Topic: Women

No.210 - 13 May 2012 Melody Groenenboom- human trafficking video

Art / Children & Youth / Gender & Sexuality / Women / (Leave a comment)

  Ten to thirty million people have disappeared. It’s the enigma of our time, how people embedded into their families and communities can simply slip ... Read More

No.204 - 8 May 2012 Clothing and Punishment: Cultural Rights in Australia

Articles / Expression / Indigenous People / Race & Discrimination / Religion / Women / (1 Comment)

One of the most problematic areas of international human rights law is the right to culture. It is ambiguous, yet the right to culture manifests ... Read More

No.198 - 29 April 2012 Discussion Evening – Human Trafficking in Melbourne: Prevention, Protection and Prosecution

Children & Youth / International Affairs / Reviews / Women / (Leave a comment)

In her opening remarks, Dr Caroline Norma explained with fervour that the framing of human trafficking in Australian discussion is all wrong. I was convinced ... Read More

No.191 - 6 April 2012 THIS WEEK’S HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS

Asylum Seekers / Children & Youth / Disability / Gender & Sexuality / Health / Housing / Indigenous People / International Affairs / News / Race & Discrimination / Women / (Leave a comment)

6 April 2012 Landmark Parliamentary Inquiry recommends capping length of asylum seeker detention A landmark parliamentary inquiry has found that all reasonable steps should be ... Read More

No. Right Now Radio Podcast 29/03/12

International Affairs / Radio / Women / (Leave a comment)

Anna Dorevitch speaks to May Maloney and Fiona McAlpine, founding members of the Young Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (YWILPF Australia) about the ... Read More

No. RIGHT NOW RADIO PODCAST 08/03/12

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On this show of Right Now Radio we celebrated the 101st International Women’s Day by reviewing the last year and what it has meant for ... Read More

No.159 - 28 February 2012 Battered, Bruised and Scarred: Prisoners, Accommodation and Reintegration

Health / Housing / Indigenous People / Prisoners' Rights / Women / (2 Comments)

This article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. Read ... Read More

No.155 - 22 February 2012 Enabling or Disabling: Imprisoning People with Mental and Cognitive Disability

Articles / Asylum Seekers / Children & Youth / Disability / Health / Indigenous People / Prisoners' Rights / Women / (1 Comment)

This article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. Read ... Read More

No.154 - 21 February 2012 ANU Law Students at the ACT’s Corrections Centre

Bill of Rights / Education / Interviews / Prisoners' Rights / Women / (Leave a comment)

This article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. Read ... Read More

No.151 - 17 February 2012 This Week’s Human Rights News

Disability / Health / International Affairs / News / Voting Rights / Women / (1 Comment)

17 February 2012 Report detailing raid that killed five Afghani children is suppressed by Defence Department The Age has reported that Australia’s Defence Minister, Stephen ... Read More

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