Women on the Line

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 o...

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 ...

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 Footsc...

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 agr...

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 Dja...

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 lif...

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 p...

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 wri...

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 U...

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 Fron...

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 w...

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 Femin...

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, r...

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...