Podcasts by Women on the Line
A national feminist current affairs program for community radio. A gender analysis of contemporary issues, as well as in-depth analysis by a range of women and gender diverse people around Australia and internationally. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network (CRN).
Further podcasts by Amy McMurtrie, Anya Saravanan, Ayan Shirwa, Emma Hart, and Iris Lee
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Sex work decriminalisation in Victoria and beyond from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.361017
This week we focus on the movement for sex worker rights and liberation. The Victorian government currently has a bill to partially decriminalise sex work. We hear from Dylan from Victoria's peer s...
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Transfemme: supporting healthier relationships between trans women and men from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.346012
This week on the program we focus on Transfemme, a new online resource for preventing heterosexual or bi+ cis men’s violence against trans women.We speak about the project with Amao Leota Lu, commu...
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Gender Expression and The Dynamic Gender Hotline from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.319146
In today's episode, we're diving into a discussion about gender identity and self-representation for trans and gender diverse people with Dr Brooke Brady and Shoshana Rosenberg, who are currently u...
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When socialists from Turkey came to Naarm from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.297705
In today's episode, we delve into a thriving leftist movement in Narrm (Melbourne) built by migrants from Turkey in the 1970s and 80s. International human rights lawyer, researcher and activist, Ed...
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Resisting education limbo in Indonesia from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.284452
In a collaborative show with Sudanese refugee and freelance journalist Elina Mark, we delve into education issues for refugee communities stuck in limbo in Indonesia as a result of Australia's bord...
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Consumption, Wellness, and the Far-Right from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.250682
When you think of wellness influencers, what comes to mind? Sun? Yoga? Neo-Nazis!!? Today we hear from academic Tresa LeClerc, whose essay'Consumption, Wellness, and the Far-Right' explores what ma...
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Education Trafficking&Palestine solidarity from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.238070
One aspect of Australia's draconian border regime that has grown in recent decades is the education sector, which has entrapped many International students in a system of privatised exploitation an...
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Digital rights under surveillance capitalism from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.221250
On this week's episode, we're joined by Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker and Samantha Floreani to tackle some big questions about digital rights, predatory tech companies and regulation. Kathryn Gledhill-Tu...
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Gender and the AFL from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.210125
In today's show, we are joined by Marnie Vinall and Dr Kasey Symons to unpack some important issues around gender dynamics in sports reporting and commentary, and to reflect on the growth of the AF...
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Odissi dance with the Sohamasmi Centre for Performing Arts from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.201357
On this week’s episode of Women on the Line we chat with Odissi dancers Divya Nair, Shreya Rath, Vaishnavi Srinivasan and Pranavi Annadurai from the Sohamasmi Centre for Performing Arts, all senio...
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National Day of Action to Close Don Dale and Abolish Youth Prisons from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.174337
On this episode, we cover the National Day of Action to Close Don Dale and Abolish Youth Prisons, which was held on the 22 October 2022. We hear from Sara Schwartz, who works at the Victorian Abori...
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Jin, Jiyan, Azadi x Poetry of the Kurdish tradition from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.156755
As the year approaches a close we visit the ongoing protests for freedom in Iran. In honour of the protests under the slogan of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi which is Kurdish for woman, life, freedom, we visit...
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Poverty in Australia from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.151691
Content warning: This episode touches on some distressing topics, including experiences of sexual assault. Support is available via Lifeline on 13 11 14, the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 4...
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Fitzroy Crossing and Speeches from Invasion Day 2023 from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.141203
This week we mark Invasion Day, to do so we’ll go straight into speeches from Narrm’s Invasion Day Rally where we’ll hear from Gurnai/Kurnai and Gunditjmara woman Meriki Onus and Noongar woman Roxy...
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Organising for Palestine on stolen land from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.136155
Today's show explores Palestinian movement building and solidarity between Palestinians and First Nations people in so-called Australia via edited excerpts from the Australia Palestine Advocacy Net...
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LGBTIQ+ Organising with the UEEH from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.122047
This week on the program we speak with Kroft about L'université d'été euroméditerranéenne des homosexualités (UEEH), a gathering organised in France by and for LGBTIQ+ people. For decades, the UEE...
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Navigating Online Spaces with Meri Leeworthy from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.109611
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Meri Leeworthy, cofounder of Radical Directory, a project aimed at creating a public online space for left grassroots activists. We discuss the wa...
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Migrant Workers'Rights with Sanmati Verma from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.097064
This week, we speak with Sanmati Verma, a Managing Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre and a Law Institute of Victoria accredited specialist in immigration law. Sanmati is also currently an advis...
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Wicked Women: The Queer Gaze from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.091929
This week on the program we immerse ourselves in the world of queer culture shaping, sex-positive zine Wicked Women, which ran from 1988-1996. The occasion is the Queer Gaze exhibition at the Victo...
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“A system that needs to hear these women’s stories”: Indigenous women, police failures and intimate partner homicide from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.082756
This week on the program we speak with Professor Kyllie Cripps (@CrippsKyllie), Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre and Palawa woman, about new research she has published on systemic raci...
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Ghosted: The Asian American Literature Festival from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.056702
This week on Women on the Line we are covering the recent abrupt cancellation of The Asian American Literature Festival in Washington DC on Turtle Island. We spoke with Liminal Founder and Editor,...
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Reproductive Justice for migrants and refugees in'so-called-australia' from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.033871
On this episode of Women on the Line we are looking at ‘Reproductive Justice among migrants and refugees in so-called-Australia. Earlier in May, the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health held a w...
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A call for change and justice for refugee women from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.018256
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear about current issues faced by migrant and refugee women in both the workplace and more broadly in society in ‘so-called-Australia’. Phương Tran from 3CR...
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Sovereignty in the time of the Voice from 2023-12-12T20:14:41.011022
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear snippets from Shiralee Hood and Leah House who recently presented on the panel ‘Sovereignty in the time of the Voice’ held in Narrm on the 28 September....
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Sporty Lesbians and Fit Feminists with Rosa Campbell from 2023-12-12T20:14:40.997639
For this week’s episode, we speak with Rosa Campbell who is an historian and writer. She holds a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge and is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ed...
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The dehumanisation of Arabs&Muslims in the West with Ruby Hamad from 2023-12-12T20:14:40.991998
Ruby Hamad on the historic dehumanisation of Arabs and Muslims in the west, how that has impacted Israel's ongoing occupation and genocide in Palestine, and gaslighting as a tool for upholding West...
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How to talk about Gaza right now from 2023-12-11T08:30
This week on the program we bring you part of an online teach-in from the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network called “How to talk about Gaza right now.”The teach-in took place on Friday December 1...
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Kal Angam-Kal from 2023-10-30T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Fijian Australian-born artist Yasbelle Kerkow (iTaukei Fijian vasu Batiki, Lomaiviti), who is one of the lead artists for Kal Angam-Kal: Stories f...
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FREE PALESTINE! from 2023-10-23T08:30
This week on the program we bring you the voices of speakers from two Free Palestine rallies held in Narrm, Melbourne.We hear speeches from the rally at the State Library on Sunday 15th October, in...
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Pro Femina with Ramak Bamzar from 2023-09-25T07:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Iranian-born, Narrm based, visual artist and fine art photographer, Ramak Bamzar, about her show Pro Femina. Pro Femina is currently being exhibit...
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Divesting from nuclear weapons companies from 2023-09-18T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear from Alejandra Munoz, project officer at Dutch peace organisation PAX. She is currently leading the Don't Bank on the Bomb research, a joint project by ...
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Migrant women's experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace from 2023-09-11T08:30
This week on Women on the Line, Dr. Shih Joo (Siru) Tan and Professor Marie Segrave discuss their study into migrant and refugee women's experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace. And later...
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Jin, Jiyan, Azad — Women, Life, Freedom from 2023-08-28T08:30
This week on Women on the Line, we hear a presentation by Nilüfer Koç, from the Kurdish National Congress, who spoke at the Ecosocialism 2023 conference. Her talk Women, Life and Freedom discussed ...
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Palestinian Resistance with Noura Mansour from 2023-08-21T08:30
This week we speak with Noura Mansour, who is the Community Organising and Advocacy Lead at the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN). In this discussion, Noura speaks to us about Palestinian...
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Fixing Victoria's broken bail laws and Mariam Issa from 2023-08-14T08:30
Nerita Waight looks at Victoria’s broken bail laws, and Mariam Issa shares her journey from trauma to empowerment.Nerita Waight is the CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service.Mariam is a stor...
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The struggle for democracy in Myanmar from 2023-07-31T08:30
This week on the program we speak with Tasneem Roc and Chue, campaign managers for the Myanmar Campaign Network, a national coalition of aid organisations, unions, human rights groups, faith based ...
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Self-disclosure and the rising cost of living from 2023-07-17T08:30
This week we discuss self-disclosure, a behaviour that on the surface sounds harmless but when done excessively can be overwhelming for the listener and pretty awkward for the sharer. Clinical psyc...
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Your birth, your body: Seeking continuity of care from 2023-06-26T08:30
On this week’s episode, we chat with Daisy: a Narrm based family violence lawyer and queer parent of a newborn who has recently had to navigate the medical maternity system. Daisy joins us on the s...
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Cultural safety and the end of native forest logging in Victoria from 2023-06-19T08:30
This week on the show, Marjorie Anderson, the National Manager at 13YARN, discusses cultural safety, and later in the program, we hear an interview that Women on the Line programmer Emma Hart did w...
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International Whore's Day 2023 from 2023-06-12T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we are covering International Whore’s Day, which was on Friday 2 June. This year’s theme was ‘Access to Justice’. Scarlett Alliance, held a webinar featuring n...
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Creating Communities with An.Other Collective from 2023-05-29T08:30
On this week’s episode, we speak with Vina, Mayy, Farhana and Fazilat from An.Other Collective, a creative community that navigates the intersection of faith, identity and culture. An.Other Collec...
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Stripper Rights with Fired Up Stilettos from 2023-04-17T07:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Melody, a member from Fired Up Stilettos based in Aotearoa. Fired Up Stilettos is a group of strippers fighting for improved Industry standards and...
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Silence around the Senate Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and speeches from Narrm Melbourne's Trans Day of Visibility rally from 2023-04-10T08:30
This week on the program we hear an interview with Munanjahli, Yugambeh and South Sea Islander woman Dr Chelsea Watego (@drcwatego) about the silence surrounding the ongoing Senate Inquiry into mi...
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Ethical reporting: writing about China from 2023-03-27T08:30
Recently I read a Twitter thread by Jinghua Qian in response to a Crikey article on conversion therapy in China. This thread got me thinking about how to talk and write about complex stories. What ...
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Be Easy, Stay Safe with Domina Jia from 2023-03-20T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Domina Jia, a sex worker and artist based in Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i. We chat about their zine Be Easy Stay Safe vol.2 which features around 20 co...
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Fighting the System from 2023-02-27T08:30
This week on Women on the Line, Juliette McAleer fights to be seen as a whole person, and Nikita Rotumah uses boxing to keep kids fit and safe.
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Radioactive wastewater at Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant from 2023-02-20T08:30
This week on the program we speak with Umi Asaka and Tommy or Tomoki Fukui about the planned release of 1.3 million tonnes of water contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi power plan...
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No Cops at Pride from 2023-02-20T07:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Calev, an illustration and comic artist. They chat with us about their art practice as well as their recent art poster titled No Cops at Pride feat...
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Year of the Water Rabbit/Cat with Fortune from 2023-01-23T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Heidi, Connie and Andra from Fortune – a print and space-making project, assembled by and for queer Asian publics. Tended to in Philadelphia. We ch...
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Three years of HER 他 from 2023-01-16T08:30
Narrm Melbourne based label HER 他 is a music platform and event series founded and headed by DJ and musician Cloudy Ku which recently celebrated its three year anniversary. HER 他 is focussed around...
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Disability, Self-Advocacy and Decision Making from 2022-12-19T08:30
Today’s show explores the importance of centring the agency and right to choose of people with disability. First up, you’ll hear part of a conversation about disability discrimination and self-advo...
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Fighting for climate justice with Youth Verdict from 2022-12-12T08:30
In this episode, we're joined by two of the co-directors of Youth Verdict, a youth-led climate activist group that just defeated Clive Palmer’s planned Waratah Coal mine, to talk about their victor...
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Transgender Awareness Week from 2022-11-28T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we cover Trans Awareness Week, which was held from the 13 - 20 November. We head to Narrm’s first Trans Pride March, to hear from speakers Anastacia Le Rose and...
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Against disappearance from 2022-11-14T08:30
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, please be advised that this program includes references to Indigenous people who have passed away. This show also covers themes that may be distress...
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Fossil Fuel Free Arts NT from 2022-10-31T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Anna Weekes, an organiser from the Fossil Fuel Free Arts Northern Territory Campaign. The Fossil Fuel Free Arts NT crew have been campaigning for ...
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Abortion Rights: Local Context from 2022-10-24T08:30
Earlier this year the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, the 1973 ruling which protected abortion rights on a national level, unleashing a wave of repressive measures against abortion rights ...
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None Of Us Are Free Until All Of Us Are Free from 2022-10-17T08:30
In this week’s episode of Women on the Line, we’re joined by Anne-lise Ah-fat, who has been involved in coordinating and editing a recently-released collection of poems by community members on the ...
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Bendigo St and the Case for Dwelling Justice from 2022-10-10T08:30
Today we discuss the intersections of dwelling justice, incarceration, private land and the coloniality of housing.We hear an excerpt of Yuin woman and architectural design activist Linda Kennedy s...
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Abortion rights and repression in Poland from 2022-09-26T08:30
Earlier this year the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, the 1973 ruling which protected abortion rights across the US, unleashing a wave of repressive measures against abortion rights in con...
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Breaking the silence on sexual harassment at work from 2022-09-19T08:30
Content warning: this is a sensitive area of discussion and may be distressing for some listeners. Listeners can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 1800RESPECT 24/7. Listeners in the music industry or ar...
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Archiving the feminist struggle in Algeria from 2022-09-12T08:30
In this episode, we discuss the political importance of archiving the feminist struggle in Algeria. Launched in 2019, Archives des luttes des femmes en Algérie is a collective that provides digital...
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Holding power to account from 2022-08-29T08:30
This week you’ll hear from a group of diverse young women challenging structures and systems and really shaking things up.We start the show with Dana Alshaer, a proud Palestinian who’ll educate us ...
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Emu Sky with Zena Cumpston from 2022-07-25T09:00
On this week’s episode of Women on the Line we chat with Zena Cumpston, a Barkandji woman who has curated the exhibition ‘Emu Sky’ currently being shown at Melbourne University. The exhibition brin...
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Media Justice and abortion care in Australia from 2022-07-18T08:30
Journalist and activist Nicola Joseph discusses the differences between tokenism and media justice, and in the second half of the show researcher Shelly Makleff discusses Abortion care in Australia...
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Karrinjarla Muwajarri - Ceasefire from 2022-06-27T08:30
This week’s episode covers the Yuendumu community-led campaign Karrinjarla Muwajarri - no police guns in remote Aboriginal communities. The campaign emerged in the wake of the 2022 Northern Territo...
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Capitalist undemocracy in France from 2022-06-20T08:30
In April, France saw the far-right party leader receive a large portion of the vote in the presidential election albeit with the lowest voter turnout since 1969. This week we discuss French politic...
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Indigenous perspectives in classrooms from 2022-06-13T08:30
We all agree everyone deserves access to good quality education. Unfortunately – not everyone is given the same opportunities. In Australia, the legacy of racist policies has meant that Aboriginal...
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Radiothon 2022 Live Show! from 2022-06-13T08:30
Thanks for tuning in to Women on the Line's 2022 live Radiothon special!Iris, Ayan and Priya counted down the top 10 most-downloaded episodes of Women on the Line over the past year, and played you...
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The intersection of disability and migration from 2022-05-30T08:30
This week Áine Kelly-Costello chats to us about disability and migration and how the two intersect. Áine discusses the podcast Disability Crosses Borders and shares their own migration experience. ...
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Fighting for self-determination in West Papua from 2022-05-23T08:30
This week's show covers updates in the struggle for self-determination of West Papuans, including limitations of the Special Autonomy Law which was renewed in 2021, the Indonesian government’s push...
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Freedom rallies, young people and the far-right from 2022-05-23T07:30
In the lead up to the federal election, we’ve seen a host of minor far-right political parties spin, propagate, and actively spread disinformation, seemingly for political gain. All the while, the ...
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Stop the Expansion of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre from 2022-04-25T08:30
The Victorian Government is proposing to significantly expand the capacity of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre or DPFC, a women's prison on the western edge of Narrm, Melbourne. Drawing on the voices...
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Housing is a human right from 2022-04-18T08:30
Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis, and yet the primary focus of politicians is on private home ownership rather than protecting the most vulnerable. Chloé Cooper, a member of Save Publi...
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Stand for Uyghurs from 2022-03-27T21:30
This week we focus on the struggle of Uyghur people in occupied East Turkestan. The Chinese state has been intensifying genocide of Uyghurs in the last decade. We hear from Uyghur community member ...
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Borderless affirmations and Save Al-Aqsa from 2022-03-27T21:30
This week we hear from transgender Tamil woman Amity Mara on the Borderless Affirmations Mutual Aid group, which supports trans migrants (interview by Priya Kunjan, 3CR Thursday Breakfast). Later i...
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Fight for Public Health&Workplace Safety from 2022-03-27T21:30
The Covid-19 pandemic has intensified existing systemic inequalities. We hear from a rally in Melbourne, Fighting for public health and workplace safety. We hear from rally co-chairs, Sarah Hathawa...
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Poland-Belarus-Ukraine border crisis from 2022-03-21T08:30
This week on the program we focus on the situation for people fleeing from war on the Polish border with Belarus and Ukraine.More than 1.8 million people escaping war in Ukraine have arrived in Pol...
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Mitigating and adapting to climate change from 2022-03-14T08:30
Today's show features two women working towards climate justice in so-called Australia: Tishiko King, Campaign Director at Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network, and Emma Bacon, Executive Director ...
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Place, environment and narrative: Part II from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.566721
In part II of my exploration into how place, environment and our surroundings impacts the way we tell stories, I speak with Rebecca Giggs and Megan Cope, two women whose art is inextricably tied up...
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Women, sexuality and culture pt I: Australia from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.552388
This is the first in a Women on the Line miniseries, in which I’ll chat to a number of women about how their attitudes to sex and sexuality have been impacted by their culture.Linda Kirkman is a se...
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'An End To Prisons'? from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.544617
Aboriginal advocate for incarcerated women, former prisoner and pioneer Vickie Roach speaks of her experiences with the prison system and how institutionalisation is imposed on Aboriginal women at ...
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Women in Science from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.541737
With women underrepresented at the upper levels of science, we're losing opportunities for some of our brightest minds to contribute to innovation and research. Nicole takes a look at the barriers ...
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Women, sex and culture: Ageing and aged care from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.496218
Why does our society assume that older people have no sexuality, and what impact does this assumption have on individuals in the ageing population?In this episode, we explore the importance of sexu...
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Atong Atem and being a Third Culture Kid from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.487396
Atong Atem speaks on being a'Third Culture Kid', studying fine art in a very white institution and why she identifies with Womanism. atongatem.tumblr.com Front To The Back- Akoko
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Sounds of Feminism from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.475169
What would a feminist methodology sound like? That's the question that sound festival Liquid Architecture is posing. Over four weeks, 31 brilliant female artists are stepping up to respond. We hear...
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Not Just Black and White from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.467695
Mother and daughter authors Lesley and Tammy Williams chat with us about their newly released book,'Not Just Black And White - A Conversation Between a Mother and Daughter'. The book is a memoir ab...
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Feminism and selfies from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.459736
Cherchez La Femme is a monthly feminist talkshow held in Melbourne and hosted by founder Karen Pickering. The topic of the next Cherchez La Femme is Selfies and feminism. We chatted to one of the p...
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Against Detention from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.456678
On November 4 Friends, Families and Feminists Against Detention (FFFAD) staged an action at the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Melbourne to protest Australia's continued detenti...
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The Cashless Welfare Card from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.442157
This episode of Women on the Line focuses on the recently announced trials of the new Cashless Welfare Card and the implications of income management for Centrelink recipients. The cashless welfare...
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Climate for change: Women at COP21 from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.399415
This episode of Women on the Line will focus on the recent Paris climate talks, also known as COP21. We speak with two women who went to Paris for COP21, Maori activist Sina Brown-Davis, and Ursula...
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Women in Science and Engineering from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.391854
We speak to two women from WISE -- a Melbourne University-based action group that promotes and supports women who study and work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Presenter: Amy ...
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Women and Wealth Inequality from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.388682
This episode of Women on the Line discusses women and wealth inequality in light of the report"An Economy for the 1%"released by Oxfam in January 2016. We speak with Oxfam Australia chief executive...
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IWD: Launching'Poison' from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.373473
We speak with Sri Lankan-Australian musician and activist, ELSZ, about her debut album'Blue Scar'which centers an “intimate and confronting testimony about gendered violence” with a focus on how it...
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Cherchez La Femme: Feminism and Violence from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.365224
Cherchez la Femme put together an important discussion on feminism and violence late last year which is especially relevant in light of the release of the family violence report and recommendations...
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Sexuality and desire in relationships from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.357973
Sex is a tricky topic: many of us struggle to communicate about sex. When times get rough, it can feel like there isn’t much guidance out there and it can be hard to recognise our own needs - let ...
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Black Mist, White Rain from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.354946
Black Mist, White Rain was a four city speaking tour presented by ICAN, the International Coalition Against Nuclear Weapons, focussing on the idea that for many people in Australia and the Pacific...
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Focus on Coral Bleaching from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.342837
This week on Women on the Line we’re going to be looking at climate issues, specifically coral bleaching in Australia. Listeners may have heard the news which has emerged in the last few weeks that...
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Public Housing Now! from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.296016
This week on Women on the Line we’ll be presenting a snapshot of activism currently taking place around housing and homelessness in Melbourne. On the weekend of the 25th and 26th of June, in the le...
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Poetry and Noise from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.288971
This week on Women on the Line we’ll be bringing you a sonically diverse show featuring excerpts from “Poetry and Noise,” an evening of contemporary performances presented by Molten Upset which too...
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Grief, music and Cash Savage and the Last Drinks from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.286496
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks are one of Melbourne's stalwart live bands, well-known for their magnetic on-stage performance. We speak to Cash Savage (singer and songwriter) and Kat Mear (fiddle ...
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Jobs for Women Campaign from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.280508
This week’s show tells the story of the ‘Jobs for Women Campaign’ of the 1980s in Wollongong, New South Wales. Feminist-socialists and migrant women took on Australia’s then biggest employer, and w...
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The Color Purple&Blackbird from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.269714
It's an exciting time for art in Australia and on this week's show we speak with two wonderful artists, Thando Sikwila and Amie Batalabasi about the work they're doing.Thando is a musician and acto...
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The call for female-only mental health wards from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.260483
Mental health advocates have increasingly called for the need to reinstate female-only psychatric wards. These campaigns are about improving the safety and experience of women in crisis, including ...
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Black Gold - Lisa Bellear from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.248070
This week on Women on the Line we bring you an interview with the late Lisa Bellear. This interview was conducted by Women on the Line in 1992 and is part of 3CR's First Nations oral history projec...
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Never Again from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.239003
We take a look at the new US political landscape to ask how can Donald Trump’s administration, with a specific nod to his chief advisor Steve Bannon, be both pro-Israel and anti-semitic at the same...
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Be Bold for Change, with me from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.195156
Be Bold for Change, with me Women on the Line celebrates International Women’s Day with a collage of women talking about a woman or gender diverse person in their lives who has taught them what it...
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If not me, who? from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.186463
Kalpona Akter is the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity, a labour NGO in Bangladesh. She is a former child worker who started work in garment factories when she was t...
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No Profit From Rape from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.179125
Today's episode of Women On The Line commemorates May Day, international workers day, and in so doing, we look at the No Profit from Rape campaign, run by the 1800RESPECT telephone workers to defen...
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Liminal Magazine from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.090839
This week we chat all things Liminal Magazine, Asian-Australian voices and the power of autonomy in art. Liminal Magazine is an online publication that uses long form interviews between Asian-Austr...
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Juliana Huxtable from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.084244
We hear a discussion between 3CR Tuesday Breakfast’s Ayan Shirwa and Juliana Huxtable. Juliana is a poet, DJ, model, academic and performance artist. Her work explores gender, race and socio politi...
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Party Drugs and Policy Mugs from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.067800
This week's show is about upcoming drug law reform around recreational drug use, and what's current in harm reduction approaches.We’ll hear from three guests on this topic, Nevena Spirovska from g...
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A Breakfast Current Affairs Selection from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.054417
This week on Women on the Line we bring you a selection of interviews from 3CR Community Radio’s Breakfast Current Affairs presenters Ayaan Shirwa, Rachida Benamar, and Ruby Schwartz. We’ll hear A...
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WIRE and Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery from 2022-03-07T00:51:39.037599
We hear two incredibly fascinating and insightful interviews put together by 3CR’s Tuesday Breakfast team, Ayan Shirwa, Ruby Schwartz and George Maxwell. We first hear from Julie Kun, CEO of WIRE w...
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Protest Australia Day from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.962132
Today on Women on the Line, highlights from the Melbourne Invasion Day Rally. The 26th January, 2018 saw some of the biggest rallies across Australia in solidarity, defence and struggle with Aborig...
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Soundmakers from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.954274
Her Sound, Her Story is a documentary about the personal experiences, histories, and the significant social impact of women in the music industry across Australia, featuring many well-known names a...
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DIY Culture, Zines and Print Production from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.898041
On this week's Women on the Line we head to the Bay Area in California and Hong Kong to hear from two artists chat about zines, DIY culture, and making art in their respective hometowns.Multidiscip...
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REPEAT: The Call for Female-Only Mental Health Wards from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.895367
Mental health advocates have increasingly called for the need to reinstate female-only psychatric wards. These campaigns are about improving the safety and experience of women in crisis, including ...
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Women and The Criminal Justice System from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.871186
Today we look at violence against women and the response of the criminal justice system. The community response is often surrounding the need for greater police responses and a tougher approach on ...
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Women in Comedy from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.844117
A celebration of women in comedy. Comedy is more than just a pleasant way to pass an evening, humour more than something to amuse. It is interwoven into the fabric of our everyday existence - humou...
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Feminism in the Pub: Because of Her, We Can! from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.841110
This week on Women on the Line we bring you excerpts from a special NAIDOC week edition of Feminism in the Pub, “Because of Her, We Can!” presented by the Victorian Trades Hall Council. The panel d...
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South African Protest Theatre from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.784759
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with three female cast members of The Fall - a protest theatre production documenting the South African student movement of 2015. we speak with Ameera ...
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Save Westernport from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.769830
This week on the show we head to Westernport on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, where AGL have proposed the Crib Point gas import terminal. We’ll hear about the campaign to stop the floating ...
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Disability Pride is Back from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.767
Women on the Line speaks with Larissa McFarlane, activist and artist based in Melbourne about disability pride and it's power against structural systems and attitudes which marginalise people with ...
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Disability, Sexuality and HIV from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.755403
To commemorate World AIDS Day and International Day for Persons With A Disability 2018, we speak with Suzanne, an HIV and disability advocate with a background as a healthcare professional in diffe...
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Bumuntu in the DRC from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.742367
The 41st African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) Conference was held in November 2018 at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. In this show, we hear a presentatio...
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Safety Begins at Home - Gender Violence in International Aid from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.737721
Today’s Women on the Line looks at sexual and gender based violence in international development and humanitarian organizations.The interviewees are Hendrica Okondo, who has 20 years of experience ...
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School Strike for Climate from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.686097
On this episode of Women on The Line we’ll hear from student strikers based in Melbourne, fighting for climate justice as part of the School Strike for 4 Climate Australia network. Disillusioned by...
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Trans Day of Visibility from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.675727
March 31st, is International Transgender Day of Visibility. A day for the celebration and recognition of trans people. In today’s show we’ll recognise the struggles and celebrate older transgender ...
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Parenting and Disability from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.671347
This episode of Women on the Line is about Parenting with Disability. This show was part of 3CR’s special broadcast for International Day of People with Disability in 2018. Presented by Nicole Smit...
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Life and legacy of Roberta Perkins from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.658337
Sociologist, sex work, and trans activist, Roberta Perkins passed away in June 2018. She was a key founder of a number of organisations and has left behind many books and archives. What was her lif...
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Reclaiming Pride from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.650711
We hear excerpts from four gender non-conforming and women panellists: Jane Green (sex worker rights activist with Vixen collective), Miriam Khalil (contemporary artist), Tarneen Onus-Williams (wri...
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End-of-life Care: Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.644452
On 29 November 2017, the Victorian Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017, which has come to effect in 2019. We open this show with a poem, Things about Dying by Maxine Beneba Cla...
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Coal ash dumps and an update from the Adani blockade from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.641558
This week on the program we look at coal and coal fired power stations. We hear from Bronya Lipski, Environmental Justice Australia lawyer and author of recent report “Unearthing Australia’s toxic ...
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10 Years of Dance: No Lights No Lycra from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.599451
Marking 10 years of No Lights, No Lycra (NLNL) – a global dance community providing an inclusive and non-judgmental place for people, we speak with NLNL founder Alice Glenn, as well as hear from pe...
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Karen Feminist organising across Borders from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.590624
We hear from K'Nyaw Paw, General Secretary of the Karen Women's Organisation, on the struggle for justice for the Karen people, women's rights and support, under military rule in Burma / Myanmar . ...
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Preventing violence against women from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.586753
On today’s program, Women on the Line looks at campaigns and strategies for the prevention of violence against women. Gender Victoria held a conference on this issue in June 2019. Today we hear fro...
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Save Sacred Djab wurrung Landscape rally pt 2&Justice for Tanya Day from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.571828
We hear part 2 of the speeches at a rally called by Djab wurrung women to defend sacred land on September 10 in Melbourne.The fight to defend sacred Djab wurrung landscapes near Ararat, Victoria, f...
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Don't Read The Comments from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.557562
GEN VIC&MEAA launched'Don't Read the Comments: Enhancing Online Safety for Women Working in the Media'. The report outlines the discrimination and abuse faced by women journalists and what needs to...
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Sex work decriminalisation, NT and Vic from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.541943
The sex workers rights movement had a win with a bill for the decriminalisation of sex work in the Northern Territory passed on November 26th. Decriminalisation allows sex workers to access basic l...
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HIV and Intersectionality Part One from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.536845
Part one of a four part series of recordings from LaTrobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society’s one-day symposium looking critically at the intersection points of HIV...
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Left Write Hook from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.476214
On this show, you will hear from Donna Lyon, academic, filmmaker and boxer discussing her project ‘Left/ Write// Hook’ - designed to help women who have experienced sexual abuse and trauma find a c...
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Activism @ The Margins from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.455706
This week on Women on the Line, we hear some highlights from the Activism @ the Margins conference. In the first half of the show, Kashifa Aslam, an RMIT researcher, looks at the women behind the v...
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Doing two jobs at once: working from home, caring responsibilities and COVID-19 from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.448056
What is it like working from home for women and people with caring responsibilities? How can we expect women and carers to do two jobs at once?May the 1st is May Day, an important day for workers, ...
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Women on the Line - The story behind Tender from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.399754
This week, we are joined by Madison Griffiths, producer of Tender, a Broadwave Productions podcast about what happens when women leave abusive relationships. Madison is a writer, producer and poet ...
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Connection and Disconnection during the Covid19 pandemic crisis from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.396320
In this episode of Women on the Line you’ll be hearing from several women and gender non conforming people about their experiences of connection and disconnection during this current COVID19 pandem...
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Decarceration and housing justice from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.372733
This week we turn to two different areas long neglected by governments in Australia, now facing more dire consequences during the coronavirus pandemic: decarceration and housing justice. We hear fr...
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Bushfire preparation and people with disabilities from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.351703
How we prepare for, get through, and recover from disasters have sadly become increasingly pressing questions. But the impact of disasters, and people’s needs in these conditions can be very diffe...
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Ahead Of The Curve from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.343
This week on Women On The Line, we hear from Franco Stevens, founder of the magazine Curve, one of the largest lesbian magazines in the world, and Jen Rainin, director and co-producer of the docume...
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Survival Guide from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.294147
Survival Guide isn’t just another radio show. It is a fight for community, land, and for the right to exist unapologetically.In 2018, Lorna Munro and Joel Sherwood Spring got together to create a s...
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Evictions to homelessness and Gamil Means No from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.283561
This week we hear from two protests against injustice in Melbourne. First, we hear from the Renters and Housing Union Victoria's snap action against evictions to homelessness, where the government ...
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revisiting #freethe9towers from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.274578
As we welcome a new year, and Victoria settles into their new covid normal, one community still reeling from the lockdown are the residents of the nine towers. Most of you will remember that in Jul...
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Racial microaggressions at work from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.270307
On this week's show, senior academic Kathomi Gatwiri looks at racial microaggressions at work.Her study Racial Microaggressions at Work: Reflections from Black African Professionals in Australia is...
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Women on the Line - Hard to Bear from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.267240
This week we hear from Isabelle Oderberg, journalist, writer and non-profit communications specialist, about her upcoming book Hard To Bear, which is an investigation of how Australia manages early...
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Be/Longings: South East Asia Queer Cultural Festival from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.253744
This week on the program we pay a visit to the South East Asia Queer Cultural Festival (SEACQF), running completely online from February 13 to March 13.SEACQF has been put together to bridge the ga...
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IWD Special: Fighting back against police-perpetrated domestic violence from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.251172
On today's special International Women's Day show, we hear from Jay, a staunch victim-survivor of police-perpetrated domestic violence who is fighting for a safer world. Jay speaks to us about her ...
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Veronica Gorrie on her debut book"Black and Blue,"Kristin O'Connell on the cashless debit card and the end of JobKeeper from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.246856
This week on the program we hear an interview with Veronica Gorrie, a Gunai/Kurnai woman who lives and writes in Victoria. Veronica speaks about her debut book Black and Blue, a memoir of her child...
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Skateboarding, Consent and Inclusivity from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.240356
On today's episode, we're joined by Dr Indigo Willing and Emily Kafoa to talk about how skateboarders are shifting the conversation on consent, anti-racism and inclusivity. Indigo and Emily take us...
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Sardine Baby and State Injustice from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.195159
2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and 26 May was the 24th anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report, yet state violence against First Nat...
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Decolonial solidarity: Black'Australia'to Palestine from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.181441
This week Eugenia Flynn and Tasnim Sammak join us to explore the shared reality of erasure and history of struggle against settler-colonialism, genocide and oppression between Blak Australia and P...
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Holding state institutions accountable from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.172092
This week we hear from two women holding state institutions accountable and using their platforms to bring issues such as structural racism and state violence to the forefront.Alison Whittaker look...
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Hirak al-Rif: Indigenous protest at Africa-Europe Border from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.104032
In this week's episode, we are joined by Salua El Omari an activist and psychologist originally from the Rif in northern Morocco, working and living in Andalucia, Spain.She joins us to discuss the ...
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Elder abuse and A Fluorescent Feeling from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.095874
This week on Women on the Line, we’re joined by Melanie Joosten from Seniors Rights Victoria, to help us understand all about elder abuse. And later in the show, Georgia Mill, the host of the podca...
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Melbourne reactionary mayhem&policing the pandemic from 2022-03-07T00:51:38.079963
Mid-Late September has seen extraordinary reactionary mayhem in Melbourne. Anti-vaccination to anti-lockdown to far-right forces smashed the CFMEU office, took to city streets and were repressed b...
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inTouch and Pacific farmworkers from 2022-02-28T08:30
On this week’s program, we’re analyzing two stories making national news. Our first story looks at what happens when police view migrant and refugee women as the main aggressors in family violence ...
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Disability Justice&Covid summer crisis from 2022-02-21T08:30
This week we hear from queer, Maori-Polish writer, abolitionist and organiser, Julia Rose Bak, about the concept of disability justice (First aired on Radio A and A, also see Disability Justice ne...
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Stop the Narrabri Gas Project and #KillTheBill analysis of the Religious Discrimination Act from 2022-02-14T08:30
This week on the program we cover two important topics which have seen some significant development in the last week. First, we speak with two Gomeroi yinarr, Aunty Polly Cutmore and Traditional Cu...
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Sister Girl, 24 Years On from 2022-01-31T08:30
In this show, Murri historian and activist Dr Jackie Huggins speaks about the recently-published updated edition of'Sister Girl: Reflections on Tiddaism, Identity and Reconciliation', which is out ...
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50 years of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy from 2022-01-24T08:30
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy was founded 50 years ago on Invasion day, January 26, in 1972. It is the world's longest ongoing protest camp.In this episode, we air some archival audio from 1992 on th...
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Boycott Sydney Festival from 2022-01-17T08:30
We hear about the collective Boycott Sydney Festival campaign to end the troubling partnership between the Sydney Festival and the Israeli state. A Palestinian led campaign, as part of the Boycott ...
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Refugee education and community resilience in Indonesia from 2021-12-27T08:30
In this episode, we are joined by two writers based in Indonesia who speak with members of their communities.Firstly, Elina Mark works with two non-profit educational organisations: Education 4All ...
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Racial Capitalism from 2021-12-20T08:30
This week we're tackling the subject of racial capitalism: what is it, why should we care, and how does it threaten our existence? Helping us make sense of this concept is antiracist race critical ...
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Solidarity&struggle for Tamil&refugee freedom from 2021-12-13T08:30
Tamil people are fleeing violence in their homeland in Sri Lanka and facing border violence from the Australian government. This week we shed light on the Tamil struggle for freedom and the struggl...
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Charity crackdown and Another Day in the Colony from 2021-11-29T08:30
Today's episode features two timely conversations. First, we are joined by Fiona York, Executive Officer of Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) and a broadcaster on 3CR with HAAG's program Rai...
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Climate Change FX: young people and mental health from 2021-11-22T08:30
In light of what people, in particular Indigenous and First Nations peoples, have called a failure at COP26, we bring you two conversations on the effects of climate change.We first hear from the P...
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Eliminating female genital cutting and Voter Integrity Bill from 2021-11-15T08:30
This week we look at the Voter Integrity Bill 2021, and in the second half of the show, we discuss the practice of female genital cutting (FGC), its causes and the health risks.Helping us with the ...
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Critical Reflections on Social Work (Part 1) from 2021-10-25T08:30
In a piece for IndigenousX published 27 August 2020, Mineng Noongar social work academic Jacynta Krakouer stated that"Now is the time for critical race conversations in social work."Krakouer discus...
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COVID-19 and sexual violence in Aotearoa from 2021-10-18T08:30
In this episode, we look at the impacts of the pandemic on sexual and domestic violence (SV/DV) in Aotearoa (New Zealand).Sexual and gender-based violence specialists, Hala Nasr and Miriam Gioia Se...
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Data Report 2021 from 2021-10-10T07:00
This week we speak to Dr Maria Hach about the Sexual and Reproductive Health Data Report 2021.Dr Maria is the author of the report and the acting Research Advocacy and Policy Manager at Multicultur...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Access and Inequality from 2021-09-27T08:30
This week on the program we look at COVID-19 vaccine access and inequality.We begin with an interview with Nadia Mattiazzo, acting CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria, about how the COVID-19 v...
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20 Years on the Inside with Vickie Roach from 2021-09-20T08:30
On today's episode, we are joined by Vickie Roach, a Yuin woman, abolitionist and advocate for Aboriginal women in prison. Vickie speaks about the new 20 Years On The Inside podcast, which she co-h...
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Life under Australia's border policies from 2021-09-13T08:30
In this episode, we hear two conversations about the impacts of Australia’s border policy regime. Firstly, Renuga Inpakumar, a spokesperson for the Tamil Refugee Council, speaks about the current ...
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Justice for Fella&Ban Spit Hoods from 2021-08-30T08:30
Latoya is an Aboriginal&Maori, Takat?pui researcher, undertaking their PhD at UTS on Gadigal Land. Wiradjuri, Kokatha and Wirangu man, Wayne Fella Morrison, their brother, was a father, fisherman a...
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The pandemic and struggle: insights from Cuba and India from 2021-08-23T08:30
In today’s episode, we’ll be hearing about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic outside of Australia.Firstly, we hear from Mumbai-based labour movement activist Sujata who speaks about the effects ...
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Supporting First Nations mental health from 2021-08-16T08:30
In this episode, we're joined by Dr Tracy Westerman, a proud Nyamal woman from the Pilbara region of Western Australia and an internationally recognised expert in Aboriginal mental health, cultural...
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Homes not Prisons from 2021-07-26T08:30
This week we hear from two activists involved in the Homes not Prisons campaign, Amy and Karen, interviewed by Carly Baque on Thursday Breakfast. The campaign initiated by the advocacy service for ...
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Lyndall Ryan on the Frontier Wars and digital Colonial Frontier Massacres Map from 2021-07-19T08:30
This week on the program we hear an interview with Professor Lyndall Ryan, a leading historian of the Australian colonial frontier.Lyndall spoke with Marisa Sposaro, presenter and producer of 3CR ...
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Surviving and Resisting Institutional Racism from 2021-07-12T08:30
This week's episode of Women on the Line features two important discussions about the everyday operation and effects of racism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.First, we hear from Ke...
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Disrupting war&Dreaming Disability Justice from 2021-06-28T08:30
We hear an interview with Wage Peace anti-war protestor Margaret Pestorius, who attempted a citizen's arrest on former defense minister, Christopher Pyne, as part of the Disrupt Land Forces protest...
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Sex work in Space and No pride in police from 2021-06-21T08:30
We feature two different discussions around spaces at the margins. First, we hear from Gala Vanting speaking on the Emerging Writers' Festival and The Intro Room's event, Sex work in Space, who spe...
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Radiothon 2021! from 2021-06-14T08:30
We need your support to keep Women on the Line on radical 3CR community radio going for another year! Donate via our crowdraiser, or via the 3CR Donate page and mention us. We hear excerpts and dis...
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Disrupt arms deals | BDS, solidarity with Palestine from 2021-05-31T08:30
In the midst of human-caused atrocities by arms manufacturers, we air discussions of resistance and solidarity with lands being exploited and warred upon for profit from so-called Australia to West...
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Free Palestine&end mandatory detention from 2021-05-17T08:30
This week we feature the struggle by the Palestinian people against the occupying Israeli settler colony and the struggle against mandatory detention of asylum seekers. We hear first from Palestini...
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Against NDIS Independent Assessments! from 2021-05-10T08:30
This week on the program we look at proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, including “independent assessments,” which if implemented would require people with disabilities to...
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NDIS and imperial hygiene from 2021-04-26T08:30
On today’s show, we discuss the proposed changes to the National Insurance Disability Scheme as well as the broader political context surrounding the restructuring of the NDIS. Afterwards, we discu...
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Justice for Mhelody Polan Bruno from 2021-04-12T08:30
In Melbourne on April 6th, Filipino, Trans, and Asian communities held a vigil and protest for Mhelody Polan Bruno, a 25 year old Filipina trans woman who was killed in Wagga Wagga in 2019, followi...
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In community and out of prisons from 2021-03-15T08:30
In any given year, hundreds of kids languish behind bars. In Australia, the minimum age of criminal responsibility is 10. In other words, a 4th grader can be arrested and brought before the court. ...
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Fines: punitive control from 2021-02-22T08:30
This week we question the punitive nature of fines. We have fines under council laws for parking to public transport tickets to corporate toll road fines to now public health fines during the pande...
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Accessibility, inclusion and community-centred services from 2021-02-15T08:30
Designer and researcher Jo Szczepanska looks at what happens when marginalised communities seek legal help online. Later in the episode cohealth's community engagement coordinator, Jasmine Phillips...
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Politics of home&Wuurn of Kanak from 2021-01-18T08:30
This week we hear from Arika Waulu, a Gunai, Gunditjmara and Djapwurrung sovereign, community activator, and member of the LGBTQ community. They talk about the politics of home in the pandemic, inc...
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Invisible Voices 2020 Human Rights Day from 2020-12-28T08:30
On today’s show, we listen to excerpts from Invisible Voices 2020 Human Rights Day - a World Human Rights Day special broadcast on 3CR Community Radio. This special broadcast aired on 13 December 2...
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Womxn’s Covid-19: Archive and Artwork in Conversation – Part 2 from 2020-12-21T08:30
This week we bring you Part 2 of an MPavilion talk called Womxn’s Covid-19: Archive and Artwork in Conversation For almost a year now, artist and activist, Katie Sfetkidis has documented the storie...
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WOMXN’S COVID-19: ARCHIVE AND ARTWORK IN CONVERSATION from 2020-12-14T08:30
This week we bring you an MPavilion talk called WOMXN’S COVID-19: ARCHIVE AND ARTWORK IN CONVERSATION.For almost a year now, artist and activist, Katie Sfetkidis has documented the stories of women...
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Blockade IMARC: Latin American Perspectives from 2020-11-30T08:30
This week on the program we focus on Blockade IMARC, an online conference and actions series focussed on resisting extractive industries, colonialism and capitalism.IMARC stands for the internation...
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Bewilderment and Social Justice from 2020-11-23T08:30
In this episode with poet, Darlene Silva Soberano, we speak about the possibilities of poetry and social justice. How bewilderment, found through poetry and daily living, can keep us connected to ...
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Safety for Who?: Abolitionist perspectives on criminalising coercive control from 2020-11-16T08:30
In September 2020, a private member’s bill aiming to criminalise coercive control was introduced in the NSW parliament. Penalties under the bill includes jail terms of up to 10 years. Coercive con...
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The despair of cashless welfare from 2020-10-26T08:30
The Federal government is currently pushing to expand its trialled cashless debit card scheme provided by Indue that quarantines 80% of recipient's payments. We hear from Amanda from the advocacy g...
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Police powers and protest under COVID-19 from 2020-10-19T08:30
This week on the program we look at changes to both the structure and culture of policing during COVID-19.We speak with Tiffany Overall from Youthlaw about the implications of a new bill which will...
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Mental Health and Reproductive Hormones from 2020-10-12T08:30
On this episode of Women on The Line you’ll hear from Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, the Professor of Psychiatry, at The Alfred and Monash University.Today we hear from Jayashri about the link betwee...
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Why do we need social mixing? from 2020-09-28T08:30
In 2006, the minister for Melbourne Bronwyn Pike told the Carlton Residents Association that the Carlton Redevelopment project would “break down the social housing ghetto”. The ghetto Bronwyn refer...
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New Understandings in Our Urban Envrionments from 2020-09-21T08:30
In this episode listen to Shoshanna Dreyfus speak about her research project to co-design potentially the worlds’ first all abilities and ages inclusive playground in the City of Wollongong. You’ll...
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Stories from women inside prison from 2020-09-14T08:30
We hear stories from women inside prison. People in prisons are already experiencing state violence, now during a pandemic where contagion can spread like wildfire in crowded indoor spaces. We hear...
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Putting the lens on Street Harassment and Australia's Tertiary Education system from 2020-08-31T08:30
In this episode listen to Aakanksha Manjunath and Natasha Sharma from ‘It’s Not a Compliment’ about their inclusive campaigns addressing street harassment and measures they’re taking to respond to ...
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Diaspora Blues from 2020-08-24T08:30
This week, we are joined by Ayan Shirwa, producer of Diaspora Blues. Ayan talks to us about her show, the importance of cultural diversity in media, and how to tackle systemic barriers to increase ...
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Oromo Protests from 2020-08-17T08:30
In 2016, marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa made headlines during his Olympic run in Rio. As he passed the finish line he crossed his arms over his head. This gesture would send Feysia into exile for tw...
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Homebirth and the Covid19 Pandemic from 2020-08-10T08:30
Hospital maternity departments are rapidly changing protocols and policies in an attempt to protect staff and patients from the Covid-19 virus. However, these changes leave birthing people concerne...
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13 Years of the failed Northern Territory Intervention from 2020-07-27T08:30
June 21 marked 13 years of the failed Northern Territory Intervention.To mark this date, groups Concerned Australians, the Intervention Rollback Action Group and Stop the Intervention Collective Sy...
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Covid19 response: Healthcare and Justice not Racism, from 2020-07-20T08:30
In this episode we bring you some of the key stories and messages delivered by Hope Mathumbu and Sue Bolton during the Online Forum: Covid19 response: Healthcare and Justice not Racism, hosted by S...
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Policing the Pandemic from 2020-07-13T08:30
On 30 June 2020, the Victorian government announced a lockdown of specific hotspot suburbs in an effort to control the spread of COVID19 cases. Less than a week later, on 5 July 2020, the Victorian...
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1919 Pandemic: Gender and community from 2020-06-22T08:30
We hear from two historians, Mary Sheehan and Liz Crash, talking on the experience of the Influenza pandemic that peaked in 1919 through the lens of today's pandemic. They cover a broad area, with ...
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Coronavirus Supplement from 2020-05-25T08:30
It’s been almost a month since eligible Australian’s started receiving their Coronavirus Supplement. This extra $550 a fortnight payment was the government’s financial response to the COVID-19 pand...
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Care work&disability and the 1919 Pandemic from 2020-05-11T08:30
This week we look at two different areas, but both relating back to this current pandemic.Many disabled and chronically ill people have been navigating living at home long before the pandemic and h...
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Immigration Detention during COVID19 from 2020-04-20T08:30
This week on Women on the Line, we explore how the COVID19 pandemic is affecting people in immigration detention both in the US and here in Australia. First, we listen to a conversation between Max...
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Working together (and staying apart) during COVID-19 from 2020-03-23T08:30
It’s a strange time at the moment, a time to stick together, while doing our best to physically stay apart. This week on the program we speak with epidemiologist Dr Meru Sheel based at the Australi...
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Intersectionality from 2020-03-16T08:30
This week on Women on the Line, we hear a speech by social theorist and activist Professor Patricia Hill Collins on why intersectionality matters. This talk was recorded at the Activism at the Marg...
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Flood plain harvesting in NSW, bushfire impacts in East Gippsland from 2020-02-24T08:30
This week on the program we look at flood plain harvesting in NSW and the impact of bushfires in East Gippsland. We'll hear excerpts from a recent interview by 3CR Community Radio Tuesday Hometime ...
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Racism in the colony: Invasion day to travel ban protests from 2020-02-17T08:30
This week we hear speeches from protests tackling racism in the settler colony. First, we hear from the Invasion Day 2020 rally in Melbourne, organised by the Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance,...
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The Chilean Rebellion from 2020-02-10T08:30
Since October 2019, Chile has been crippled by rolling strikes across multiple sectors of the economy, and generalised political rebellion in the streets. The cause of these uprisings at one point,...
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Abolish Australia Day! from 2020-01-27T08:30
Today on Women on the Line, the campaign to abolish Australia Day. January 26 marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, the invasion of Australi...
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#JusticeforMhelody&Phillipines solidarity from 2020-01-20T08:30
This week we hear about the broader issues of oppression around the struggle for Justice for Filipina trans woman Mhelody Polan Bruno, who was killed on holiday in Australia last year. We hear from...
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Stop India’s Citizenship Amendment Act from 2020-01-13T08:30
India’s Hindu-supremacist BJP government has stepped up its state repression by ramming through areactionary Citizenship Amendment Act in early December 2019. The law grants Indian citizenship to n...
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HIV and Intersectionality Part Four: HIV and the Law from 2019-12-30T08:30
The fourth and final part in a series of recordings from LaTrobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society’s one-day symposium looking critically at the intersection points...
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HIV and Intersectionality Part Three: Evidence in HIV Research from 2019-12-23T08:30
Part three of a four part series of recordings from LaTrobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society’s one-day symposium looking critically at the intersection points of H...
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HIV and Intersectionality Part Two: Supporting Women from 2019-12-16T08:30
Part two of a four part series of recordings from LaTrobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society’s one-day symposium looking critically at the intersection points of HIV...
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The Women's Art Register: Unknown Hands from 2019-11-25T08:30
This week on the program we look at Re-Register: Australian Women Sculptors from the Women’s Art Register, which the inaugural Women’s Art Register Artist-In-Residence program. The Register, which ...
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Kurdish Self Determination from 2019-11-18T08:30
On 6 October 2019, Donald Trump ordered American troops to withdraw from northeastern Syria, where the United States had been supporting its Kurdish allies. Three days later, Turkey launched airstr...
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A license to discriminate from 2019-10-28T08:30
'Religious freedom'has been the latest rallying point of the conservative Christian right since after their marriage postal survey loss. The Morrison government has a draft religious discrimination...
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Preventing Violence Against Criminalised Women from 2019-10-21T08:30
On today’s program, Women on the Line looks at campaigns and strategies for the prevention of violence against women. Gender Equity Victoria held a conference on this issue in June 2019. On today’s...
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Save Footscray Park from 2019-10-14T08:30
Built on the stolen land of the Kulin Nation in 1911, Footscray Park has been an important part of Melbourne's western suburbs community for over 100 years. On this show, hear from Gemma Cafarella,...
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Save Sacred Djab wurrung Landscape rally pt 1 from 2019-09-30T08:30
This week we hear some of the speeches at a rally called by Djab wurrung women to defend sacred land on September 10 in Melbourne. We hear from Georgia Mae, Lidia Thorpe, Marjorie Thorpe, Aunty Don...
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Gender self-determination with Amao Leota Lu from 2019-09-23T08:30
Negative press about trans and gender diverse people has dominated parts of the mainstream media this year. This week we have a wide-ranging conversation on gender self-determination with Amao Leot...
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Preventing violence against women part 2 from 2019-09-16T08:30
On today’s program, Women on the Line looks at campaigns and strategies for the prevention of violence against women. Gender Victoria held a conference on this issue in June 2019.Today we hear from...
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Women who Volunteer from 2019-08-26T08:30
On this show, you will hear from Rosy Satanek events coordinator with Volunteering Victoria. You will also hear from Hilary and Jade, two community members discussing their experiences as current a...
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Science interplaying with Art from 2019-08-19T08:30
This National Science Week, we hear a discussion on the interplay between science and art. On the 7th of August, Yarra Libraries held a forum, Adding the A to the STEM, Stem standing for Science, T...
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Tamar Hopkins on Racial Profiling from 2019-08-12T08:30
This week on the program we speak with Tamar Hopkins, researcher and founding lawyer of the Police Accountability Project at the Flemington and Kensington Legal Centre, about racial profiling by po...
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Viral Hepatitis B and C in Australia from 2019-07-29T08:30
Marking World Hepatitis Day 2019, we hear from Dr Kudzai Kanhutu, Deputy Chief Medical Information Officer at Royal Melbourne Hospital discussing Hepatitis B; and Anne Roseman, Sexual Health and Bl...
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Solidarity against colonialism and racism from 2019-07-22T08:30
We hear from a panel held by the Australian Jewish Democratic Society on July 6th,'From Australia to Israel / Palestine - Transnational solidarity against the intersections of colonialism and racis...
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Fighting for Climate Justice from 2019-07-15T08:30
We hear from We Are Union Women's Feminism in the pub: Fighting for Climate Justice panel held on June 19th. We hear from Amanda Mahomet, Arrernte woman; Katherine Cunningham, Gippsland resident an...
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I think, therefore Yo Soy: Latinx women in the Arts from 2019-06-24T08:30
A celebration of the respresentation of Latinx communities in mainstream Australian arts and culture: We hear from Ruby Pivet and Jessica Ibacache, cofounders of ¡Yo Soy! - A Melbourne-based arts c...
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Palestine Solidarity and Sex Worker Rights from 2019-06-10T08:30
We hear from a rally held by Solidarity for Palestine, Narrm, Melbourne in May, on the Nakba, the ongoing catastrophe. Next, we listen to Respect Inc QLD co-ordinator Elena Jeffreys who speaks to t...
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When Partners Speak from 2019-05-27T08:30
Women on the Line speaks to two women involved with PartnerSPEAK, an organisation of peers who reach out to partners and families of people using and making child abuse material.
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Living with ME/CFS: #MillionsMissingAustralia from 2019-05-20T08:30
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, commonly and collectively known as ME/CFS is a complex, acquired illness with many symptoms whose presentation and severity vary from person ...
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The Big Issue: Precarity and Poverty from 2019-05-13T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we'll be speaking with Jessica Gerrard, Senior Lecturer in Education, Equity and Politics at the University of Melbourne, about her research looking at precarit...
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Murray-Darling Basin in Crisis from 2019-04-29T08:30
Water management in the Murray-Darling Basin is extremely complex, defined by the differing and in some cases opposing needs of communities, agribusiness and the environment. This week on the progr...
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Justice for Tanya Day - Remember Her Name from 2019-04-22T08:30
It's been 28 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. In Victoria, over 80 Aboriginal, health, human rights, housing, legal and women’s organisations are calling on Premi...
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A Bill of Rights for Australia: Talking with Gillian Triggs from 2019-04-15T08:30
Celine Yap speaks with Gillian Triggs, former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, about her campaign to introduce a Bill of Human Rights into Australia.Thank you to 3CR's Refugee R...
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Djab Wurrung Embassy + Student Strike 4 Climate from 2019-03-25T08:30
This week on the program we bring you an interview with Aunty Sandra Onus speaking from the Djab Wurrung Embassy in Victoria, and also some coverage of the Melbourne School Strike 4 Climate held on...
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Pill Testing and Festival Organising from 2019-03-18T08:30
Over the 2019 summer, music festivals - particularly those in NSW - have been put in the spotlight with a number of young people overdosing on substances. This prompted health and other professiona...
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#NunsToo, Spiritual Abuse and the Fall of Cardinal Pell from 2019-03-11T08:30
A fledgling #NunsToo movement has entered the public sphere while a much disparaged global summit on child sex abuse has taken place at the Vatican. Here in Australia, Cardinal Pell has been convic...
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Gay Conversion Ban Therapy in Victoria from 2019-02-25T08:30
On the 3 of February at the 2019 Victorian Pride March, the Daniel Andrews Government announced that gay conversion therapy would be banned in Victoria - making this state the first in Australia to...
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Women in startups from 2019-02-18T08:30
The Melbourne Accelerator Program also known as MAP was launched in 2012, as the first University-aligned startup accelerator in Australia. In February 2019, in collaboration with Startup Victoria,...
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Genocide, Armed Conflict and Sexual Violence from 2019-02-11T08:30
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict,"In this show, we speak with Nikki...
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Grandmothers Against Removals Victoria from 2019-01-28T08:30
Invasion Day, commonly known as Australia Day in this country is a time for mourning, a time for struggle. On this show we will be looking at the intergenerational trauma created by a system and a ...
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Feminist Philosophies from 2018-12-24T08:30
The field of philosophy has long been a hostile environment for women. Feminist thought has been slow to infiltrate the significant back catalogue of ideas and theories that have shaped how we unde...
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Another Stolen Generation from 2018-12-10T08:30
December 10 is Human Rights Day, and this week on Women on the Line we look at a human rights issue that is very close to home: the rising number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children i...
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Youth Mental Health in Schools, Gender Whisperers from 2018-11-12T08:30
On this week on Women on the Line look at mental health issues that LGBTIQ+ young people and rural and regional young people are facing today. We chat with Mel Gaylard, secondary school teacher wh...
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Antimicrobial Stewardship from 2018-10-29T08:30
World Antibiotic Awareness Week occurs annually in November aiming to draw attention to the role of effective use of antibiotics in preventing and containing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In Melb...
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Kids On The Streets, Kids Off Narau from 2018-10-22T08:30
In this week’s Women on the Line, we speak to Nyah and Romy, two young people who’ve spent many weeks organising a ‘Children’s March for Nauru’ in Melbourne. We talk about refugee advocacy and what...
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All the Feels – a mental illness/health fundraiser from 2018-10-15T08:30
On this week on Women on the Line we hear a live recording of ‘All the Feels’ – a mental illness and health fundraiser for In Sickness and In Stealth art collective. The event was held on National ...
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Precarious Housing and Refugee Health from 2018-09-24T08:30
In Melbourne, as part of a joint investigation between the Royal Melbourne Hospital Refugee Health Program and Cohealth Community Health Service, a team of public health professionals have been con...
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Salome's Circle from 2018-09-17T08:30
Salome’s dance of the seven veils is inspiration for the name of a collective of strippers and adult industry performers who have come together to build community and improve working conditions as ...
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Women and the Health Industrial Complex from 2018-09-10T08:30
This episode of Women on The Line we look at women, their bodies and the institutions which attempt to govern us – the health and medical industries.We’ll hear from Sheridon Byrne, a feminist activ...
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My Health Record from 2018-08-27T08:30
On this week on Women on the Line we take a closer look at the recent changes to the Australian Government's My Health Record system. Earlier this year the Government announced that the system woul...
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OWLS - Older Women Lost in Housing from 2018-08-20T08:30
Women on the Line hears this week from OWLS, Older Women Lost in Housing. At an event hosted by the Justice Committee of the Victorian Women Lawyers, we hear from two speakers, Penny Leemhuis, an O...
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Women, Food and Culture from 2018-08-13T08:30
"Food is more than sustenance and nutrition, it has social, cultural and symbolic meanings which structure not only our daily lives, but also life transitions...Food represents an arena where power...
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Feminism in the Pub:'Because of Her, We Can!'(part two) from 2018-07-30T08:30
This week on Women on the Line we bring you the second part of the 2018 NAIDOC week panel discussion of Feminism in the Pub, “Because of Her, We Can!” presented by the Victorian Trades Hall Council...
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30 years since the Fairlea Wring Out from 2018-07-23T08:30
We commemorate 30 years since the first Fairlea Wring Out demonstration with community activists, academics and prison abolitionists Amanda George and Emma Russell. The first Wring Out Fairlea demo...
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Birthing on Country from 2018-07-16T08:30
‘Aboriginal women have been displaced from being the experts of their birthing experiences through tradition, culture and experience, to being passive recipients of medicalised and institutionalise...
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The Problem of Mandatory Sentencing from 2018-06-25T08:30
Mandatory sentencing for attacks on emergency workers are proposed as a tough but fair health and safety measure. Yet this approach has been shown to be ineffective, while devastating the lives of ...
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Race and Community Care from 2018-06-18T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we look at race and community care. We chat with Caroline Ridler who is the Coordinator for the Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color (QTIPOC) project at Switc...
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Forced divorce, sex worker rights and the Nordic model and exclusion zones for abortion clinics: three legislative perspectives from 2018-06-11T08:30
This week on Women on the Line we feature three perspectives on legislation that has a significant impact on people's lives.Jiselle Hanna speaks with Sally Goldner of Transgender Victoria about the...
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Feminist mentors and writers from 2018-05-21T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with two feminist writers of colour about mentorship and writing feminism. We chat with Natalie Kon-Yu about the Feminist Writers Festival, mentorships ...
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Negro Speaks of Books from 2018-04-30T08:30
This week on Women on the Line we chat to Inez Trambas about Negro Speaks of Books.Negro Speaks of Books is an online platform created to host conversations about books written by authors of Colour...
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SESTA – FOSTA&All Sex Workers Go To Heaven from 2018-04-23T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line we look at the recent Trump legislation SESTA/FOSTA and how it impacts sex workers and internet censorship. We chat with Daisy who is the co-founder of All Sex ...
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Medically Supervised Injecting Centres from 2018-04-16T08:30
Medically Supervised Injecting Centres have been proven to be an effective way of preventing deaths from from drug overdoses, and helping people to access safe injecting equipment and support servi...
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The Language of Distance from 2018-03-26T08:30
On Women on the Line we look into the language of distance. How do we navigate both visible and invisible borders? Where is home and who gets to feel at home? We chat with artist and curator Talia ...
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Image Based Abuse from 2018-03-12T08:30
Today on Women on the Line, we look at some research that’s being done in the space of revenge porn, more accurately labelled, image based abuse.Recent research has found that one in five australia...
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The Beast and the Garden from 2018-02-19T08:30
On this week's Women on the Line we chat with Annie Humphrey, Anishinaabe singer and song writer living on Leech Lake Indian Reservation. Annie chats with us about her latest album"The Beast and th...
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Women on the Line - Sound and Spoken Word from 2018-02-12T08:30
This week we bring you a very special episode of Women on the Line featuring selections from our annual fundraiser held in late 2017 at the Yarra Hotel in Melbourne. You’ll hear from musicians and ...
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Black Quantum Futurism from 2018-01-29T08:30
We speak to Rasheedah Phillips and Moor Mother from Black Quantum Futurism about the intersections of justice and science fiction as well as the beauty of community building through an Afrofuturist...
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Rainbow Futures from 2018-01-22T08:30
As we move into 2018, and the dust settles on the Marriage Equality Bill which has now moved into law, and a few more wedding bells have started ringing, this week’s show looks to what’s next for L...
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Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons from 2017-12-25T08:30
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Australian -founded International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in Norway on International Human Rights Day on December 10th. Australian campaigne...
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Trump, Jerusalem&the State of Palestine from 2017-12-18T08:30
Palestinian activist Mai Hamed helps us unpack the recent statement US President Donald Trump made about Jerusalem becoming the capital of Israel. This statement was met with outrage from European ...
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Odissi Dance, Sthithi, and Mapping Melbourne from 2017-12-11T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line, Thanh H?ng Ph?m chats with Odissi dancer and teacher Monica Singh Sangwan and her student, Yee Wen Soo about classical indian dance, passing on tradition and k...
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Handstanding and Grandstanding from 2017-11-27T08:30
As part of programming for International Day of Disabled Persons 2017 which falls this week, artist Larissa Mac Farlane joins me by phone to talk about disability and art practice, disability pride...
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blak matriachy and Indigenous women make powerful art from 2017-11-20T08:30
On this episode of Women on the Line Thanh H?ng Ph?m chats to Wemba-Wemba and Gunditjmara artist, curator and writer Paola Balla on blak matriachy and powerful blak women making art. We also hear f...
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Now what? 100 years after the Russian Revolution from 2017-11-13T08:30
This year marks the 100 year anniversary of the Russian Revolution – a momentous event in human history. In 1917, Russian women garment workers went on strike. They were protesting the desperate po...
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Indigenous Solidarity Gathering from 2017-10-16T08:30
On today’s program, we bring you some coverage from the2017 Indigenous and Grass roots Movements Solidarity Gathering. The conference was held in Melbourne Australia, over the weekend of 7&8 Octobe...
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January 26 from 2017-09-25T08:30
January 26, known officially as Australia Day, marks the beginning of the European colonisation of what would become known as Australia.While the date is celebrated as Australia's national day, for...
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AMKA - Narratives from the African Diaspora from 2017-09-18T08:30
This week we chat with the inimitable Manal Younus about her work as a writer, educator and performer. We also chat about her upcoming collaborative show'AMKA - Narratives from the African Diaspora...
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REPEAT - Women in Detention and Spiritual Healing from 2017-08-28T08:30
This week on Women on the Line we hear a repeat episode from earlier in the year Madhuni from RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees discussed the experiences of women in detention and Aborigi...
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Against the Postal Plebiscite from 2017-08-21T08:30
This week on Women on the Line we look at the postal plebiscite on marriage equality, which is being pushed forward by the Federal Government but is currently subject to not one but two separate Hi...
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The Criminal Injustice System from 2017-08-14T08:30
Indigenous Australians are the most incarcerated people in the world. Nationally, Aboriginal people are jailed at a rate five times greater than black males were under Apartheid South Africa. In We...
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#WomenHoldingHands&Hepatitis Awareness from 2017-07-31T08:30
Today we hear two interviews by 3CR broadcasters Jiselle Hanna and Hope Mathumbu. First Jiselle speaks with Catherine Barrett of Alice's Garage labout the #WomenHoldingHands campaign. Later we hear...
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Apmere angkentye-kenhe from 2017-07-24T08:30
This week on Women on the Line we travel to Mparntwe, also known as Alice Springs, to look at the Arrernte language project Apmere angkentye-kenhe which translates into English as “A place for lang...
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Mothers'Ruin - a feminist cabaret history of gin from 2017-07-17T08:30
On this week's episode of Women on the Line, we hear from comedica caberet duo, Maeve Marsden and Libby wood, the creaters of Mothers'Ruin. Equal parts historical and hysterical, all heaving harmon...
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Facing Fascism: Lessons from history from 2017-07-10T08:30
Bernadette McAliskey is a prominent Irish republican socialist political activist and feminist. This week’s Women on the Line is from a speech she gave in April this year in Dublin, Ireland, at the...
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Amazing Babes from 2017-06-26T08:30
We hear three short speeches from one of the Emerging Writers Festival’s most popular events, Amazing Babes. Amazing Babes is a night where eight women perform an ode to an amazing babe in their li...
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Women in Community Broadcasting from 2017-06-19T08:30
You might have heard of WINGS, the Women's International News Gathering Service. Your community radio station might even broadcast WINGS. In May this year, WINGS hosted an international webcast, wh...
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Transpossible from 2017-05-29T08:30
This week on Women on the Line we bring you coverage of Myriad Collective’s TRANSPOSSIBLE, a month long showcase of trans and gender diverse talent, including an art exhibition, two performance nig...
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Feminism in the Pub: Sexism at Work from 2017-05-22T08:30
On today's program, we broadcast some excerpts from Feminism in the Pub. Feminism in the Pub is a feminist conversation series, hosted by Victoria Trades Hall Council Women's team's, the We are Uni...
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Nyasukeji:'The First Born Girl' from 2017-05-15T08:30
Nyasukeji'The First Born Girl'is an exhibition on black womanhood and culture currently showing at Connection Arts Space in Melbourne. The artists involved in the exhibition Nyaruot Ruth Ruach, Von...
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Black Lives Matter from 2017-04-24T08:30
In Melbourne Australia, a socialist organisation called Socialist Alternative organises an annual Marxism Conference over the Easter long weekend. This year, they invited special guest Haley Pessin...
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Muslim Women Make Noise from 2017-04-17T08:30
The bodies and stories of Muslim women in Australia and around the world have been on high rotation in the media for the last decade at least.As part of a partnership with the Australian Muslim Wom...
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Penalty Rates from 2017-04-10T08:30
The recent Fair Work Commission decision to cut penalty rates for workers in the retail and hospitality sectors raises serious questions about the future of work and our priorities around protectin...
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I Am My Own Guardian from 2017-03-27T08:30
The side wall of 3CR has been a beautiful and collaborative mural since I can remember. A new edition to our mural is Ms Saffaa's beautiful collaborative paste up project. On today's show I chat wi...
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Middleton Street from 2017-03-20T08:30
Mid last year, I visited my old share house in Petersham, in Sydney’s inner west. It was the night of the Federal election, but the occasion was in fact an eviction party for the house, which at th...
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International Working Women's Day from 2017-03-13T08:30
On the program today we replay some of the speeches from this year's International Women's Day march in Melbourne Australia.International Women's Day has an extraordinary history, and one very much...
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Women in Detention and Spiritual Healing from 2017-02-27T08:30
This week on Women on the Line we hear from Madhuni from RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees discussing the experiences of women in detention. We also hear from Aboriginal spiritual healer M...
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#nohomelessban from 2017-02-20T08:30
Following the much publicised break up of the homeless and rough sleeping community outside Flinders Street Station in central Melbourne on February 1st, on this week’s episode of Women on the Line...
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Justice for Ms Dhu from 2017-02-13T08:30
Ms Dhu's death could have been prevented if she had been given antibiotics, and found police acted unprofessionally and inhumanely - that was the finding of the coronial inquest into the death of A...
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Arts + Sovereignty from 2017-01-30T08:30
We listen to a panel discussion called Arts + Sovereignty which was part of the Wominjeka Festival at Footscray Community Arts Centre. The panel was facilitated by Paola Balla who was joined by a w...
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Lights, camera, activism! Two perspectives on film making and gender in Australia from 2016-12-26T08:30
This episode of Women on the Line we bring you two perspectives on barriers to film making for women in an Australian context. First we speak with Amy Browne about building networks in Melbourne t...
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Bersih 5.0 - A fight against corruption in Malaysia from 2016-12-19T08:30
Bersih, which literally means clean in Malay, is a movement that started in 2006 to build a mass oppositional force to corrupt government elections. On November 19 2016, 40,000 Malaysians took to ...
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Elousie Cobell: Native American Activist and Banker from 2016-12-12T08:30
Elousie Cobell was a Native American tribal elder, activist and banker. While treasurer of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana, in the United States, she showed up many financial irregularities and deep...
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Part 2: Fight Like a Girl from 2016-11-21T08:30
Clementine Ford is an Australian feminist writer, broadcaster and public speaker. She has a regular column in Daily Life. In 2015, Ford received abusive messages online and responded by making some...
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Part 1: Fight Like a Girl from 2016-11-14T08:30
Clementine Ford is an Australian feminist writer, broadcaster and public speaker. She has a regular column in Daily Life. In 2015, Ford received abusive messages online and responded by making some...
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Angela Davis from 2016-10-31T08:30
We listen to interview with activist, author, academic and prison abolitionist Professor Angela Davis during her visit to the Moroccan Deli-cacy on Lygon Street for a panel discussion organised by ...
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Walk with the Valley from 2016-10-24T08:30
In September 2016, producer Aoife Cooke joined the'Walk with the Valley'event, walking 100 kilometers to demonstrate commitment to a ‘just transition’ for the Latrobe Valley in Victoria. Participan...
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Organising in the Indian Automobile Industry from 2016-10-17T08:30
Today on Women on the Line, we look at a dispute at Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India factory in the North Indian State of Rajastan. The workers there have been on a hunger strike for over 3 weeks...
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In conversation with Alok Vaid-Menon from 2016-10-10T08:30
This week on Women on the Line we bring you an interview with Alok Vaid-Menon from trans south asian performance art duo DarkMatter. Women on the Line was able to speak with Alok in New York City i...
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Writing as women from 2016-09-19T08:30
During Melbourne Writers Festival, we spoke to two writers making significant waves with their literature this year.Charlotte Wood picked up the Stella prize for The Natural Way of Things, while Fi...
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Period Panic! from 2016-09-12T08:30
[Image: Menstrual Designer Jen Lewis and Photographer Rob Lewis]This week’s show is about periods - the monthly mess we both celebrate and shy away from. There is recurring taboo around monthly cyc...
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Fighting Gentrification in Brooklyn from 2016-08-29T08:30
What is gentrification and how does it work? This week on Women on the Line we bring you a snapshot of activism around gentrification, racism and police violence from Brooklyn, New York City. On Au...
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Doing It: A book where women reclaim sexuality from 2016-08-22T08:30
Karen Pickering is a feminist presenter, writer and educator and founder of Cherchez La Femme is Melbourne’s monthly talkshow of popular culture, news and current affairs from an unapologetically f...
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West Writers Forum: Our Stories from 2016-07-25T08:30
We chat with the wonderful artist and educator Grace Vanilau about her work in decolonising arts spaces and her involvement the West Writers Forum: Our Stories. Grace explains what it means to deco...
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Tea Strike! from 2016-07-18T08:30
Women on the Line teams up with the Women's International News Gathering Service for this week's show. WINGS producer Smita Ramanathan traveled to Kerala to meet the ‘Pembillai Orumai’ or ‘Women’s ...
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#UniversitiesSoWhite from 2016-07-11T08:30
This week we talk universities. We explore how students of colour navigate these very white institutions and what services are available for them. Karen Jackson, director of Moondani Balluk Academi...
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Black Women's Revelations from 2016-06-27T08:30
Note: this show contains sexually explicit language.Women On The Line is joined by Sista Zai Zanda, organiser of a special live radio event, Revelations. We explore what it means to be of African d...
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Save YEAH: Youth Empowerment Against HIV has been de-funded from 2016-06-20T08:30
Youth Empowerment Against HIV/AIDS, or YEAH, Australia's only youth-led sexual health program, has lost its core funding from our federal government, and will close on June 30 without a lifeline. W...
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Facebook fat-shaming vs Cherchez La Femme from 2016-05-30T08:30
Cherchez La Femme, Melbourne-based feminist group, had an advertisement featuring plus-sized model Tess Holliday banned by Facebook for'health reasons'. In this week's episode, we express our suppo...
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Entering the ‘Manosphere’ from 2016-05-23T08:30
The Red Pill, Pick-up Artists, the Beta Uprising and MGTOW …the rallying ideas of a bewildering mess of anti-feminist online subcultures. Are these online spaces a meeting place for lonely social m...
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A Disturbed Earth from 2016-05-16T08:30
This episode of Women on the Line we speak to documentary film maker Rihab Charida about her project A Disturbed Earth, in which she embarks on a journey with her father, a Palestinian refugee, bac...
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Women with Disabilities tackle gender violence from 2016-04-25T08:30
Women with Disabilities Victoria's new programme brings women with disabilities and women working against sexual violence into disability services to work with management, staff and clients as part...
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Women on the Line - Lady Sings it Better from 2016-04-18T08:30
Today, we meet half of Sydney-based feminist cabaret quartet Lady Sings It Better. The troupe perform pop songs with a hilarious and poignant feminist subtext, taking to the stage at comedy festiva...
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Hot Brown Honey from 2016-04-11T08:30
Two members of the excellent Hot Brown Honey team, Busty Beatz and Lisa Fa'alafi come in to chat with us about their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show! Hot Brown Honey is a radical, chee...
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Women on the Line - Money, Migration, Marriage from 2016-03-28T08:30
Money, migration, marriage: After talking to many Anglo-Australian couples while researching her book ‘Marriage Money’, this week’s guest Supriya Singh shows that couples share financial matters no...
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WOTL: Women, chronic illness and CFS from 2016-03-21T08:30
We chat to Kaitlyn Plyley, host of monthly podcast ‘Just a Spoonful’ -- which profiles young people living with chronic illness and/or disability. Kaitlyn lives with myalgic encephalomyelitis and c...
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Rack Off! A feminist music festival from 2016-03-14T08:30
Rack Off! is a feminist music festival which took place on March 5 at the Tote Hotel in Fitzroy, Melbourne in support of YWCA Victoria. All of the 15 bands and artists who played were women and/or...
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Joan Nestle: Passionate life of resistance from 2016-02-29T08:30
Joan Nestle has led a passionate life of resistance. We talk about her formative years in the criminalised butch-femme bar scene of New York in the 1950s. There she discovered that desire could not...
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Women on the Line - 25 Years of Women's Circus from 2016-02-22T08:30
Women's Circus is a feminist, community and arts organisation. A central part of the community where it's based in Western Melbourne, they use the medium of circus skills and training to bring wome...
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Invasion Day 2016 from 2016-01-25T08:30
26th January marks the anniversary of the invasion of this continent, the start of a genocide that Aboriginal people continue to face.Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance are leading the protest a...
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New Media, Hashtags and Activism from 2016-01-18T08:30
New media has been central in modern activism, especially for people of colour who continue to be misrepresented and'let down'by mainstream media. We listen to a panel discussion about the prominen...
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Fit to Parent from 2016-01-11T08:30
Women with intellectual or physical disabilities are often denied the right to experience their sexuality, to have relationships and to start a family. They experience discriminatory attitudes from...
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Women write on sex, faith, gender and desire from 2015-12-28T08:30
Writers Rochelle Siemienowicz and Simona Castricum read excerpts from their articles in the new edition of Archer Magazine, detailing experiences with religious upbringings, polyamory, gender trans...
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12 Months of Melanin from 2015-12-21T08:30
12 Months of Melanin is a photography project by Setti Kidane that aims to celebrate black women every month of 2016! She focuses on black women who are based in Toronto and shares her experiences ...
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Three personal stories from black and queer perspectives - Colouring the Rainbow from 2015-12-14T08:30
Three queer Aboriginal women share personal stories of negotiating identity, discovering community, and caring for friends amidst the AIDS crisis and after.Laniyuk Garcon, Sandy O’Sullivan, and Sam...
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Ethical clothing: Intent Journal and ECA from 2015-11-30T08:30
Amy Middleton speaks to two women doing amazing things for fair production of fashion.Rebekka Carey-Smith is an accreditation advisor for Ethical Clothing Australia, and Sigrid McCarthy has just la...
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Black Voices from 2015-11-23T08:30
In Our Own Words is an organisation that exists to encourage the development of young Afro-Black people through self awareness, de-colonial thinking and community empowerment.We chat with co-founde...
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A Trans-Inclusive Feminism from 2015-11-16T08:30
Recently well-known author &second wave feminist Germaine Greer angered transgender &gender diverse people and their supporters with a new wave of transphobic comments. Trans women Regan Bleechmor...
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Sasha Sarago and Ascension Magazine from 2015-10-26T08:30
Ascension magazine is Australia's first Indigenous and Ethnic women's lifestyle magazine founded by Sasha Sarago who saw a gap in the market. She explores the importance of representation of Women ...
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WILAA: Women in Literary Arts Australia from 2015-10-19T08:30
Women in Literary Arts Australia is a new organisation aimed at promoting and supporting women writers. We chat to founder Lefa Singleton Norton about WILAA, the state of literature, and the experi...
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Sisters Day Out from 2015-10-12T08:30
Sisters Day Out is a full day workshop hosted by the Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria aimed at breaking down the barriers to reporting family violence and building t...
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I am that woman from 2015-09-28T08:30
Women on the line went to Melbourne Fringe Festival show"I Am That Woman."The show features five self described non-conforming women who share their experiences. This episode of Women on the Line f...
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WANITA: Art and gender in Jakarta from 2015-09-21T08:30
A conversation between Melbourne and Jakarta that traverses the role of women in the post-Suharto period. Zine making, DIY arts and crafts, and gender identity. From Jakarta, artist Ika Vantiani sp...
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History of Feminism in Africa from 2015-09-14T08:30
We hear an exciting and important talk about African feminism organised by Radical Women Australia. The talk is titled Feminism in Africa: From its Ancient Roots to Now and was delivered by Kenyan ...
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Decolonisation and the free movement of people - A conversation between Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance and Refugee Action Collective from 2015-08-31T08:30
Two staunch women in conversation about decolonisation and the free movement of people. Lucy Honan of the Refugee Action Collective and Meriki Onus from Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance discus...
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Mayda del Valle – poetry&representation from 2015-08-24T08:30
We speak with LA based poet, performer, teaching artist and ice cream connoisseur Mayda Del Valle who is down in Melbourne for the Footscray Community Arts Centre's Poetic Days Weekend. She discuss...
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Queer Across Generations from 2015-08-17T08:30
This week, we bring you a conversation recorded by Archer Magazine in Sydney in June 2015. Discussion centres around sexual diversity across generational divides, and features Teresa Savage and Viv...
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Australia's race to warm the planet pt 5: Solutions from 2015-08-10T08:30
This is the fifth and final instalment of our special Women on the Line series,'Australia’s race to warm the planet'about this country’s particular contribution to global warming and what can be do...
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Blank Noise: Art and Activism in India from 2015-07-27T08:30
Blank Noise is an art project that grew out of Bangalore India. Since 2003, activists have been finding creative ways to challenge cultures of victim blaming and street harassment. Founder Jasmeen ...
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Women and music: Ladyz in Noyz Australia from 2015-07-20T08:30
We speak to the founder of Ladyz in Noyz Australia, along with two artists supported by the intiative, about women in experimental music, crowdfunding for their upcoming tour, and the need for arts...
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Performing gender stories in Egypt: The Bussy Project from 2015-07-13T08:30
The Bussy Project is a performance project in Egypt that creates a safe space to speak about social issues, personal experiences, and gender dynamics that aren't addressed in mainstream Egyptian so...
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Povertry, the minimum wage and online activism in the US and Australia from 2015-06-29T08:30
American campaigner and author Linda Tirado joins Nicole to speak about poverty, the minimum wage, and internet activism in the US and Australia. Discussing the #fightfor15 movement campaigning for...
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Women, sex and culture: Zimbabwe to Australia from 2015-06-22T08:30
We speak to Dr Tinashe Dune, a Zimbabwe-born researcher in sexual marginalization, about how her cultural identity impacts her attitudes to sex and sexuality.Read more about Dr Dune's work here: ww...
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Backlash to arts funding cuts from 2015-05-25T08:30
Amy Middleton speaks to Van Badham about community outrage over the Abbott Government's announcement that arts funding will be cut from Australia Council to make way for a new funding body. Featuri...
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Australia's race to warm the planet pt 3: Resistance from 2015-05-18T08:30
Today in the third part of our series, Australia’s race to warm the planet, we’re going to have a bit more of a personal look at this issue. We talk to two women who had never seen themselves as a...
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Children in Immigration Detention - grassroots responses from 2015-05-11T08:30
Earlier this year, the Australian Human Rights Commission revealed the horrific conditions for families in immigration detention centres.Professor of Paediatrics, Elizabeth Elliott visited Christma...
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Fighting sexual harassment in music venues from 2015-04-27T08:30
We speak to Sydney-based music journalist Izzy Combs about the campaign #FreeToMove, which calls out sexual harassment and assault in bars, festivals and clubs.Original article: http://stoneyroads....
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Commemorating the Armenian Genocide from 2015-04-20T08:30
April 24 this year marks the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, where 1.5 million Armenians were killed as a result of the Ottoman Empire's deliberate policy to wipe out Christian minorities. On t...
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Australia's race to warm the planet pt 2: Fracking from 2015-04-13T08:30
Today is the second instalment of a special Women on the Line series, Australia’s Race to Warm. We are talking to Chloe Aldenhoven, the Victorian coordinator of Lock the Gate, an alliance of those ...
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Place, space and narrative from 2015-03-30T08:30
We speak to Sophie Allan, the founder of Chart Collective - a publication that explores the significant connection between our surroundings and the stories we tell.Visit Chart Collective: http://ww...
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Nothing to Lose: Radical Body Politics from 2015-03-23T08:30
The dance production Nothing to Lose put big bodies front and centre. Kelli Jean Drinkwater talks about the making of the show, and the issues of body politics that the show forces us to think abou...
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Palestinian Writers Express Dissent from 2015-03-16T08:30
Speaking from Israel and Melbourne, two talented Palestian writers bring us intimate stories of what it is to be Palestinian, to be active, and to express eloquent dissent.Khulud Khamis speaks with...
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