| ARCHIVES 2008 |
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Climate (In)Justice
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 26 December |
We look at reactions to the Australian Government's emission target on climate change. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement of only a 5% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020 at the Canberra Press Club on the 15th of December was met with immediate resistance. We speak to Georgina Woods from Rising Tide, one of the women who was ejected from the Press Club when she and two other activists interrupted Rudd's announcement in protest.
We also hear two women’s stories from the Oxfam and Make Poverty History series of short films, Sisters On The Planet. The films describe how women throughout the world are bearing a bigger burden than men from climate change and how women are tackling climate change head-on, from spearheading community efforts to finding the families of Papua New Guinea’s Carteret Islands a new homeland because of rising sea levels.
We also hear from Australian Youth Climate Coalition Co-Director Anna Rose, who was part of the Government’s White Paper “lock-up” reading and believes Kevin Rudd has betrayed 6.9 million young Australians with this target - the group most relying on him to protect their future by taking strong action on climate change.
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Arms Trading: A Spiral of Insecurity
Producer: Rachel O’Connell
Broadcast: Friday 19 December |
Today's program looks at the impact of small arms on women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the role of Australia in the international arms trade.
It is estimated that there are 640 million small arms circulating globally. Of these, around 100 million are in Africa. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, small arms are routinely used to commit violence against women. Guns and other small arms are freely available in the Congo, largely due to the recent decade-long conflict in the country. Despite increased international attention, and attempts at peace, the trade in small arms continues daily, as does the violence. Marie-Claire Faray-Kele, a research scientist and spokesperson for Common Cause UK - a platform for Congolese women in the UK - spoke about the reality of life for women in the country.
The conflict in the DRC is a long way from Australia, in geographical terms. But in today's interconnected world, even weapons have become a global industry. Billions of dollars worth of small arms and other equipment for making war are manufactured here in Australia.
Some argue that defence spending is necessary to protect the country. But what about when those arms are leaving the country? Being sold by private companies for profit, as commodities, like any other export? Is a privatised arms industry in anyone's best interests? And who is accountable for where those arms end up once they have been sold? We hear from Dr Sue Wareham, President of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War. |
Protection From Violence
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 12 December |
The 16 Days of Action to Stop Gender-Based violence concluded on Human Rights Day, which this year also marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A newer international rights framework, however, is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was ratified by Australia in July this year. Sue Salthouse from Women With Disabilities Australia believes the convention might hold some hope in combating the violence perpetrated against women with disabilities. She spoke to 3CR’s Lucy De Kretser.
The new Family Violence Protection Act 2008 came into force in Victoria on 8 December. 3CR’s Margaret Theologou spoke to Dr. Chris Atmore, Policy Officer at the Federation of Community Legal Centres, about what the Act means for women and children facing family violence.
And we wish a happy 30th birthday to the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health. It’s an organisation committed to improving the health of immigrant and refugee women around Australia, and provides multilingual health information, advocacy and training. 3CR's Margaret Theologou spoke to Executive Director Adele Murdolo. |
The law and the land
Producer: Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 5 December |
An update on the implications of genetically modified foods and crop contamination in Australia, and current international and domestic disability human rights frameworks.
Despite the international and national concerns of consumers and community members about the uncertainty surrounding the possible long-term effects of consuming genetically modified material, the Victorian Government, under pressure from lobby groups and supported by Sir Gustav Nossal, decided earlier this year to lift the 4 year ban on GM canola crops in Victoria. 3CR's Nola Brooks spoke with Jessica Harrison from Crop Watch, about the already apparent consequences of ending the GM crop moratorium.
3CR's Right Now Radio spoke with Lee Ann Basser, an Associate Professor at La Trobe University, who is a long time advocate and activist around human rights and disability issues. She talked about her personal involvement in advocating for people with disabilities and discussed the new disability convention from an academic perspective. |
Red Ribbon, White Ribbon
Producer: Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 28 November |
This program celebrates the efforts of those who raise awareness of HIV and AIDS, and those who work in preventing sexual assault and violence against women.
In honour of World AIDS awareness week, which runs every year from 24 November to 1 December, culminating in World AIDS Day, Women On The Line hears from Dr. Susan Paxton. She has been working and volunteering in the area of HIV in the Asia Pacific region since the mid 1990s. Susan has also been involved with a lot of work specific to women with HIV.
Also on the show we have the Schools Coordinator at CASA House, Renee Imbesi, talking about the Sexual Assault Prevention Program for Secondary Schools (SAPPSS), which engages with young people about respectful behaviour and relationships, and preventing and responding to sexual assault.
On an international level, violence against women has been gaining more attention. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was marked on 25 November, with White Ribbon Day events across Australia. UNIFEM Australia's Executive Officer, Julie McKay, talks about the scale of violence against women and what is being done to prevent it. |
Finding Families Post-Conlfict
Producer: Rachel O'Connell
Broadcast: Friday 21 November |
The aftermath of conflict brings many challenges. In the chaos of war, families are often fragmented. So how do people locate their lost relatives in a post-conflict situation? The Red Cross Tracing Service helps reconnect people who have lost contact with family members. Often they are in refugee camps, or have been resettled in countries like Australia. Today, we’ll hear from two women who have very different perspectives on the subject of tracing.
Jess Letch is a Restoring Family Links specialist with the Australian Red Cross. Jess has worked with the Red Cross in Angola and Liberia, and has just returned from a tracing mission in South Ossetia.
And we hear a story of reunion from Rinka Perez. Rinka’s mother fled Cambodia for Thailand, and later Australia, losing contact with Rinka’s Cuban father. Rinka discusses the effect of displacement on the family unit, and the impact of her reunion with her father. |
Does Gender Matter Now?
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 14 November
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November 18th 2008 is the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage in Victoria. In that context, speakers at a recent forum in Melbourne addressed the question, ‘Does Gender Still Matter?' Featuring:
Maxine Morand, Minister for Women’s Affairs in Victoria.
Dr Clare Wright, an historian whose research focuses on women’s underappreciated presence in history.
Eve Mahlab, named Australian Business Woman of the Year in 1982. She was an early member of the Women’s Electoral Lobby, and has recently co-founded the Australian Women Donors Network, dedicated to channelling philanthropic funds to projects for women and girls.
Tasneem Chopra, chairperson of the Islamic Women’s Welfare Council of Victoria.
Lyn Morgain, the Executive Director of The ALSO Foundation, a philanthropic organisation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and Queer communities. Lyn highlights that the expectation to be ‘gendered’ has often been a tool of exclusion for those who transgress gender conventions. |
The F Word
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 31 October |
For many young women there is a stigma attached to the word Feminism. One area where a feminist presence is growing, however, is online. Clem Bastow is the creator of an Australian feminist website, The Dawn Chorus. Also, Monica Dux, co-author of The Great Feminist Denial, responds to the idea that Feminism, if not dead, is at least seriously ill. |
Remaking Rwanda
Producer: Rachel O'Connell
Broadcast: Friday 24 October |
Rwanda’s recent history has been of bloodshed and war. In 1994, a civil war involving the majority Hutus and minority Tutsis culminated in a three-month long genocide and the brutal murders of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. During that conflict, much of the country's economic infrastructure was destroyed and social society collapsed, as people from different ethnic groups who had lived as neighbours became bitter enemies.
But today, Rwanda is undergoing a remarkable reconstruction - politically, economically and socially. And it is Rwandan women, for the first time in its history, who are taking the lead. Recent elections in Rwanda have returned the world’s first female-dominated government.
We’ll hear from Dr Shirley Randell, Senior Adviser in Gender, Governance and Education with the Rwandan-based Dutch Development Organisation. And Annie Kairaba, director of the Rwandan Initiative for Sustainable Development, and a leading advocate for women’s rights, will talk about the new Rwandan society she is helping to build, having returned to her country following the genocide. |
Palestine: The Economics of Occupation
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 17 October |
Dr Sara Roy is a senior research scholar at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. Since 1985, she has been researching and documenting the Palestinian economy, and the social, political and economic factors undermining Middle East peace. Her most recent book is Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. Dr Sara Roy was recently in Australia to deliver the Edward Said Memorial Lecture at Adelaide University. She was also a guest of Australians for Palestine and Women For Palestine, in Melbourne, and spoke at Melbourne University. |
A Human Rights Approach
Producer: Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 10 October |
Dr Di Sisely is the current Director of the Australian National Human Rights Education Centre at RMIT in Melbourne. Formerly the Chief Executive of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission she has worked hard at bringing together sometimes hostile industry partners and the advocacy rights perspective. She gave a keynote speech at the recent "Strengthening Disability Advocacy, National Conference" in Melbourne where she spoke about the importance of Human Rights and advocating for them. She argued that we cannot rely on the law to bring about equal human rights for all and proactive moves must be made to bring about general attitudinal changes.
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Business, Health and the Responsibility To Protect
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 3 October |
A number of reports have recently been released about women in business, in health and in conflict.
Hannah Piterman discusses the implicit barriers to women’s career development and retention in corporate Australia, in her report, The Leadership Challenge: Women in Management.
Helen Lobato speaks about the side effects of Gardasil, the cervical cancer vaccine available to young women in Australia since 2007 through a national immunisation program.
Oxfam Australia’s Humanitarian Advocacy Coordinator Steph Cousins explains ‘the responsibility to protect’ principle which seeks to address the deterioration in the humanitarian situation in current conflicts, and the report, For A Safer Tomorrow: Protecting Civilians in a Multi-polar World.
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Rethinking Rights and Indigenous Drinking
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 26 September |
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is marking its 60th anniversary this year. Professor Larissa Behrendt, Research Director at the Jumbunna House of Learning at the University of Technology in Sydney, reflects on the Declaration and how its principles need to be better incorporated into Australian domestic law, in particular to prevent rights abuses of Indigenous people.
Dr Maggie Brady, from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy at the Australian National University, discusses her research into the social history of Indigenous alcohol consumption. First Taste: How Indigenous Australians Learned About Grog, investigates how Indigenous people learned to drink and challenges common stereotypes about Indigenous Australians and grog.
First Taste: How Indigenous Australians Learned About Grog, is a new publication from the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation. |
Abortion Decriminalisation: The New Zealand Experience
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 19 September |
Victorian parliament is currently debating abortion law reform. Today's program is an opportunity to listen again to speakers at the "Abortion In Victoria" conference from November 2007. Annarella Hardiman, Dr Jo Wainer, and Professor Jenny Morgan speak about the historically rare opportunity to debate the legal status of abortion in Victoria. And Dr Margaret Sparrow provides a history of the New Zealand experience of abortion law reform.
Victoria's Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008 recently passed though the state's Lower House without amendment. The bill will now be debated in the Upper House, where the battle against anti-choice amendments is expected to be more difficult. To be part of the campaign for the passage of the bill, go to the ProChoiceVic website.
This program was first broadcast on 7 December 2007. |
Stories From The North
Producer: Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 12 September |
Barbara Shaw, from Mt Nancy Town Camp in Alice Springs, one of the prescribed areas of the Northern Territory,, talks about the work of the Alice Springs Intervention Rollback Action Group. They have been travelling around the NT helping communities to understand the details and implications of the intervention. After the Convergence on Canberra at the start of the year, another is now planned for the end of September in Alice Springs.
Chloe Hooper spoke at a seminar in Melbourne about her new book "The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island". She speaks about the brutal history of the Island and paints the scenario leading up to the death-in-custody of Cameron Doomadgee in 2004. |
Women Flourishing In A Changing Environment
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 5 September |
Professor Daniela Stehlik is the Director of the Alcoa Research Centre for Stronger Communities at Curtin University of Technology. She delivered the 10th annual Claire Burton memorial lecture, about how a decade of significant changes in Australia can be considered a positive catalyst for women. She also spoke about how the experiences of rural and regional Australian women can contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges ahead for Australia’s environment, in relation to ongoing drought and climate change. |
Germaine Greer "On Rage"
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 29 August |
Germaine Greer delivers the keynote address at the Melbourne Writers Festival, and begins by reflecting on the vituperative media reaction to her 'little book', On Rage. She discusses war, violence, and a range of destructive and self-destructive behaviours - including suicide - and calls for recognition of Indigenous rage, its causes and consequences. |
Quebec feminist theatre director and artist, Pol Pelletier
Producer: Damaris Baker
Broadcast: Friday 22 August |
Pol Pelletier, Quebec playwright, actor, theorist and the co-founder of two experimental theatre groups in Montreal, speaks on her concepts of what it takes to be an artist: wildness and courage. In a time where the ideology of force and power dominates, Pol has a passionate vision of theatre and art making a more humane and just world.
Damaris Baker is leaving the Women On The Line team. She travelled to Montreal earlier this year, and this program was first broaadcast on June 6, 2008. |
Impacts Of Sexual Identity
Producer: Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 15 August |
What are the impacts of sexual identity; within the teaching profession and in terms of relationship recognition for same-sex couples?
Madelaine Imber, a Master's student at The University of Melbourne, is working on a project titled "Silence, sexuality and teachers: The impact of heteronormativity on teacher's professional practice". She elaborates on what she has discovered so far about the experiences of gay and lesbian teachers.
Hayley Conway, Secretary of the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby, discusses the issues around the Relationship Register in Victoria and the fight for national same-sex relationship recognition. She argues that regardless of whether people support gay marriage or not, all individuals are entitled to that choice. |
Migrant Women and Migrant Workers
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 8 August |
Another speaker from the recent Network of Women Students Australia conference, Dr Victoria Achut, discusses some of the misconceptions Australians hold about African migrant women, and some of the difficulties they face once they have relocated here. And Michelle Bisset from the ACTU discusses the problems temporary 457 work visas create for both migrant workers and Australian employers. |
A New Direction for Australia, but read the fine print.
Producer: Damaris Baker
Broadcast: Friday 1 August |
The new Federal Labor Government has brought about a change of direction in many policy areas over the past ten months. We look at changes in immigration policy, the challenge of nuclear policy, and get an update on the Northern Territory Intervention. Eve Leister, the Immigration and Refugee Spokesperson for the Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, explores the positive changes in immigration policy coming from the Rudd government and some concerns which remain regarding human rights and accountability in relation to immigration policy and practice. Jessica Morrison, Australian Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons looks at Rudd's proposed International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament and other elements of nuclear trade and national policy. Amala Groom, a Sydney Wurudjeri woman from the 'Stop the Intervention' Collective, recently went to the Northern Territory and gives an update on the severe effects of the intervention on rural indigenous townships and communities. |
The Network of Women Students Australia – Feminisms, Past, Present & Future.
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 25 July |
The annual Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference was recently held in Adelaide. The NOWSA conference brings together students from universities across Australia to celebrate all things female and feminist. The theme for this year's conference was ‘Feminisms: Past, Present and Future, the dirt on the women's movement’.
Jo Wilmot from Relationships SA looked towards the ‘future’ in the conference, and spoke about ways in which Indigenous and Non Indigenous Women can work together.
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Melbourne’s Drag King Culture
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 18 July |
Since 1978 the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives has been collecting and preserving Australia’s queer history. This year, its annual Homosexual Histories Conference was held in Melbourne, where Roberta Foster and Bree Taber presented papers on Melbourne’s Drag King culture, which since June 2000 has centred around a club night called King Victoria. Also in the program, Selina Jenkins, speaks about regularly performing at King Victoria as cocky young homeboy Braydon, and sensitive country boy, Beau Heartbreaker. |
Determination and health: the Northern Territory intervention one year on, and health in West Papua.
Producer: Damaris Baker
Broadcast: Friday 4 July |
Nicole Watson, an indigenous woman from south east Queensland, and a solicitor with the Indigenous School of Learning at the University of Technology in Sydney, speaks of the issues raised by the military aspects of the NT intervention and the lack of recognition of indigenous rights.
Paula Makabory, West Papuan activist from the Institute for Papuan Advocacy and Human Rights, speaks about the recent cholera outbreak in West Papua and the lack of action from the Indonesian government and the international community. |
Guam, Japan and U.S Military Bases
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 27 June |
Activists from Okinawa and Guam are united in their opposition to the presence of U.S. military bases on their lands. Maki Yonaha was born in Okinawa and now lives in Australia, where she is a member of the group Japanese For Peace. And Dr. Lisa Natividad is a professor at the University of Guam, and an activist for her people, the indigenous Chamoru. Both women were speakers at a recent activist workshop in Melbourne, “Militarisation: Guam and the Pacific”. |
Guatemala: understanding the violence
Producer: Damaris Baker
Broadcast: Friday 20 June |
Claudia Maria Hernandez Cruz is the Vice President of Fundacion Sobrevivientes, an organisation in Guatemala City that works with women survivors of domestic violence. She gives a context to femicide and violence against women in Guatemala, and her work in changing the law and challenging attitudes that normalise violence against women.
And Joy Agner, a Fulbright scholar who has been working in Guatemala studying the situation of violence after the civil war, talks of the legacy of the war and challenges the media representation that the violence is all about gangs and drugs. |
Paid Maternity Leave, Superannuation imbalance, and Reproductive Autonomy.
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 13 June |
We explore women’s autonomy, in relation to economic independence, family and contraceptive health.
We hear from Fiona Reynolds , CEO of Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees who believes the government should include super in any paid maternity scheme, replacing wages or in the baby bonus. Jane Bennett, one of the authors of ‘The Pill. Are You Sure It’s For You?’ talks about her recent findings, and Michelle Burrell from the Law Reform Commission explains the 3 options relating to decriminalising abortion that have been tabled in Victoria's Parliament.
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Wildness and the courage to be an artist. Talking with Quebec feminist theatre director and actor, Pol Pelletier.
Producer: Damaris Baker
Broadcast: Friday 6 June
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Pol Pelletier, Quebec playwright, actor, theorist and the co-founder of two experimental theatre groups in Montreal, speaks on her concepts of what it takes to be an artist: wildness and courage. In a time where the ideology of force and power dominates, Pol has a passionate vision of theatre and art making a more humane and just world. |
What do You Mean It’s Not Legal?
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 30 May |
The Victorian Law Reform Commission recently delivered to the Attorney General a report outlining options for removing abortion from the Crimes Act. The debate has finally moved on from the moral arguments about abortion to focussing on whether a woman has the right to decide her own reproductive future. We hear from Dr Leslie Cannold from ProChoice Victoria about the progress of the report and possible parliamentary outcomes. As the debate heats up so does the opposition to decriminalising abortion. We hear from women activists at a recent Fertility Clinic Defence, and Debbie Brennen from the Campaign for Women’s Reproductive Rights. |
Indonesia’s Past
Producer: Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 23 May |
We look back in time to life in Indonesia post-independence and before Suharto’s regime officially began. Vanessa Hearman joins 3CR’s Jan Bartlett to discuss the topic of her PhD research. Centering on the transformations of Indonesian society from 1948-68, Vanessa considers how Indonesia might move forward while the consequences of the mass killings of the mid 1960s are still so present, yet unaddressed. |
Leaving Family Violence
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 16 May |
In Australia, family violence leads to more ill-health and premature death among women under the age of 45 than any other preventable health risk. Two thirds of women experience some form of physical or sexual violence in their lives. We hear from women who have experienced family violence, and relate their personal experiences of the struggle to leave. The women sharing their stories received support from the Women’s Domestic Violence Crisis Service in Victoria, and were helped to share their experiences of family violence through a media skills training program funded by Vic Health.
Australia-wide, the Domestic Violence Helpline provides 24-hour support and counselling. If you are experiencing family violence, please call 1800 200 526 to seek further help in your area. Also, information about services in your area is listed at www.australiasaysno.gov.au |
The power of language & legislation
Producer: Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 9 May |
We focus on the power of language in relation to cases of sexual assault and torture with Dr. Nina Philadelphoff-Puren. And the experiences and lack of rights of trafficked women in Australia's sex industry are discussed by Shirley Woods, Outreach co-ordinator from Project Respect. |
Women Out Of Prison
P
roducer:
Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 2 May |
We hear from prison activists, and from two women who
have experienced prison from the inside. We will hear about the continuing fallout from
the mass protests that met the G20 meeting, of twenty
Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, in Melbourne
in November 2006. And Kerry Tucker and Jeanette Purkis
talk about life in and out of prison. |
Beyond
detention: refugee policy under Rudd
Producer:
Maja Graham
Broadcast: Friday 25 April |
Both
Pamela Curr, Campaigns Coordinator at the Asylum Seeker Resource
Centre, and Anna Samson, the National Policy Director for
the Refugee Council of Australia, spoke at a recent Refugee
Action Collective (Victoria) public meeting in Melbourne,
where they outlined what has and hasn't changed under the
Rudd Government, and more specifically what needs to be done
in the future. Refugee
Council of Australia |
Who
is that woman on the $10 note?
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 18 April |
Today
on Women on the Line we hear Dr Jennifer Strauss speaking
about the life of one of Australia’s best known feminists,
activists and poets, Dame Mary Gilmore. |
Make
yourself at home
Producer: Damaris Baker
Broadcast: Friday 11 April
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Australia
is facing a housing crisis, but what does that mean for those
without mortgages? Could housing cooperatives offer some answers
in these troubled times? Guests: Rachel about her experience
living in a Mexican housing cooperative, Carly tells us the
pros and cons of thirty years in a rural Australian commune;
Monique Wiseman, indigenous activist, outlines the housing crisis
in Bagot Town Camp in Darwin; Jinny Mc Grath, Program Manager
of the Springvale Community Aid and Advice Bureau, gives her
perspective on housing issues in Melbourne. |
Defending
Human Rights and Oil Rights
Broadcast: Friday 4 April
Producer: Elanor McInerney |
Today’s
program looks at defending human rights and oil rights. We hear
from Hina Jilani, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary
General on the situation of Human Rights Defenders. And Kathy
Black, from US Labor Against the War, invites us to join Iraqi
workers fighting to stop the privatisation of that country’s
oil reserves. US
Labor Against the War |
The
World of Teaching
Broadcast: Friday 28 March
Producer: Maja Graham |
Today's
program looks at the national teacher shortage and the experiences
of beginner teachers. We hear from Anne Gisborne, the President
of the State School Teachers' Union of Western Australia, and,
four beginner teachers share their perspectives on work demands,
professional support and the ever-expanding role of a teacher. Australian
Education Union (AEU) |
The
Listening Tour & Centenary of Suffrage
Broadcast:
Friday
21 March
Producer: Jaye
Hardy |
We
hear from the Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth
Broderick, and, Professor Marilyn Lake discusses the power of
the vote during her speech at the Victorian Women’s Trust
IWD event. HREOCblog
Victorian
Women's Trust |
Celebrating
International Women's Day 2008
Broadcast:
Friday 14
March
Producer: Damaris
Baker |
Sue
Leigh, an Australian woman travelling in South America, about
IWD in Lima, Peru. We'll also hear from Margarita Windish, from
Green Left Weekly and the Socialist Alliance, who was in Sydney
for the IWD march and discusses the current state of feminism
in Australia. Malarndirri McCarthy, with the Northern Territory
Labor Party, puts forth a proposal to refund women's centres
in rural indigenous communities. |
Women
& Children in Armed Conflict
Broadcast: Friday 7 March
Producer: Elanor McInerney |
Radhika
Coomaraswamy, the United Nations Special Representative for
Children and Armed Conflict, delivers the 2007 Human Rights
Lecture at Melbourne University, “The Protection of Women
& Children During Armed Conflict: Whose Responsibility?” |
Combatting
Climate Change
Broadcast:
Friday 29 February
Producer: Maja Graham |
This program
features a range of women speaking about climate change related
issues: Lousie Morris, climate campaigner with Friends of the
Earth, Monica Waters, spokesperson for the Biological Farmers
of Australia and Leigh Snelling from Bicycle Victoria. |
Violence
Against Women in the Media and the Home
Producer: Jaye Hardy
Broadcast: Friday 22 February |
Melinda
Tankard Riest, the Director of Women’s Forum Australia
about violence against women in advertising; and Vig
Geddes, the coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Incest
Resource Centre spoke to 3CRs Jan Bartlett on the Tuesday
Hometime program. Domestic Violence Helpline is 1800 200 526 |
Ask
the Women about Climate Change
Producer: Damaris Baker
Broadcast: Friday 15 February |
We
hear from Charlotte Sterott( Oxfam's climate policy advisor),
Emma Brindal ( National Climate Justice Coordinator for Friends
of the Earth in Brisbane), Jess Fritze ( Victorian Council
of Social Services), Georgia (Maroondah Climate Change Action
Group), and Amanda (Australian Youth Climate Coalition). Friends
of the Earth Climate Justice |
Saying
Sorry
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 8 February |
Helen
Moran, Indigenous Co-Chair of the National Sorry Day Committee,
and Christine King, Indigenous Co-Chair of the Stolen Generations
Alliance. We also hear from Anouk Ride, who has written an early
history of the removal of Indigenous children, called The Grand
Experiment; and Olga Havnen from the Combined Aboriginal Organisations
of the Northern Territory on the rights and recognition of Indigenous
people in Australia. National
Sorry Day Committee; Stolen
Generations Alliance |
Women’s Experience Of Abortion
Producer: Elanor McInerney
Broadcast: Friday 1 February |
Dr Maggie Kirkman discusses the research she’s conducted into women’s experience of unplanned or unwanted pregnancy. Annarella Hardiman, the manager of the Pregnancy Advisory Service at Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital, critically assesses the push for mandatory pregnancy counselling. |
Women in Music - a look at Melbourne's music scene
Producer: Damaris Baker
Broadcast: Friday 18 January |
Melbourne musicians Evelyn Morris (aka Pikelet) and Biddy Connor discuss their various musical projects and the sustaining influence of Melbourne's supportive music scene. |
