Are Criminal Laws Enough to Protect Victims of Forced Marriage in Australia?
Forced marriage remains one of the most complex and poorly understood human rights and policy issues encountered by Australia in recent years.
Tag Archives: religion
Redemption
Poet Sanam Sharma explores the meaning of democracy when religious and communal segregation is used within communities.
Beyond Veiled Clichés: The Real Lives of Arab Women
Amal Awad’s book, Beyond Veiled Clichés, invites the wider community to listen to, and connect with, the voices of Arab women.
Sister Corita’s Summer of Love
Sister Corita’s Summer of Love exhibition shares a message of love, peace and tolerance.
A balancing act
Jessica Yu speaks to Jack about the good and evil in people, human mortality and how his belief system gives him “vague pointers on how to live”.
The text is a living text
Jessica Yu speaks to Amena about her faith, mercy, and the representation of Muslim women in the media.
The blurred line between documentary and reality TV
SBS series, Living With the Enemy misses a golden opportunity to explore human rights issues in a constructive manner, instead opting for the sensational, writes Christie-Anna Ozorio.
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.
Individual rights and solidarity
Dario Mujkic considers the “individualism” in rights discourse, the challenges of isolation and conflict that this poses, and the silver lining that is solidarity
Smiling Assassins
John Bartlett explores the conflicts of being homosexual and religious, reflecting on his own experiences, as well as the perspectives of a gay Muslim man, an Imam and a Catholic theologian.