Women on the Line

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, CSIR...

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 h...

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...

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 th...

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 abou...

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 im...

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...