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Women on the Line

Cleis Hart, Kannagi Bhatt, Phuong Tran, Xen Nhà & Scheherazade Bloul.

A national feminist current affairs program for community radio. A gender analysis of contemporary issues, as well as in-depth analysis by a range of women and gender diverse people around Australia and internationally. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network (CRN).

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The struggle for democracy in Myanmar

Women on the Line ·

2023/07/30

This week on the program we speak with Tasneem Roc and Chue, campaign managers for the Myanmar Campaign Network, a national coalition of aid organisations, unions, human rights groups, faith based groups and Myanmar diaspora organisations under the auspices of Union Aid Abroad APHEDA.Tasneem and Chue speak about what has been happening in Myanmar, the situation for political prisoners, and the ongoing Civil Disobedience Movement, as well as the MCN’s call for targeted sanctions from Australia to cut

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Self-disclosure and the rising cost of living

Women on the Line ·

2023/07/16

This week we discuss self-disclosure, a behaviour that on the surface sounds harmless but when done excessively can be overwhelming for the listener and pretty awkward for the sharer. Clinical psychologist and Professor Kim Felmingham helps us understand this common albeit embarrassing habit.And later in the program, Kristin O'Connell and Priya Kunjan discuss Australia's rising cost of living and its impact on people living in poverty. Kristin O'Connell is the research and policy expert at the

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Your birth, your body: Seeking continuity of care

Women on the Line ·

2023/06/25

On this week’s episode, we chat with Daisy: a Narrm based family violence lawyer and queer parent of a newborn who has recently had to navigate the medical maternity system. Daisy joins us on the show to share with us her observations on the lack of continuity of care for birthing people; the learning and unlearning that was required to avoid a traumatic birthing experience; and the similarities she noticed between the maternity system and her field of work.

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Cultural safety and the end of native forest logging...

Women on the Line ·

2023/06/18

This week on the show, Marjorie Anderson, the National Manager at 13YARN, discusses cultural safety, and later in the program, we hear an interview that Women on the Line programmer Emma Hart did with Tuffy Morwitzer from the Goongerah Environment Centre.

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International Whore's Day 2023

Women on the Line ·

2023/06/11

On this episode of Women on the Line we are covering International Whore’s Day, which was on Friday 2 June. This year’s theme was ‘Access to Justice’. Scarlett Alliance, held a webinar featuring national and international speakers addressing issues faced by migrant workers and calling for improved immigration policies in ‘so-called-Australia’ and globally. We hear how anti-trafficking laws and media portrayals further harm migrant sex workers, especially asian migrant sex workers. Speakers include:

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“A system that needs to hear these women’s stories”:...

Women on the Line ·

2023/06/04

This week on the program we speak with Professor Kyllie Cripps (@CrippsKyllie), Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre and Palawa woman, about new research she has published on systemic racism embedded in the deaths of 151 Aboriginal women.Kyllie’s research examines police failures in relation to their role as first responders to situations of intimate partner violence against Indigenous women.Her article Indigenous women and intimate partner homicide in Australia: confronting the impunity of

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Creating Communities with An.Other Collective

Women on the Line ·

2023/05/28

On this week’s episode, we speak with Vina, Mayy, Farhana and Fazilat from An.Other Collective, a creative community that navigates the intersection of faith, identity and culture. An.Other Collective is a group of Muslim women creatives who are forming social connections and collaborating with each other to push back against the image and idea of a creative and design industry that is exclusive, white and dominated by cis men. In this interview, we talk about the beauty of connecting with people

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Wicked Women: The Queer Gaze

Women on the Line ·

2023/05/07

This week on the program we immerse ourselves in the world of queer culture shaping, sex-positive zine Wicked Women, which ran from 1988-1996. The occasion is the Queer Gaze exhibition at the Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda in Narrm.The exhibition showcases images from the Wicked Women Collection at AQUA, the Australian Queer Archives, and this is the first public showing of some of the images for many years.We speak with Lisa Salmon, one of the founders of Wicked Women, as well as hearing the

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Migrant Workers' Rights with Sanmati Verma

Women on the Line ·

2023/04/30

This week, we speak with Sanmati Verma, a Managing Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre and a Law Institute of Victoria accredited specialist in immigration law. Sanmati is also currently an advisor to the United Workers Union, a board member of the Migrant Worker Centre and Deputy Chair of the national Visa Cancellation Working Group. In this episode, Sanmati talks to us about the exploitation of migrant workers and the lack of protection currently offered to visa holders and undocumented

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Stripper Rights with Fired Up Stilettos

Women on the Line ·

2023/04/16

On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Melody, a member from Fired Up Stilettos based in Aotearoa. Fired Up Stilettos is a group of strippers fighting for improved Industry standards and independent contractor protections, nationwide. Earlier this year Melody, alongside 18 other strippers were fired from Calender Girls Strip Club in Wellington after petitioning management for better labour rights. Sign their petition and support their campaign by visiting

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Silence around the Senate Inquiry into missing and...

Women on the Line ·

2023/04/09

This week on the program we hear an interview with Munanjahli, Yugambeh and South Sea Islander woman Dr Chelsea Watego (@drcwatego) about the silence surrounding the ongoing Senate Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.Dr Watego is Professor of Indigenous Health and Executive Director of the Carumba Institute at Queensland University of Technology and speaks with 3CR Broadcaster Grace Tan.Further information about what is happening to the Senate inquiry into missing and murdered

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Navigating Online Spaces with Meri Leeworthy

Women on the Line ·

2023/04/02

On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Meri Leeworthy, cofounder of Radical Directory, a project aimed at creating a public online space for left grassroots activists. We discuss the ways in which big tech companies control and manipulate us through social media; the relationship between the Internet and capitalism; and the power of imagining online spaces for community created by and for grassroots activists. Featured song : Only U - Jemi GaleImage supplied by Meri Leeworthy

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Ethical reporting: writing about China

Women on the Line ·

2023/03/26

Recently I read a Twitter thread by Jinghua Qian in response to a Crikey article on conversion therapy in China. This thread got me thinking about how to talk and write about complex stories. What do we owe our readers and the people we write about?Today Jinghua joins me to build a case for ethical reporting. We also learn about their time in Shanghai writing for Sixth Tone and what they make of Australia’s reporting on China.

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Be Easy, Stay Safe with Domina Jia

Women on the Line ·

2023/03/19

On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Domina Jia, a sex worker and artist based in Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i. We chat about their zine Be Easy Stay Safe vol.2 which features around 20 contributors from all facets of the sex worker industry including strippers/dancers, cam-models, sugar babies, dominatrixes and more. Find their work on instagram at @jinjavitus_ Featured song is ‘This Dyke’ by Kimmortal. Photos courtesy of Domina Jia.

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LGBTIQ+ Organising with the UEEH

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2023/03/05

This week on the program we speak with Kroft about L'université d'été euroméditerranéenne des homosexualités (UEEH), a gathering organised in France by and for LGBTIQ+ people. For decades, the UEEH gathering has been run by and for LGBTIQ+ people and collectives to promote the development and sharing of tools to fight discrimination and for mutual empowerment. With a non-hierarchical and feminist approach to self-organising, the UEEH aims to be a welcoming and secure space where people can share

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Fighting the System

Women on the Line ·

2023/02/26

This week on Women on the Line, Juliette McAleer fights to be seen as a whole person, and Nikita Rotumah uses boxing to keep kids fit and safe.

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Radioactive wastewater at Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant

Women on the Line ·

2023/02/19

This week on the program we speak with Umi Asaka and Tommy or Tomoki Fukui about the planned release of 1.3 million tonnes of water contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the ocean. The plant is owned by TEPCO, that’s the Tokyo Electric Power Company, and if it goes ahead the release of this water would continue for a period of 30 years. Umi and Tommy unpack the issues around the radioactive wastewater at Fukushima Daiichi - how the water came to be there and the

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No Cops at Pride

Women on the Line ·

2023/02/19

On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Calev, an illustration and comic artist. They chat with us about their art practice as well as their recent art poster titled No Cops at Pride featured as part of the Gender Garden Exhibition. We then hear snippets from the Pride Street Party 3CR broadcast with PX Whanua and Tongan Cheek,which was held on Sunday 12 February this year.

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Fitzroy Crossing and Speeches from Invasion Day 2023

Women on the Line ·

2023/02/05

This week we mark Invasion Day, to do so we’ll go straight into speeches from Narrm’s Invasion Day Rally where we’ll hear from Gurnai/Kurnai and Gunditjmara woman Meriki Onus and Noongar woman Roxy Moore. Listen back to 3CR's Invasion Day 2023 broadcast.Afterwards, we’ll hear an interview with Bunuba, Walmajarri and Cornish/Scottish presenter Natalie Davey from community radio station Wangki Radio in Fitzroy Crossing, who joined Women on the Line presenter Emma Hart to speak about the impact of the

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Organising for Palestine on stolen land

Women on the Line ·

2023/02/05

Today's show explores Palestinian movement building and solidarity between Palestinians and First Nations people in so-called Australia via edited excerpts from the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network’s inaugural Palestine Solidarity Conference. The conference was held on Kulin Nations land in Melbourne from the 27th to the 29th of January.The first two segments are from the conference's opening plenary session, “Organising for Palestine on stolen land: Solidarity and Intersectionality,” chaired by

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