.To support the Jobs for Women film, see their Facebook page, email jobsforwomen@gmail.com or go to jobsforwomenfilm.com.Photo credit: Jobs for Women Facebook page [photographer unknown]Thank you to the Victorian Trade Union Choir for some of the music for today’s show. Also, music credits to ‘Cvalda’ by Bjork and ‘Maniac’ by Flashdance.
What is gentrification and how does it work? This week on Women on the Line we bring you a snapshot of activism around gentrification, racism and police violence from Brooklyn, New York City. On August 13 community group Equality for Flatbush held a march against Gentrification, Racism and Police Violence in Flatbush and East Flatbush. Flatbush is a neighbourhood in the heart of Brooklyn, and Women on the Line went along to speak to residents about what’s happening in their communities. To donate to the Equality for Flatbush Rapid Response Fund listeners can visit: https://www.youcaring.com/equality-for-flatbush-552660Other links from today’s show:Equality for Flatbush https://www.facebook.com/EqualityForFlatbush/Before It’s Gone http://www.beforeitsgone.co Brooklyn Anti-gentrification Network http://bangentrification.orgImani House http://www.imanihouse.org Cop Watch NYC https://www.facebook.com/CopWatchNYC/
Karen Pickering is a feminist presenter, writer and educator and founder of Cherchez La Femme is Melbourne’s monthly talkshow of popular culture, news and current affairs from an unapologetically feminist angle.Her latest achievement is the publication of a book through University of Queensland Press, Doing It: Women Tell The Truth About Great Sex.We chat to Karen about her motivations, her experiences and some of her favourite stories about women and sex, and hear Amy Gray read her piece from Doing It.BUY IT HERE: http://www.booktopia.com.au/doing-it-karen-pickering/prod9780702254239.html
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks are one of Melbourne's stalwart live bands, well-known for their magnetic on-stage performance. We speak to Cash Savage (singer and songwriter) and Kat Mear (fiddle and back-up vocals) about their new album, touring, grief and being women in music.Trigger Warning: This conversation includes brief discussions of death, grief and suicide. For support, call Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Cash Savage - Live at Croxton Park, Friday 13 AugustTickets: www.cashsavage.com.auAlbum: One of Us, out now
This week on Women on the Line we’ll be bringing you a sonically diverse show featuring excerpts from “Poetry and Noise,” an evening of contemporary performances presented by Molten Upset which took place at West Space on 30 June 2016. Molten Upset is the collaborative project of poet Autumn Royal and noise musician Lisa Lerkenfeldt, who co-curated the evening with the intention of generating spaces to explore the intersections of poetry and noise.Performers featured in this episode in order of appearance: Hana Earles reading poetry with electric violin by Natasha Rose Havir SmithDawn BloodLisa Lerkenfeldt Autumn RoyalSpike FPapaphiliaTarneen Onus-Williams and Nayuka Gorrie reading poems by Natalie Harkin
We chat with the wonderful artist and educator Grace Vanilau about her work in decolonising arts spaces and her involvement the West Writers Forum: Our Stories. Grace explains what it means to decolonise arts spaces and engage in thoughtful arts practices. We also hear three beautiful poetry pieces by the incomparable Mahogany L. Browne in preparation for One Night Stanza, the performance event at this years West Writers Forum. TicketsSampa The Great- Class Trip
Women on the Line teams up with the Women's International News Gathering Service for this week's show. WINGS producer Smita Ramanathan traveled to Kerala to meet the ‘Pembillai Orumai’ or ‘Women’s Unity’ group. They are women tea worker leaders who led 10,000 people on strike to negotiate for their own wages, hours, and amenities in September 2015. And they did it without the support of their unions. Smita and her team in Bangalore created this show. With thanks to Frieda Werden. Host(s): Smita RamanathanFeatured Speakers/Guests: Lissie Sunny, President of Pompilai Orumai (women tea workers' union), Rajeswari - General Secretary, Kausalya - Vice PresidentCredits: Produced by Smita Ramanathan (Programme interviews,script, narration); Indu Ramesh, Independent Radio Broadcaster (Programme adviser/mentor, narration); M.R. Ramamurthy, Recording Engineer (Editing, recording); Preeti Edakuuny, Research Scholar (Narration); Manju Venkat, Community Radio Producer and Poet (Narration); and Shubha Vinay, Amateur singer, (Singer)Photo: Pembillai Orumai leaders (from left) Sreelatha Chandran, Rajeswari Jolly, Lissy Sunny and Kausalya Thankamani
This week we talk universities. We explore how students of colour navigate these very white institutions and what services are available for them. Karen Jackson, director of Moondani Balluk Academic Unit at Victoria University and Betty Belay, the ethno-cultural students officer at the National Union for Students give us an idea of the issues faced, how they're being tackled and what more needs to be done. Ethno-Cultural Student ConferencePeople of Colour ConferenceMoondani Balluk Academic Unit
This week on Women on the Line we’ll be presenting a snapshot of activism currently taking place around housing and homelessness in Melbourne. On the weekend of the 25th and 26th of June, in the lead up to the federal election, Women on the Line went along to two separate events took place in Melbourne CBD around housing and homelessness.https://www.facebook.com/expertsXexperience/https://www.facebook.com/houses4people/https://www.facebook.com/Homeless-Persons-Union-Victoria-1489953661246085/
Note: this show contains sexually explicit language.Women On The Line is joined by Sista Zai Zanda, organiser of a special live radio event, Revelations. We explore what it means to be of African descent in a colonised world, and how art and poetry can lift and take space to re-imagine these identities in Australia today. This show features poetry, spoken word and dub poetry from a radio event in collaboration with the Pan Afrikan Poets Cafe, hosted at 3CR studios in Melbourne.On Sunday 19 June, the Pan Afrikan Poets Café broadcast live from the station at 21 Smith Street, Fitzroy. 'Revelations And Radical Radio' was a 3-hour live-to-air program of spoken word and music featuring new, cutting edge and classic First Nations and Afrikan storytelling and conscious reggae music. 'Revelations And Radical Radio' was hosted by Sista Zai Zanda and Dub Reggae Selector, Third Culture. This was a unique broadcast and fundraiser for 3CR in celebration of 40 years of Radical Radio.For more information and other podcasts from the event, see www.3cr.org.au/revelations"God is a Black Womban" is by Third Zai (A Sista Zai and Third Culture collaboration)The photo is of Mercy Paramena (photo credit: Justyn Koh)
Youth Empowerment Against HIV/AIDS, or YEAH, Australia's only youth-led sexual health program, has lost its core funding from our federal government, and will close on June 30 without a lifeline. We interview the org's founder about how we can help save YEAH.Featuring: Alischa Ross; Claire ButselaarMore info: yeah.org.auSign the petition: yeah.org.au/sign
The Pin is a discussion platform run by biracial Australians for all Australians. It exists to spark conversations about race, identity and culture through honest discussion. We speak with Lucie and Nkechi, co-founders of The Pin about all things representation and expression in Australia.
This week on Women on the Line we’re going to be looking at climate issues, specifically coral bleaching in Australia. Listeners may have heard the news which has emerged in the last few weeks that on average 35% of the coral across the Great Barrier Reef is dead or dying. To take a closer look at this phenomenon, first we’ll speak with Dr Mia Hoogenboom from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies about what’s happening on the Great Barrier Reef, and then we’ll cross the country to speak with her colleague Dr Verena Schoepf who will discuss the situation on coral reefs in Western Australia.
Cherchez La Femme, Melbourne-based feminist group, had an advertisement featuring plus-sized model Tess Holliday banned by Facebook for 'health reasons'. In this week's episode, we express our support for the group, and for Tess, in a show of Australian feminist solidarity.LINKSCherchez La Femme: http://cherchezlafemme.com.auTess Holliday: https://www.facebook.com/TessHollidayOfficial/
The Red Pill, Pick-up Artists, the Beta Uprising and MGTOW …the rallying ideas of a bewildering mess of anti-feminist online subcultures. Are these online spaces a meeting place for lonely social misfits, or organising hubs for powerful misogynists and murderers ... and what’s the link to Donald Trump? This week’s guest Angela Nagle has spent years observing these deeply sexist subcultures, and guides us through this nasty landscape.
This episode of Women on the Line we speak to documentary film maker Rihab Charida about her project A Disturbed Earth, in which she embarks on a journey with her father, a Palestinian refugee, back to his home village which was destroyed in 1948.If listeners want to support A Disturbed Earth, crowdfunding for the project via the Australian Cultural Fund is open until May 17 and can be accessed at the link below.https://australianculturalfund.org.au/projects/a-disturbed-earth-development-funding/https://www.facebook.com/adisturbedearth/https://newmatilda.com/2016/04/06/rihab-charida-film/
Black Mist, White Rain was a four city speaking tour presented by ICAN, the International Coalition Against Nuclear Weapons, focussing on the idea that for many people in Australia and the Pacific nuclear weapons are not an abstract threat but a lived reality, and it is indigenous peoples who bear the brunt of this.Exploring the stories of people who live with the ongoing consequences of nuclear testing, this episode of Women on the Line brings you excerpts from the Melbourne evening of the tour on Tuesday April 5th, which included speakers Abacca Anjain-Maddison from the Marshall Islands, Sue Coleman-Haseldine, a Kokatha-Mula woman living in Ceduna, South Australia, and Karina Lester, a Yankunytjatjara-Anangu woman who lives in Adelaide.For more information listeners can visit http://icanw.org/.
Sex is a tricky topic: many of us struggle to communicate about sex. When times get rough, it can feel like there isn’t much guidance out there and it can be hard to recognise our own needs - let alone talk openly about our needs.Amy Middleton speaks to two women experts who empower people to address their desires and learn to speak up about those desires. For more information check out Cyndi’s workshops and online courses at CyndiDarnell.com and Lauren’s groundbreaking online store at NikkiDarling.com.au
Women with Disabilities Victoria's new programme brings women with disabilities and women working against sexual violence into disability services to work with management, staff and clients as part of the Gender and Disability Workforce Development Programme. In this week's show, we talk to staff and participants to see how it works, and where progress is being made. Thanks to our guests Keran Howe, Eva Sifis, Fofi Christou, Dagmar Jenkins.To learn more about the organisation and this programme, see www.wdv.org.auTo find out more about Making Rights Reality call South Eastern CASA on 03 9594 2289 or email secasa@monashhealth.org at www.secasa.com.au/services/making-rights-reality-for-sexual-assault-victims-with-a-disability/Eva Sifis' work can be found on her forthcoming website in the next few weeks www.byaccident.com.au
Today, we meet half of Sydney-based feminist cabaret quartet Lady Sings It Better. The troupe perform pop songs with a hilarious and poignant feminist subtext, taking to the stage at comedy festivals, fringe festivals and queer community events around Australia and the world.Amy Middleton chats with artistic director, Maeve Marsden, a writer, producer and performer with a long and impressive history in the arts and social justice. She founded Lady Sings it Better in 2009, influenced by her passion for cabaret and women, and found three talented performers to round out her quartet. One of those performers is Libby Wood, who also joins us in the studio. Libby completed a Bachelor of Music at the Australian Institute of Music, and was a finalist in the Sydney Cabaret Showcase in 2009.LANGUAGE WARNING: First 1.5 mins of showMore info: www.ladysingsitbetter.com
Two members of the excellent Hot Brown Honey team, Busty Beatz and Lisa Fa'alafi come in to chat with us about their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show! Hot Brown Honey is a radical, cheeky, political burlesque show written, performed and invented by a team of Black and Brown women artists across Australia. The show ends in Melbourne on April 16 so get your tickets quick! hotbrownhoney.comFacebookTwitterInstagramTickets
Cherchez la Femme put together an important discussion on feminism and violence late last year which is especially relevant in light of the release of the family violence report and recommendations from the Victorian Royal Commission.Moderated by Karen Pickering, we listen to a discussion between Celeste Liddle, Grace Lee, Nabila Farhat, Jax Jacki Brown and Fiona McCormack .For more information on Cherchez la Femme please jump on their website cherchezlafemme.com.au where you can also find their podcasts and information about their upcoming talk, Feminism and Class.
Money, migration, marriage: After talking to many Anglo-Australian couples while researching her book ‘Marriage Money’, this week’s guest Supriya Singh shows that couples share financial matters not only because it’s practical, but as a way to express commitment in their relationships. Parents may financially support children long into adulthood as a sign of care and support. Yet for many migrant families in Australia, money moves both ways, with adult children also sending money back to their families in the Global South as remittances. Money is many things - sometimes it’s about need, but often it’s about giving gifts, meeting obligations, and showing love. And the different ways that men and women express love, power and control with money are central talking point in this week’s wide ranging show all about money and relationships.
We chat to Kaitlyn Plyley, host of monthly podcast ‘Just a Spoonful’ -- which profiles young people living with chronic illness and/or disability. Kaitlyn lives with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome.Trigger warning: Brief discussion of suicidal thoughtswww.justaspoonfulpodcast.com
Rack Off! is a feminist music festival which took place on March 5 at the Tote Hotel in Fitzroy, Melbourne in support of YWCA Victoria. All of the 15 bands and artists who played were women and/or gender non-conforming people, or significantly featured women or gender non-conforming people as members. Women on the Line attended the event and spoke to people who performed, attended and did sound, as well as organiser Joanna Nilson from YWCA Victoria.More information about YWCA Victoria can be found at http://www.ywca.net/Listeners can hear and find out more about the bands who played the festival at the links below.Beaches https://beaches.bandcamp.com/Holy Balm https://soundcloud.com/holy-balmLucy Cliché https://soundcloud.com/lucy-clicheRed Red Krovvy https://soundcloud.com/red-red-krovvyDeep Heat https://deepheatband.bandcamp.com/Mollusc https://bvlvmlsc.bandcamp.com/Masses https://massesmelbourne.bandcamp.com/Stations https://stationsofthecross.bandcamp.com/Pleasure Symbols https://pleasuresymbols.bandcamp.com/Simona Castricum https://simonacastricum.bandcamp.com/EN V https://soundcloud.com/en-v-6Sleepless NightsTheta https://theta007.bandcamp.com/Two Steps on the Water https://twostepsonthewater.bandcamp.com/
We speak with Sri Lankan-Australian musician and activist, ELSZ, about her debut album 'Blue Scar' which centers an “intimate and confronting testimony about gendered violence” with a focus on how it is experienced in Sri Lanka. Women on the Line is also excited to launch the first single 'Poison' on the show just in time for International Women's Day!Women in NeedELSZ's SoundCloudSingle and Video launch
Joan Nestle has led a passionate life of resistance. We talk about her formative years in the criminalised butch-femme bar scene of New York in the 1950s. There she discovered that desire could not be contained. A working class, Jewish lesbian, Nestle celebrated her marginalisation, and her community carved out a space of their own. From there she became involved in political campaigns including civil rights, gay liberation and feminism. Nestle went on to establish the lesbian herstory archives in New York, and now lives in Melbourne with her partner. Joan Nestle is the author of many books, including A Restricted Country, The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, and GenderQueer: Voices from beyond the Sexual Binary.
Women's Circus is a feminist, community and arts organisation. A central part of the community where it's based in Western Melbourne, they use the medium of circus skills and training to bring women together for social change. Speaking to the Executive Director Devon, trainers Emily and Bianca and participants Olivia and Anj, producer Aoife Cooke looks at what direction Women's Circus will take to remain relevant and significant as it launches into the next phase
ID in Me is a workshop series that aims to bring together young women from diverse backgrounds to explore themes relating to identity, gender and culture. We speak with organisers Akimera and Mazna about the importance of such projects and decolonising community and cultural development in Australia.There is a Facebook event page with more information and you can register on the City of Melbourne website! For more information about the projects Akimera and Mazna run contact CoHealth Arts Generator.Afrikan Lady- Aina MoreSpace- Amber Mark
This episode of Women on the Line discusses women and wealth inequality in light of the report "An Economy for the 1%" released by Oxfam in January 2016. We speak with Oxfam Australia chief executive Helen Szoke and Lin Hatfield Dodds, national director of UnitingCare Australia.
We speak to two women from WISE -- a Melbourne University-based action group that promotes and supports women who study and work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Presenter: Amy MiddletonGuests: Sophia Frentz, Jess VoversMore info: http://www.wiseunimelb.com/
26th January marks the anniversary of the invasion of this continent, the start of a genocide that Aboriginal people continue to face.Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance are leading the protest against nationalism on Invasion Day in Melbourne. Meriki Onus and Meg Rotahan speak with Nicole about the importance of resistance, the problems with Australian national identity, and the need for Aboriginal controlled land.#invasionday2016 #sovereigntyhow#keepthefiresburning
New media has been central in modern activism, especially for people of colour who continue to be misrepresented and 'let down' by mainstream media. We listen to a panel discussion about the prominence of new media in asserting the voices of people of colour from Footscray Community Arts Centre's, 2015 West Writers: Our Stories Forum.We hear from founding editor of Future-Black Linda Kennedy, creative producer of Sovereign Trax Hannah Donnelly, and co-founder of Still Nomads, Samira Farah. The panel is moderated by founding editor of Ascension Magazine, Sasha Sarago. Lady Lash- Memory Chambers
Women with intellectual or physical disabilities are often denied the right to experience their sexuality, to have relationships and to start a family. They experience discriminatory attitudes from societies which question their ability to become parents. Their children are removed by social services and child welfare authorities and can lose their children in custody disputes simply because they are deemed unfit to parent as women with disabilities. Other alarming problems include forced sterilisation of young women, which is occuring in Australia at a rate currently unknown, however the practice has been heavily criticised by human rights groups & the United Nations. Natalie Rose Corrigan, student at Deaking University and writer at Daily Life questions what makes someone fit to parent, speaking on the different issues faced by Australian women with disabilities who would like to become parents.Samantha Connor, disability advocate living in Western Australia shares her experience of being a mother of six with muscular dystrophy. Jax Jacki Brown, disability & queer rights activist talks about her concerns with her access to adoption as a wheelchair user in a same sex relationship since Victoria passed a law to allow same-sex adoption in December last year. Her thoughts on the topic can also be found here. Groups mentioned on the show include, Women with Disabilities Australia, People with Disabilities Australia, Wheelie Good Mums (found on Facebook), and the Autistic Family Collective. Also mentioned were Reinforce and the Self Advocacy Resource Unit, which are self-advocacy organisations for people with an intellectual disability.
This episode of Women on the Line will focus on the recent Paris climate talks, also known as COP21. We speak with two women who went to Paris for COP21, Maori activist Sina Brown-Davis, and Ursula Rakova from the Carteret Islands, an atoll north east of Bougainville in the Pacific which is in the process of relocating its population due to the encroaching of the sea.If listeners want to support Carteret Islanders in their relocation by donating to Tulele Peisa [http://www.tulele-peisa.org/] they can do so using the following account details. Donations will help the organisation to buy local materials such as timber to build housing.Carterets Trust Fund Bank of South Pacific (PNG)Branch - BUKAACCOUNT NUMBER: 1001202728 (8336) Swift Code: BOSPPGPM
Writers Rochelle Siemienowicz and Simona Castricum read excerpts from their articles in the new edition of Archer Magazine, detailing experiences with religious upbringings, polyamory, gender transition and desire, followed by a quick Q&A with each about their work.Archer Magazine: http://www.archermagazine.com.auSimona Castricum: https://soundcloud.com/simonacastricumRochelle Siemienowicz: http://www.affirmpress.com.au/fallen
12 Months of Melanin is a photography project by Setti Kidane that aims to celebrate black women every month of 2016! She focuses on black women who are based in Toronto and shares her experiences as a black woman photographer.the12mm.comTumblr Twitter InstagramKelela- A Message
Three queer Aboriginal women share personal stories of negotiating identity, discovering community, and caring for friends amidst the AIDS crisis and after.Laniyuk Garcon, Sandy O’Sullivan, and Samia Goudie are contributors to the new book, 'Colouring the Rainbow: Blak Queer and Trans Perspectives.' Published by Wakefield Press, the volume includes 22 stories and essays by queer Aboriginal Australians in a first of its kind.
This episode of Women on the Line focuses on the recently announced trials of the new Cashless Welfare Card and the implications of income management for Centrelink recipients. The cashless welfare card is a new debit card whereby 80% of the payments of most Centrelink recipients other than those on the Age Pension will be "quarantined."Trials of the card are scheduled to start in three trial sites located in South Australia and Western Australia from February 2016.Women on the Line speaks with Andrea from Ceduna who will be affected by the trial of the cashless welfare card, Bonnie Edwards from Halls Creek in the Kimberly which is attempting to resist becoming a trial site for the card, and Jacinta Waugh who contributed to an evaluation of the Place-based Income Management Trial in Shepparton.
Amy Middleton speaks to two women doing amazing things for fair production of fashion.Rebekka Carey-Smith is an accreditation advisor for Ethical Clothing Australia, and Sigrid McCarthy has just launched Intent Journal, a magazine that explores the current fashion system, and people’s relationships with clothing.Presenter: Amy MiddletonGuests: Rebekka Carey-Smith, Sigrid McCarthy
In Our Own Words is an organisation that exists to encourage the development of young Afro-Black people through self awareness, de-colonial thinking and community empowerment.We chat with co-founders Aysha Tufa and Soreti Kadir about their upcoming conference Black Voices where they are curating a whole day of workshops, panels and performances with amazing international and local guests.In Our Own Words Black Voices In Our Own Words Facebook In Our Own Words Twitter In Our Own Words Instagram M.O.B- Tkay Maidza
Recently well-known author & second wave feminist Germaine Greer angered transgender & gender diverse people and their supporters with a new wave of transphobic comments. Trans women Regan Bleechmore & Lisbeth Latham, and Gender & Cultural studies academic Jessica Kean share their thoughts on the intersection of the transgender experience & feminism.Trigger warning: Please note that the content in this week's show may be triggering for some transgender and gender diverse people, as our guests & hosts explore transphobia, femmephobia, & transmisogyny.Jessica Kean, Lecturer in Gender and Cultural studies at the University of Sydney gives a quick 101 on what is transgender & genderqueer identity, and shares her thoughts on Greer's recent comments. Trans woman Regan Bleechmore delves deeper into the history of transgender exclusion in the feminist movement, and Lisbeth Latham talks about how you can be a good trans ally.Germaine Greer is scheduled to speak at Cardiff University in the UK on the 18th of November. It's never too late to sign the petition asking Cardiff University to cancel her talk.For further reading on the topic, both Regan & Lisbeth suggested Julia Seranos book Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive, and Whipping Girl. Music featured was by Two Steps on the Water.
On November 4 Friends, Families and Feminists Against Detention (FFFAD) staged an action at the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Melbourne to protest Australia's continued detention of asylum seekers. This episode of Women on the Line will cover the FFFAD action, hear from Hanan Marouf from Syrians for Freedom on the Australian Government's hypocritical treatment of refugees, and speak with Amy Frew, a lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre to discuss a current High Court Legal Challenge against detention on Nauru. For more information about FFFAD listeners can visit http://www.facebook.com/Melbournefffad/.
Cherchez La Femme is a monthly feminist talkshow held in Melbourne and hosted by founder Karen Pickering. The topic of the next Cherchez La Femme is Selfies and feminism. We chatted to one of the panellists, artist and writer, Virginia Fraser, about performance, creativity, feminism and the much maligned ‘Selfie’.Presenter: Amy MiddletonGuest: Virginia Fraser
Ascension magazine is Australia's first Indigenous and Ethnic women's lifestyle magazine founded by Sasha Sarago who saw a gap in the market. She explores the importance of representation of Women of Colour within this media space. Ascension Sampa The Great
Women in Literary Arts Australia is a new organisation aimed at promoting and supporting women writers. We chat to founder Lefa Singleton Norton about WILAA, the state of literature, and the experience of being a woman writer in Australia today.Presenter: Amy Middleton Women in Literary Arts Australia is currently unfunded. Find out more: http://WILAA.org
Sisters Day Out is a full day workshop hosted by the Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria aimed at breaking down the barriers to reporting family violence and building trust to empower Aboriginal women to access legal assistance services and other supports.The program has not been able to get the funding it needs and the future of Sisters Day Out is now at risk.On October 6 Women on the Line went to Sisters Day Out in Deer Park and spoke to staff, attendees, service providers and community sector workers about the importance of the event. To donate to the Save Sisters Day Out crowdfunding campaign check out #savesistersdayout on facebook and Twitter, or visit http://www.gofundme.com/sistersdayout or http://www.fvpls.org.
Mother and daughter authors Lesley and Tammy Williams chat with us about their newly released book, 'Not Just Black And White - A Conversation Between a Mother and Daughter'. The book is a memoir about Lesley and Tammy shared journey which is rooted in shedding light on the untold stories of Aboriginal domestic servants and labourers who were never paid for their work. Not Just Black and White WebsiteNot Just Black and White FacebookAround - Ngaiire
Women on the line went to Melbourne Fringe Festival show "I Am That Woman." The show features five self described non-conforming women who share their experiences. This episode of Women on the Line features highlights from the show and interviews with Lana Woolf and Viki Mealings exploring their thoughts about the show.
A conversation between Melbourne and Jakarta that traverses the role of women in the post-Suharto period. Zine making, DIY arts and crafts, and gender identity. From Jakarta, artist Ika Vantiani speaks about Jakarta's contemporary arts collective ruangrupa. Associate Producer Rani Pramesti, and founder of WANITA, Sooji Kim share their insights.This conversation was recorded in anticipation of Footscray Community Arts Centre's exhibtion and event series entitled WANITA: Female Artivism- Jakarta!Music from Empat Lima
We hear an exciting and important talk about African feminism organised by Radical Women Australia. The talk is titled Feminism in Africa: From its Ancient Roots to Now and was delivered by Kenyan feminist, international student and Radical Women member, Nita Okoko.Soul is Heavy - NnekaRadical Women Australia
What would a feminist methodology sound like? That's the question that sound festival Liquid Architecture is posing. Over four weeks, 31 brilliant female artists are stepping up to respond. We hear profound performances from Celeste Liddle, Evelyn Ida Morris, and Makiko Yamamoto, plus a conversation with Liquid Architecture's artistic director, Danni Zuvela.
Two staunch women in conversation about decolonisation and the free movement of people. Lucy Honan of the Refugee Action Collective and Meriki Onus from Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance discuss the parallels between their struggles that challenge the border, the nation state, and the violence used to uphold them. This is an edited version of a discussion recorded at Melbourne's Anarchist Bookfair, August 2015. Listen to the full, unedited audio Here. (DUR: 1hr 30 min/ 16.79 MB)Other links to check out: RISE http://decolonizingsolidarity.org Co-produced by Tuffy and Nicole
We speak with LA based poet, performer, teaching artist and ice cream connoisseur Mayda Del Valle who is down in Melbourne for the Footscray Community Arts Centre's Poetic Days Weekend. She discusses representation, ancestral memory and the sexism in the spoken word poetry spaces. www.maydadelvalle.comMayda del ValleVida linda – MyVerse
This week, we bring you a conversation recorded by Archer Magazine in Sydney in June 2015. Discussion centres around sexual diversity across generational divides, and features Teresa Savage and Viv McGregor. Teresa is the founder of 55uppitty.com, a documentary website about queer women over 55, and Viv is a photographer who heads up the women’s sexual health program Claude in Sydney.
This is the fifth and final instalment of our special Women on the Line series, 'Australia’s race to warm the planet' about this country’s particular contribution to global warming and what can be done to stop it. In this episode we look at how Australia can become completely decarbonized in the next decade. We talk to Jenny Lewis from think tank and research organisation Beyond Zero Emissions about BZE’s 10-year de-carbonization plan.
Atong Atem speaks on being a 'Third Culture Kid', studying fine art in a very white institution and why she identifies with Womanism. atongatem.tumblr.com Front To The Back- Akoko
Blank Noise is an art project that grew out of Bangalore India. Since 2003, activists have been finding creative ways to challenge cultures of victim blaming and street harassment. Founder Jasmeen Patheja tells us more. Their latest campaign is ineveraskforit.org The Lesbian Rules is a short documentary in production. Budding film making Gena Riess is looking for participants.
We speak to the founder of Ladyz in Noyz Australia, along with two artists supported by the intiative, about women in experimental music, crowdfunding for their upcoming tour, and the need for arts collectives. DONATE HERE: gofundme.com/LINAtour Presenter: Amy MiddletonGuests: Lara Soulio, Edie Stevens, Fjorn Butler EVES (feat. Edie Stevens): https://eves.bandcamp.com/album/evesGURNER (feat. Fjorn Butler): https://www.facebook.com/gurnerrrLARA SOULIO: https://soundcloud.com/lars-von-onion
The Bussy Project is a performance project in Egypt that creates a safe space to speak about social issues, personal experiences, and gender dynamics that aren't addressed in mainstream Egyptian society. We speak with Nadia Elboubkri from Cairo about their work, and their current crowdfunder for a permanent space. Also on the show, Roxanne Gay shares her confessions of a bad feminist.
Why does our society assume that older people have no sexuality, and what impact does this assumption have on individuals in the ageing population?In this episode, we explore the importance of sexual expression among older people, and some of the issues faced by women around sexuality as they age, particularly in aged care services.I’m joined by Dr Catherine Barrett, a Senior Research Fellow and co-ordinator of a sexual health and ageing program at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, and Delys Sargent, former director of the Social Biology Resources Centre, set up to address issues of sexuality and relationships in health. Delys is 87 years old and was named a Member of the Order of Australia for her work in sexuality education, and for her work with people with disabilities. Presenter: Amy MiddletonGuests: Delys Sargent; Dr Catherine Barrett
American campaigner and author Linda Tirado joins Nicole to speak about poverty, the minimum wage, and internet activism in the US and Australia. Discussing the #fightfor15 movement campaigning for a minumum wage in America, and considering the importance of a public health and welfare system
We speak to Dr Tinashe Dune, a Zimbabwe-born researcher in sexual marginalization, about how her cultural identity impacts her attitudes to sex and sexuality.Read more about Dr Dune's work here: www.uws.edu.au/staff_profiles/uws_profiles/doctor_tinashe_dune
With women underrepresented at the upper levels of science, we're losing opportunities for some of our brightest minds to contribute to innovation and research. Nicole takes a look at the barriers to acheiving gender equality in the sciences. What gains have been made, and what are the challenges for women scientists?Biologist Roslyn Gloag shares her experience as an early career researcher, CSIRO Chief Cathy Foley speaks on the importance of supporting an inclusive culture in science. Kate White tells us about the findings in her recent book, Keeping Women in Science.
Aboriginal advocate for incarcerated women, former prisoner and pioneer Vickie Roach speaks of her experiences with the prison system and how institutionalisation is imposed on Aboriginal women at a young age. We also hear from Emma Russell from Flat Out. Emma explains how the process of strip searching women in prison is seen as counter-productive and triggering for many incarcerated women with history of sexual violence. We also look at what prison abolition would look like in an Australian context.www.flatout.org.au
Amy Middleton speaks to Van Badham about community outrage over the Abbott Government's announcement that arts funding will be cut from Australia Council to make way for a new funding body. Featuring Van Badham, speaking about campaign #freethearts
Today in the third part of our series, Australia’s race to warm the planet, we’re going to have a bit more of a personal look at this issue. We talk to two women who had never seen themselves as activists before, but becamse involved in the fight against mining when drilling was set to begin in their backyards. Vicki Perrin is from Coal Free Wide Bay Burnett and Anne Kennedy is President of the Great Artesian Basin Protection Group.
Earlier this year, the Australian Human Rights Commission revealed the horrific conditions for families in immigration detention centres.Professor of Paediatrics, Elizabeth Elliott visited Christmas Island as part of that inquiry. She tells Women on the Line what she witnessed there.At a grassroots level, Australian women and families are mobilising to express their opposition to the policies that detain asylum seekers. 'Friends, Families and Feminists Against Detention' are expressing solidarity with those on Nauru and Manus Island. Nicole speaks with Caroline Morwitzer and Gabrielle De Vietri about a new group that includes mothers, babies and families in the front line of political actions.
This is the first in a Women on the Line miniseries, in which I’ll chat to a number of women about how their attitudes to sex and sexuality have been impacted by their culture.Linda Kirkman is a sexuality and relationship educator and researcher teaching health-science and education at La Trobe University in Bendigo.I chat with Linda about how sex plays out in an Australian context. We talk about kids, grown-ups and diverse communities - and how much the media, education and these days social media, impact our views on sex and sexuality.For more info on Linda and her workshops, visit lindakirkman.org
We speak to Sydney-based music journalist Izzy Combs about the campaign #FreeToMove, which calls out sexual harassment and assault in bars, festivals and clubs.Original article: http://stoneyroads.com/2015/04/why-arent-we-free-to-move
April 24 this year marks the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, where 1.5 million Armenians were killed as a result of the Ottoman Empire's deliberate policy to wipe out Christian minorities. On this program, Nicole speaks with women whose families survived the genocide. Poet and writer from Western Australia, Marcella Polain tells the story of her family's survival, migration, and the lasting impacts of that loss.From Istabul, prominent Turkish-Armenian writer and human rights lawyer, Fethiye Cetin speaks with us about her family story, and the situation in Turkey today.Diana Tchakerian from Melbourne shares her thoughts on the issue of genocide recognition.
Today is the second instalment of a special Women on the Line series, Australia’s Race to Warm. We are talking to Chloe Aldenhoven, the Victorian coordinator of Lock the Gate, an alliance of those concerned with the expansion of coal mining and coal seam gas development in Australia, about fracking, which is taking place across the country.
In part II of my exploration into how place, environment and our surroundings impacts the way we tell stories, I speak with Rebecca Giggs and Megan Cope, two women whose art is inextricably tied up with place, land and environment. Visit Chart Collective: www.chartcollective.org
We speak to Sophie Allan, the founder of Chart Collective - a publication that explores the significant connection between our surroundings and the stories we tell.Visit Chart Collective: http://www.chartcollective.org/
The dance production Nothing to Lose put big bodies front and centre. Kelli Jean Drinkwater talks about the making of the show, and the issues of body politics that the show forces us to think about. Lana Woolf shares her spoken word.
Speaking from Israel and Melbourne, two talented Palestian writers bring us intimate stories of what it is to be Palestinian, to be active, and to express eloquent dissent.Khulud Khamis speaks with Nicole about her recent novel, Haifa Fragments.Micaela Sahhar shares her poetry.- See more at: http://www.3cr.org.au/podcasts/list#sthash.8XgzyrHT.dpufSpeaking from Israel and Melbourne, two talented Palestian writers bring us intimate stories of what it is to be Palestinian, to be active, and to express eloquent dissent.Khulud Khamis speaks with Nicole about her recent novel, Haifa Fragments.Micaela Sahhar shares her poetry.- See more at: http://www.3cr.org.au/podcasts/list#sthash.8XgzyrHT.dpufSpeaking from Israel and Melbourne, two talented Palestian writers bring us intimate stories of what it is to be Palestinian, to be active, and to express eloquent dissent.Khulud Khamis speaks with Nicole about her recent novel, Haifa Fragments.Micaela Sahhar shares her poetry.- See more at: http://www.3cr.org.au/podcasts/list#sthash.8XgzyrHT.dpufSpeaking from Israel and Melbourne, two talented Palestian writers bring us intimate stories of what it is to be Palestinian, to be active, and to express eloquent dissent.Khulud Khamis speaks with Nicole about her recent novel, Haifa Fragments.Micaela Sahhar shares her poetry.- See more at: http://www.3cr.org.au/podcasts/list#sthash.8XgzyrHT.dpufSpeaking from Israel and Melbourne, two talented Palestian writers bring us intimate stories of what it is to be Palestinian, to be active, and to express eloquent dissent.Khulud Khamis speaks with Nicole about her recent novel, Haifa Fragments.Micaela Sahhar shares her poetry.- See more at: http://www.3cr.org.au/podcasts/list#sthash.8XgzyrHT.dpuf