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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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Skateboarding, Consent and Inclusivity

Women on the Line ·

2021/05/02

On today's episode, we're joined by Dr Indigo Willing and Emily Kafoa to talk about how skateboarders are shifting the conversation on consent, anti-racism and inclusivity. Indigo and Emily take us through how women and gender diverse skaters have been working to transform the scene, covering topics including community accountability, creating safe spaces, and fostering representation and diversity in skateboarding.Dr Indigo Willing is a Vietnamese sociologist and skateboarder and co-founder of both

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NDIS and imperial hygiene

Women on the Line ·

2021/04/25

On today’s show, we discuss the proposed changes to the National Insurance Disability Scheme as well as the broader political context surrounding the restructuring of the NDIS. Afterwards, we discuss the eugenic underpinnings of disability framing and 'governance' in the West - with a focus on imperial hygiene in colonial Australia.To discuss these issues we are joined by Dr Shakira Hussein who is a writer and researcher based at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of From Victims to

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Justice for Mhelody Polan Bruno

Women on the Line ·

2021/04/11

In Melbourne on April 6th, Filipino, Trans, and Asian communities held a vigil and protest for Mhelody Polan Bruno, a 25 year old Filipina trans woman who was killed in Wagga Wagga in 2019, following the failures of the criminal legal system in the former RAAF man's sentencing. We hear from Anakbayan Melbourne MC Alexia, Gabriela Australia's Ness Gavanzo, Tita Marilou reading a poem by Dawn Iris Dangkomen, trans community worker Amao Leota Lu, Ro from Anti-Colonial Asian Alliance Kulin Nations, and

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Veronica Gorrie on her debut book "Black and Blue,"...

Women on the Line ·

2021/04/04

This week on the program we hear an interview with Veronica Gorrie, a Gunai/Kurnai woman who lives and writes in Victoria. Veronica speaks about her debut book Black and Blue, a memoir of her childhood and the decade she spent in the police force, in conversation with 3CR Community Radio broadcaster Priya Kunjan. More information about Black and Blue can be found here: https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/black-and-blueWe’ll also hear from Kristin O’Connell, media spokesperson for

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In community and out of prisons

Women on the Line ·

2021/03/14

In any given year, hundreds of kids languish behind bars. In Australia, the minimum age of criminal responsibility is 10. In other words, a 4th grader can be arrested and brought before the court. Canberra is the only jurisdiction that has taken steps to raise the age.This week on Women on The Line, Raise The Age campaigner and solicitor, Sophie Trevitt, explains why locking up kids is not only “traumatic for the child” but exposes them to further harm.And in the second half of the show, Doin Time’s

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IWD Special: Fighting back against police-perpetrated...

Women on the Line ·

2021/03/07

On today's special International Women's Day show, we hear from Jay, a staunch victim-survivor of police-perpetrated domestic violence who is fighting for a safer world. Jay speaks to us about her personal journey, her attempts to hold her abuser accountable, and her public and political campaign to draw attention to the plight of the victims of police-family-violence offenders in Australia, lobby for systemic reform, and collect statistical evidence to support her initiative and provide to

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Be/Longings: South East Asia Queer Cultural Festival

Women on the Line ·

2021/02/28

This week on the program we pay a visit to the South East Asia Queer Cultural Festival (SEACQF), running completely online from February 13 to March 13.SEACQF has been put together to bridge the gap between activism and art, and to assert local, anti-colonial LGBTIQ+ identities in the region at a time when many LGBTIQ+ communities in South East Asia are facing increased repression.We travel to the Philippines and Indonesia to speak with Festival Coordinator Ivanka Custodio, and Lini Zurlia, Advocacy

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Fines: punitive control

Women on the Line ·

2021/02/21

This week we question the punitive nature of fines. We have fines under council laws for parking to public transport tickets to corporate toll road fines to now public health fines during the pandemic. Governments here in so called Australia and internationally are turning more and more to fines despite concerns they increase inequality. We hear from community lawyer at West Justice Shifrah Blustein who critically examines the fines regime in the state of Victoria. Article in Overland, Fines:

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Accessibility, inclusion and community-centred services

Women on the Line ·

2021/02/14

Designer and researcher Jo Szczepanska looks at what happens when marginalised communities seek legal help online. Later in the episode cohealth's community engagement coordinator, Jasmine Phillips discusses the lessons learned during the pandemic and how we can apply those lessons to the vaccine rollout.

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Women on the Line - Hard to Bear

Women on the Line ·

2021/02/07

This week we hear from Isabelle Oderberg, journalist, writer and non-profit communications specialist, about her upcoming book Hard To Bear, which is an investigation of how Australia manages early pregnancy loss. We also discuss the silence around miscarriage, the quality of education around pregnancy loss and its causes, and the links between climate change and pregnancy loss. You can read more about Isabelle's work at hardtobear.com and isabelleoderberg.me.

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Racial microaggressions at work

Women on the Line ·

2021/01/31

On this week's show, senior academic Kathomi Gatwiri looks at racial microaggressions at work.Her study Racial Microaggressions at Work: Reflections from Black African Professionals in Australia is the focus of our interview.We also hear Senator Lidia Thorpe's Invasion Day Rally Melbourne 2021 organised by Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance. Read the full report here or a summary here.Produced and presented by Ayan Shirwa

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Politics of home & Wuurn of Kanak

Women on the Line ·

2021/01/17

This week we hear from Arika Waulu, a Gunai, Gunditjmara and Djapwurrung sovereign, community activator, and member of the LGBTQ community. They talk about the politics of home in the pandemic, including the impacts of restrictions, and the politics of First Nation regeneration, with the Wuurn of Kanak landback initiative setting up a base for revival. They also speak about 'LANDBACK FEST: Cultivate, Activate, Regenerate' happening at the Atherton Gardens Fitzroy on 23rd of January.

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revisiting #freethe9towers

Women on the Line ·

2021/01/03

As we welcome a new year, and Victoria settles into their new covid normal, one community still reeling from the lockdown are the residents of the nine towers. Most of you will remember that in July 2020, nine housing commission towers were forced into a hard lockdown. Residents could only leave their homes for supervised exercise, on compassionate grounds and for emergencies. These detention orders were unprecedented and as we’ll show had a devastating effect on residents.

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Invisible Voices 2020 Human Rights Day

Women on the Line ·

2020/12/27

On today’s show, we listen to excerpts from Invisible Voices 2020 Human Rights Day - a World Human Rights Day special broadcast on 3CR Community Radio. This special broadcast aired on 13 December 2020 during 3CR’s Queering the Air, and it was a live panel discussion about the issues impacting LGBTIQA+ forcibly displaced people in the Asia Pacific Region. This panel event was presented by Invisible Voices and Queering The Air, in collaboration with Democracy in Colour and Forcibly Displaced People

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Womxn’s Covid-19: Archive and Artwork in Conversation...

Women on the Line ·

2020/12/20

This week we bring you Part 2 of an MPavilion talk called Womxn’s Covid-19: Archive and Artwork in Conversation For almost a year now, artist and activist, Katie Sfetkidis has documented the stories of women and gender diverse people living in Victoria during COVID 19.Two participants from the archival project, Hope Mathumbu and Kate Sulan, sat down with Katie Sfetkidis to share their reflections on the tumultuous year that was 2020.Special thanks to Queen Victoria Women's Centre and MPavilion for

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WOMXN’S COVID-19: ARCHIVE AND ARTWORK IN CONVERSATION

Women on the Line ·

2020/12/13

This week we bring you an MPavilion talk called WOMXN’S COVID-19: ARCHIVE AND ARTWORK IN CONVERSATION.For almost a year now, artist and activist, Katie Sfetkidis has documented the stories of women and gender diverse people living in Victoria during COVID 19.Two participants from the archival project, Hope Mathumbu and Kate Sulan, sat down with Katie Sfetkidis to share their reflections on the tumultuous year that was 2020.Special thanks to Queen Victoria Women's Centre and MPavilion for giving

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Evictions to homelessness and Gamil Means No

Women on the Line ·

2020/12/06

This week we hear from two protests against injustice in Melbourne. First, we hear from the Renters and Housing Union Victoria's snap action against evictions to homelessness, where the government is winding back its hotel housing program, including from member Adriana. Second, we hear speakers on systemic issues in solidarity with the national day of action 'Gamil Means No!' to stop Santos' gas field destroying Gamilaraay country.

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Blockade IMARC: Latin American Perspectives

Women on the Line ·

2020/11/29

This week on the program we focus on Blockade IMARC, an online conference and actions series focussed on resisting extractive industries, colonialism and capitalism.IMARC stands for the international mining and resources conference, and listeners may remember last year’s significant protests against the conference in Melbourne.We hear extracts from the panel “Extractivism 101 and Latin American Perspectives Part 1,” featuring speakers Dandara from MST, the landless worker’s movement in Brazil, and

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Bewilderment and Social Justice

Women on the Line ·

2020/11/22

In this episode with poet, Darlene Silva Soberano, we speak about the possibilities of poetry and social justice. How bewilderment, found through poetry and daily living, can keep us connected to our humanity, connected to land and community, giving us purpose for the struggle for justice. Darlene and I discuss bewilderment, pleasure, pandemic lockdown and wellbeing. Listen in to hear Darlene’s poetic take on life and justice.

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Safety for Who?: Abolitionist perspectives on...

Women on the Line ·

2020/11/15

In September 2020, a private member’s bill aiming to criminalise coercive control was introduced in the NSW parliament. Penalties under the bill includes jail terms of up to 10 years. Coercive control is broadly defined as a pattern of behaviours used to intimidate, humiliate, surveil, and control another person. A number of high-profile family and domestic violence advocates and campaigners have thrown their support behind the bill and behind the idea of criminalising coercive control in australia

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