Luka Lesson is the current Australian Poetry Slam Champion and Co-director of The Centre for Poetics and Justice based in Melbourne. Luka has been active in utilising hip-hop and poetry as a form of self-determination and raising awareness for marginalised young people through community development projects for many years. He has also taught Indigenous Studies at […]
This week we review a forum on transitional justice in Sierra Leone, and a panel discussion at the Wheeler Centre that tackled the complex issue of international criminal law. Public Forum: The Success and Challenges of Transitional Justice in Sierra Leone Preventing War Crimes: A Diplomate, a Lawyer and a Scholar Reflect Public Forum: The Success and […]
[RN]: Your film is a multi-layered portrait of what it means to be 11, and you interviewed children from around the world to create it. Why did you choose the age of 11? [Genevieve Bailey]: I chose 11 because I thought back to my favourite age in life – when you’re full of ideas and […]
By Tanja Kovac. This article is part of our July focus on the rights of children and youth. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. Tanja Kovac, the National Coordinator of the Human Rights are Aussie Rules Program (HRAR), writes about the development of a National Civics and Citizenship Curriculum that is currently underway for Australian schools. […]
By Michelle Sowey. This article is part of our July focus on the rights of children and youth. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. Some years ago, in a paper on human rights education, Jim Ife observed: The idea of human rights is far from non-problematic; it is highly contested, and so human rights education needs […]
By Holly Kendall. This article is part of our July focus on the rights of children and youth. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. You take a picture of yourself in your underwear and send it to your boyfriend or girlfriend. Your phone beeps. You pick it up. You’ve just been sent pictures of topless girls. […]
Reviews by Sonia Nair and Sam Ryan Events covered in this week’s review wrap-up include the play that has been on the lips of many of Melbourne’s theatre enthusiasts this July: Black Face, White Mask. Also included are reviews of an Intelligence Squared debate on aid and a panel discussion – and call to action – […]
By Marisa McCague, Meredith Fordyce and Kathryn Finemore. This article is part of our July focus on the rights of children and youth. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. Recently a mother tried to enroll her child at her local primary school. The Principal took it upon himself to ring the Principal of the local Special […]
These reviews relate to our June theme, which focuses on Indigenous People and their human rights. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. Welcome to Right Now’s new review format! This week, we have pieces by Tess Jaeger and Angus Baird. Each of these reviewers attended particular Victorian NAIDOC Week events: Tess, the Ilbijerri Black Writers […]
“I think if I didn’t take this job, I’d probably be in prison, or dead. One of the two.” These are the words of an anonymous interviewee in the short documentary, Off The Record. The documentary shares the stories of individuals who have struggled when seeking employment due to their criminal record. In Victoria, there […]
14 July 2012 Vulnerable young women subject to trafficking in Queensland mining towns According to the The Age, vulnerable young women from Southeast Asia are being trafficked for sex in booming mining towns in Queensland. Mount Isa police district Inspector Paul Biggin has said that women and girls who can speak minimal or no English, […]
By Sara Gingold In July, Read & Rights will be reading Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The event is free and will be held on Tuesday the 10th July from 7pm at LOOP. Tweet as you read by following @ReadandRights and using #HalftheSky. You can also follow to Half the Sky movement at @Half. […]
