Where do (surrogate) babies come from? Surrogacy as human rights violation
Surrogacy violates the basic human rights of women and children. Dr Renate Klein explains why the practice should be banned in Australia to protect the most vulnerable.
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Queensland’s decriminalisation of abortion is a landmark decision – now we need enforcement
Kaushi Kogar suggests that the enforcement of abortion laws is no easy task; we need to do more to ensure that termination services are accessible and affordable to all women.
A short history of Rakhine State (Myanmar)
Ali MC considers the statelessness of the Rohingya people, and how the ethnic divisions resulting from colonisation have left them with few allies.
Chronicling displacement with creativity
How the work of Perth-based Marziya Mohammedali reflects on narratives of dissent, identity, migration and transition.
The Rohingyans: a people in fearful limbo despite 70 years of human rights
Monday 10 December marks Human Rights Day, a day to ask the question: how can we help to uphold the rights of the most vulnerable?
Proposed change to Migration Act opens the way to deporting children
The question is whether this is for the protection of the community or simply to expand Ministerial power to cancel visas for allegedly gang-related activity.
Right Now x Zenith Collective – Part VI: Premature by Rashaad Ernesto Green
The conversation around human rights comes in all forms, in this six-part series we explore that conversation through the lens of film.
Politics, media sensationalism and the so-called African gang crisis
The demonisation of the Sudanese community is not a new phenomenon, it is a trend. Francis Deng reflects on the unseen impacts of media sensationalism.
#MeToo and human rights language in the social media era
How a social media movement gave victims, activists and communities a language to voice their lived experience without the need for legalese.
Write to publish?
Writing plays a subversive role in our political movements, yet, are we growing ambivalent or disengaged because of information-fatigue?
Where do you draw the line? Reconsidering safety zones at Victorian abortion clinics
Zoya Patel reflects on the state of women’s reproductive rights in Victoria, where a new case regarding safe access zones is heading for the High Court.
The big, burly ‘white to assembly’: the public angst of white men in 2018
The right to protest is an abstract freedom, one that saw Fed Square swarmed by March for Men protesters. Madison Griffiths and Sam Biddle watched on.