By Tara Imrie. This interview is part of our March 2013 focus on Sport and Human Rights. Right Now spoke with Meg Lanning, an Australian Cricketer. She has been in the Australian team since 2011, winning the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and 50-over World Cup in India. Right Now: What inspired you to […]
This article is part of our March theme, Sport and Human Rights. It’s also part of a series of articles looking specifically at the role of women in sport. Natalie Medhurst is the Goal Attack for the Australian Diamonds and Queensland Firebirds. Natalie has won numerous world championships and Commonwealth Games medals with the Diamonds […]
Katie Perkins is an elite cricketer with the Auckland Hearts and played for New Zealand’s national team the White Ferns in 2012. When she’s not playing cricket, Katie works at New Zealand Rugby League as the Football Operations Officer, and is planning to become a policewoman. Right Now: What inspired you to take up a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Natalie Sambhi. This piece is part of our September focus on Women’s Rights. See all of this month’s articles here. Of the Defence issues raised over the past 12 months, none has been more controversial than the government’s decision to lift a ban on gender discrimination in the military which means women are eligible to […]
By Beth Gaze. This piece is part of our September focus on Women’s Rights. See all of this month’s articles here. A poster by the UK Equal Opportunities Commission containing the slogan “prepare your daughter for the workforce: give her less pocket money than your son” dramatically highlights the fundamental unfairness facing women at work. Lack […]
By Emma Kerins. This piece is part of our September focus on Women’s Rights. See all of this month’s articles here. The 2012 London Games have come to an end. While Australia might not have done as well as expected, it would be fair to say that the Olympic Games captured not just the imaginations of […]
Julie McKay is the Executive Director at UN Women Australia (formerly UNIFEM Australia) and advocates on significant global issues affecting women including political participation, leadership, pay equity, gender-based violence and social inequality. Right Now’s Chloé Potvin spoke with Julie McKay to discuss her perspectives on the current challenges facing women in Australia and the Pacific […]