Women in the Institutions of the Law
How are women represented in institutions of the law? Kate Galloway finds out.
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Domestic Violence, Socially Mediated
Social media has a responsibility to victims of domestic violence because it shapes the dialogue that allows domestic violence to flourish, writes Leona Hameed.
Some violence is better than others
When ABC journalist Jill Meagher was killed, the media led the community in an outpouring of grief. But the same cannot be said about the death of sex worker Tracy Connolly, who was also tragically murdered. Kate Galloway asks why.
Human Rights in the Media: July 2013 – Mid-week Review
A series of events with sexism at their core exposed tensions in the media narrative on women’s rights during July, writes Jessica Szarcbord in this month’s review of human rights in the media.
Female genital mutilation/cutting in Australia
An estimated two to three million girls are subjected to the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) each year. Leona Hameed looks at the practice in Australia and what can be done to eradicate it and to assist victims.
Global labour rights
Right Now’s Rose Hunter speaks to Daisy Gardener, Oxfam’s Labour Rights Coordinator, about global labour rights, the Rana Plaza factory tragedy in Bangladesh, and how Australian consumers can act to protect workers’ rights.
Artistic Dreaming – Women, Art and Empowerment in La Perouse
By Jacqui Fetchet. This article is part of our April and May focus on Art and Human Rights. “For me the idea of a blank canvas is one of the most empowering things – the thought that you can do anything, go anywhere, say whatever you want. It is freedom of speech. For my people it […]
The Misogyny Factor & Destroying the Joint – Mid-Week Review
By Sonia Nair. It’s been an abysmal week for Australian women with a succession of calculated, ugly and unprecedented expressions of hatred catapulting talk of sexism and misogyny to the forefront of social and political discussion. When Prime Minister Julia Gillard launched the ‘Women for Gillard’ campaign last week and cautioned against abortion again becoming […]
South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault’s Art Group Blog
The images and multimedia included in this article are republished from the South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault’s (SECASA’s) art group blog. The art group blog was established as part of SECASA’s of our ‘year of less text’ initiative, with funding from the Victorian Women’s Trust. The ‘year of less text’ aims to do more […]
Fashioning Human Rights
By Sienna Merope This article is part of our April & May focus on Art and Human Rights. Writing about the contribution of fashion to human rights can feel like a bit of an uphill battle. First, there is the not totally undeserved perception that as an industry and a creative practice, fashion has little […]