Women on the Line

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 stru...

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 le...

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 Embas...

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 Pa...

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...

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 refu...

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 give...

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 a...

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 ep...

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 Cou...

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 Heal...

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...

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...

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 author...

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 pow...

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. I...

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 nee...

 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...

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...

 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 Rohing...

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 circumstan...

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 so...

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 appropria...