Women on the Line

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...

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 hea...

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...

 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...

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 affect...

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, Pa...

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 pass...

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...

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...

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...

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 participan...

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...

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...

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...

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, featurin...

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.