What animal abuse can teach us about human rights
Does animal abuse tell us something about our capacity to be cruel to humans, too? Right Now columnist Zoya Patel reflects on the connection between animal and human rights.
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Sea justice: Australia is doing the wrong thing in East Timor
Australian governments have been reluctant to embrace a truly principled approach toward East Timor.
No food no thought: does diet influence your ability to learn?
Many families across Australia cannot access or afford healthy, sustainable food. This is having serious consequences for children, particularly in the classroom. Claire Feain investigates.
Translating services in limbo for domestic violence victims
In Canberra, gradual changes to the National Translating and Interpreting Service risk compromising the safety of women from CALD backgrounds who experience domestic violence.
Gender(ed) gaps and our biases of knowledge
If you teach an entire course without any women cited, it is time to rewrite it. Right Now columnist Senthorun Raj explores gender gaps in our school and university curriculums.
Seeking the Truth on Asylum Seeker Integration
Many Australians perceive people who come here to seek asylum as being reluctant to integrate into Australian society, but the reality couldn’t be further from the truth writes Nicolle White.
Myanmar election: what about the Rohingya?
Myanmar’s landmark general election is a hopeful development but not for the Rohingya who remain stateless and disenfranchised, writes Roselina Press.
Why is the Australian Popular Music Scene Such a Boys Club?
Right Now columnist Sylvie Leber examines the gender gap in the Australian music industry.
How to Improve the Asylum Seeker Debate: Listen to Experts
Why don’t we listen to the range of experts who are criticising our country’s asylum seeker policies?
Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s long road to democracy
As elections in Burma approach, Tim Robertson looks beyond the popular support held for Aung San Suu Kyi to examine the successes and failures of her leadership.
70 years of the United Nations: Why Australia must lift its game on human rights
Anna Brown of the Human Rights Law Centre reflects on the success of the last 70 years of the UN – and Australia’s performance in advancing human rights internationally and at home.
Human rights obligations for the private sector
In an age of rising corporate power, Harry Aitken discusses new ways to hold private companies to account for human rights violations.