Education is The Key, But to Whose Door?
Henrietta de Crespigny reflects on the relevance of education in boosting international development.
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The Sins of the Other or Silence of the Self? – Ebola in West Africa
The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is a compelling example of how inequity, inequality and injustice are powerful determinants of health, writes Alexandra L. Phelan.
Can prisoners receive quality education without access to the internet?
In spite of its potential for learning and education, internet access in Australian correctional facilities is overwhelmingly limited and variable across Australian states. Madolyn Smith explains why.
Looking Beyond Australia’s Debate About Asylum To Better Regional Answers For Refugees
Paul Power, CEO of the Refugee Council of Australia, offers 10 concrete steps that could be taken to improve Australia’s asylum seeker policy.
Why is Australia’s Immigration Minister Attacking the Refugee Convention?
Dana Affleck responds to the Minister for Immigration’s attack on the Refugee Convention, explaining what might have been thought obvious – why it is important to protect people fleeing persecution.
Policing The Body: Women’s health and reproductive rights
Marta Skrabacz considers reproductive rights as a women’s health issue, and recent developments in legislation regulating women’s bodies.
Thankyou for disengaging
Sam Ryan asks whether some of the most celebrated, creative responses to raising funds to address global inequality are actually disarming powerful pockets of consumers and voters.
Ian Thorpe, Sexuality and the Process of Discovering One’s Identity
In light of Australian Olympic champion Ian Thorpe’s “coming out”, Tamara Cherny suggests that “being yourself”, particularly in a society less than accepting of diversity, is easier said than done.
The Erosion of Health in Detention (and the Erosion of Oversight)
Ben Pynt explains that long-term detention – now the rule rather than the exception in Australian asylum seeker policy – causes inevitable ill effects on health, and that the oversight of the treatment of asylum seekers is becoming practically impossible.
Ondru presents Voiceless Journeys
Exhibited at the Global Ideas Forum this weekend, Voiceless Journeys is a project that depicts the stories of 101 people who left their countries as a result of conflict or internal problems to come to Australia.
Why the Bikie Laws should concern us all
Jack Maxwell explains that new laws aimed at bikie groups are a threat to the rights of all citizens, and what legal means might resist them
What’s bringing Melbourne’s Ethiopian community to the streets?
Hector Sharp explains why members of Melbourne’s Ethopian community recently picketed the British consulate on Collins Street, and what it has to do with the disappearance of activist Andargachew Tsige