When workers in industries other than mine are organising for rights, their ability to speak on what they need as workers is rarely questioned. However, when it comes to sex workers there is an assumption that we can’t even articulate what we want as workers, and that we can’t organise together. It is often argued […]
By Shae Courtney. This article is part of our October focus on Disability Rights. Read more about this topic here. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the fastest growing disability in the Western world, yet there is no known cure and treating it is an ongoing scientific battle. Prevalence of ASD currently affects one in 90 children in […]
Viktoria Modesta is a British model, singer/songwriter and amputee who played the role of the ice queen in the closing ceremony of the London Paralympic Games. David Donaldson talked to her about disability, her career and the Paralympics. Right Now: I read that you’re from Daugavpils, Latvia, and that medical negligence when you were young […]
“The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play” Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of […]
By David Donaldson Like many others I was fascinated by the wheelchair rugby at the Paralympics earlier this year. As someone who is basically afraid of sport, I found this fast-paced game strangely intriguing. I realised that, despite being in some way “disabled”, the people I was watching onscreen were far fitter and stronger than […]
By Felicity James “Where would our teenagers be if that school wasn’t there? They would probably be on the streets. So I’d be very upset and sad, as you can hear in my voice, I’d be very devastated and upset if it ever closed down.” – Ronald Edwards, former student, Woolum Bellum College, Morwell Lynnette Solomon-Dent’s […]
Clementine Ford is a writer, broadcaster, and feminist. Right Now spoke with her about her personal feminism and her thoughts on the major challenges for women’s rights in Australia today. Right Now: On your blog, Howling Clementine, you wrote: “In 1998, Clementine declared that she believed in women’s rights but not the nasty, manhating ideology […]
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problem in Australia and are estimated to affect 1.3 million adults every year. Michelle Graeber has been CEO of the Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria (ARCVic) for five years. ARCVic is a non-profit state-wide community mental health organisation that provides support, self-help, recovery and education for people and […]
This article is part of our October theme on disability rights. To read more on this topic, click here. Several years ago, a family friend suffered a brain aneurysm. A blood vessel in her brain exploded, resulting in a severe haemorrhage. One minute she was taking a cigarette break with her colleagues, the next she was […]
By Sonia Nair. This piece is part of our September focus on Women’s Rights. See all of this month’s articles here. It is year 2012. One-hundred and nineteen years after New Zealand became the first country to grant women the right to vote, 66 years since the United Nations established a Commission on the Status […]
John Alizzi spoke with Nyadol Nyuon, who was recognised as one of Australia’s most influential African Australians, about the rights of African women in Australia.
By Emilie Zoey Baker. This piece is part of our September focus on Women’s Rights. See all of this month’s articles here. We were told it was a party, that there’d be heaps of people there. We were stoked ’cause they said the whole team was putting it on. Me and Michelle follow Carlton. We went […]
