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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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Survival Guide

Women on the Line ·

2020/11/08

Survival Guide isn’t just another radio show. It is a fight for community, land, and for the right to exist unapologetically.In 2018, Lorna Munro and Joel Sherwood Spring got together to create a show that would chronicle the gentrification of Redfern and Waterloo. But Survival Guide isn't your typical gentrification saga. It is the story of the ongoing displacement of Aboriginal people, greed, and ultimately, complicity. This week we hear from Lorna Munro, one half of Survival Guide and learn about

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The despair of cashless welfare

Women on the Line ·

2020/10/25

The Federal government is currently pushing to expand its trialled cashless debit card scheme provided by Indue that quarantines 80% of recipient's payments. We hear from Amanda from the advocacy group The Say No Seven on the fight against the cashless debit card, the danger and harm the card causes particulary for women, and how campaigns against the card have been received in feminist movements.

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Police powers and protest under COVID-19

Women on the Line ·

2020/10/18

This week on the program we look at changes to both the structure and culture of policing during COVID-19.We speak with Tiffany Overall from Youthlaw about the implications of a new bill which will significantly expand the reach of Protective Service Officers in Victoria.Moving to NSW, we speak with Charlie Murphy from Pride in Protest about the police response to an October 10 protest against new State legislation proposed by Mark Latham which aims to eliminate support for trans and gender diverse

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Mental Health and Reproductive Hormones

Women on the Line ·

2020/10/11

On this episode of Women on The Line you’ll hear from Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, the Professor of Psychiatry, at The Alfred and Monash University.Today we hear from Jayashri about the link between mental health and reproductive hormones. In particular, the impact of hormonal contraception, on mental health. We also discuss the problematic diagnosis of borderline personality disorder amongst women and Premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

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Ahead Of The Curve

Women on the Line ·

2020/10/04

This week on Women On The Line, we hear from Franco Stevens, founder of the magazine Curve, one of the largest lesbian magazines in the world, and Jen Rainin, director and co-producer of the documentary Ahead of The Curve. This film chronicles Franco's personal journey, lesbian visibility, and the power of community. Ahead Of The Curve was recently screened at the Queer Film fest 2020 in Sydney. Please be warned that this week's show contains content that may not be suitable for children.

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Why do we need social mixing?

Women on the Line ·

2020/09/27

In 2006, the minister for Melbourne Bronwyn Pike told the Carlton Residents Association that the Carlton Redevelopment project would “break down the social housing ghetto”. The ghetto Bronwyn refers to is the Carlton Public housing estate. An estate that prior to the redevelopment project was home to a rich and vibrant community. Everyone knew each other. They babysat each other's kids, borrowed sugar when it ran out, and for many of them, spoke the same language. Some families worked, others

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New Understandings in Our Urban Envrionments

Women on the Line ·

2020/09/20

In this episode listen to Shoshanna Dreyfus speak about her research project to co-design potentially the worlds’ first all abilities and ages inclusive playground in the City of Wollongong. You’ll also hear from Katherine Horsfall about her research project, in partnership with the City of Melbourne, to develop Melbourne’s first Indigenous wildlife meadow at Royal Park in Melbourne.

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Stories from women inside prison

Women on the Line ·

2020/09/13

We hear stories from women inside prison. People in prisons are already experiencing state violence, now during a pandemic where contagion can spread like wildfire in crowded indoor spaces. We hear from Vickie Roach, Yuin writer and activist, about her lived experience inside prison to politics of abolition. Second, we hear from LGBTIQ and disability justice advocate Ashleigh Chapman on her experiences, including being inside during the pandemic.Vickie's interview originally aired with Marisa

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Bushfire preparation and people with disabilities

Women on the Line ·

2020/09/06

How we prepare for, get through, and recover from disasters have sadly become increasingly pressing questions. But the impact of disasters, and people’s needs in these conditions can be very different according to their circumstances.To address some of these questions, recently DARU, that’s the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit, held an online forum on Disability and Disaster Resilience.This week on the program, we speak with Country Fire Authority project manager Angela Cook, who spoke at the

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Putting the lens on Street Harassment and Australia's...

Women on the Line ·

2020/08/30

In this episode listen to Aakanksha Manjunath and Natasha Sharma from ‘It’s Not a Compliment’ about their inclusive campaigns addressing street harassment and measures they’re taking to respond to the unique challenges being presented during Covid19.You'll then hear from Professor Devleena Ghosh, from the Social and Political Sciences Program at the University of Technology Sydney, followed by Annette Herrera, The Acting Vice President, Professional staff, National Tertiary Education Union of

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Diaspora Blues

Women on the Line ·

2020/08/23

This week, we are joined by Ayan Shirwa, producer of Diaspora Blues. Ayan talks to us about her show, the importance of cultural diversity in media, and how to tackle systemic barriers to increase such diversity.You can listen to Diaspora Blues at www.3cr.org.au/diasporablues.

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Oromo Protests

Women on the Line ·

2020/08/16

In 2016, marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa made headlines during his Olympic run in Rio. As he passed the finish line he crossed his arms over his head. This gesture would send Feysia into exile for two years. Before this moment, the plight of the Oromo people barely made the news. His protest however brought the spotlight on Ethiopia's crackdown of Oromo Protesters. So who are the Oromo people and why are they persecuted by the Ethiopian government? What happened in 2015 to bring the community out

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Homebirth and the Covid19 Pandemic

Women on the Line ·

2020/08/09

Hospital maternity departments are rapidly changing protocols and policies in an attempt to protect staff and patients from the Covid-19 virus. However, these changes leave birthing people concerned. As a result people are turning to homebirth in unprecedented numbers. We speak with Grace Sweeney, one of the coordinators of Homebirth Australia about this turn to homebirth and the campaign to support the sustainability of the homebirth care model.Photo credit: Jerusha Sutton

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Decarceration and housing justice

Women on the Line ·

2020/08/02

This week we turn to two different areas long neglected by governments in Australia, now facing more dire consequences during the coronavirus pandemic: decarceration and housing justice. We hear from Tabitha Lean (Twitter), an advocate for incarcerated people on pushes to free people inside prison at risk of death from virus outbreaks and politics towards prison abolition. This interview previously aired on 3CR Thursday Breakfast with Priya Kunjan. Second, we hear from Eirene Tsolidis Noyce on the

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13 Years of the failed Northern Territory Intervention

Women on the Line ·

2020/07/26

June 21 marked 13 years of the failed Northern Territory Intervention.To mark this date, groups Concerned Australians, the Intervention Rollback Action Group and Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney held an online forum featuring five First Nations speakers speaking from on country across the NT via video link, moderated by First Nations Professor Larissa Behrendt AO. This week we bring you excerpts from the forum, featuring Aunty Pat Ansell Dodds of Grandmothers Against Removals Mbarntwe (Alice

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Covid19 response: Healthcare and Justice not Racism,

Women on the Line ·

2020/07/19

In this episode we bring you some of the key stories and messages delivered by Hope Mathumbu and Sue Bolton during the Online Forum: Covid19 response: Healthcare and Justice not Racism, hosted by Socialist Alliance on Saturday July 13th.

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Policing the Pandemic

Women on the Line ·

2020/07/12

On 30 June 2020, the Victorian government announced a lockdown of specific hotspot suburbs in an effort to control the spread of COVID19 cases. Less than a week later, on 5 July 2020, the Victorian premier Dan Andrews announced a 'hard lockdown' of 9 public housing estates. The residents in these housing estates in the suburbs of Flemington and North Melbourne, were effectively placed in detention in their own homes, without warning, for up to 24 days with a large armed police presence. In today's

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Robodebt

Women on the Line ·

2020/06/28

In 2016 the Federal Government quietly rolled out the Online Compliance Intervention. It would later become known as Robodebt because of its automatic debt recovery process.Income data matching isn't new. The Department of Human Services has been comparing data submitted to the Australian Taxation Office, with earnings reported to Centrelink, as far back as 2004. But this time around it was different. The onus was no longer on a department official to cross-check for inaccuracies. Now it was on the

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1919 Pandemic: Gender and community

Women on the Line ·

2020/06/21

We hear from two historians, Mary Sheehan and Liz Crash, talking on the experience of the Influenza pandemic that peaked in 1919 through the lens of today's pandemic. They cover a broad area, with Mary touching on experiences of nurses in Melbourne including Valda Kelly, community support, comparisons to today; and Liz exploring history repeating, technological changes, gender, unemployment and resistance. Support 3CR's Station appeal here. You can find Mary's writing at Living Histories. Here's

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Connection and Disconnection during the Covid19...

Women on the Line ·

2020/06/07

In this episode of Women on the Line you’ll be hearing from several women and gender non conforming people about their experiences of connection and disconnection during this current COVID19 pandemic crisis. Many of these were personal submissions made from voice memos apps on phones or computers. We explore what it’s like to live in social isolation in this time, connection with and histories of mutual aid, the barriers to connection, the embodiment of both despair and hope, and reflections on how

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