Women on the Line
412 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA 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).
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Women and the Health Industrial Complex
September 09, 2018 22:30 - 25.7 MBThis 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 activist, doula and educator, about birth justice and the struggles that women and other birthing people face to birth on their terms. You’ll also hear from Sangeetha Thanapal about issues surrounding fat identity, race, intersectionality, the gender pay gap and the experiences of marginality, stimga and...
South African Protest Theatre
September 02, 2018 22:30 - 12.7 MBOn 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 Conrad, Thando Mangcu and Tankiso Mamabolo.
My Health Record
August 26, 2018 22:30 - 12.8 MBOn 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 would be changed from an opt-in to opt-out system. What are the implications of these changes? We chat with Katina Michael ,who is a Professor in the School of Computing and Information Technology at the University of Wollongong, about data and privacy issues with the My Health Record system. Later in t...
OWLS - Older Women Lost in Housing
August 19, 2018 22:30 - 25.5 MBWomen 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 OWLs Advocate, and Lucy Adams from Justice Connect, a Victorian organisation which provides people locked out of the justice system with free legal help.The music for this week's show is Lost in the City by Anna Oliphant WrightFor more information seeOlder Women Lost In Housing https://pennycarpe.wor...
Women, Food and Culture
August 12, 2018 22:30 - 12.7 MB"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 powerful values and beliefs about being a human are evident. Food practices also demarcate cultural boundaries of belonging and not belonging." (Dr Ruth de Souza, 2017) On today's show we chat with Cinday, owner of Shop Bao Ngoc - a Vietnamese Australian Tuckshop in Melbourne. We also chat with Saba Alem...
Women on the Line - Violence Against Women with Disability
August 05, 2018 22:30 - 38.5 MBWhilst women with disability experience violence more extensively than any other group of women, these experiences are the most silent within feminist representations and the media. As todays show will highlight, the violence perpetrated against women with disability is enabled through the ableist culture we live within, which allows this violence to continue not only behind closed doors, but in full view of the public. On today’s show we’ll discuss the experiences of violence against women w...
Feminism in the Pub: 'Because of Her, We Can!' (part two)
July 29, 2018 22:30 - 12.7 MBThis 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.Listen back to the first part of the discussion here. The panel discussion took place on Wednesday July 4 at Trades Hall and featured speakers Celeste Liddle, Marayne Muller and Robyn Oxley in conversation with panel chair Edie Shepherd.
30 years since the Fairlea Wring Out
July 22, 2018 22:30 - 25.9 MBWe 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 demonstration was organised by the Coalition Against Women's Imprisonment and took place at the former Fairlea women's prison in Melbourne on 26 June 1988. The Wring Out action was repeated three more times over the next eight years, bringing thousands of people to encircle Fairlea prison in protest and...
Birthing on Country
July 15, 2018 22:30 - 25.4 MB‘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 institutionalised pregnancy care’ (Ngaanyatjarra Health Service, 2006).We speak with Cherisse Buzzacott, an Arrernte woman from Alice Springs, a midwife and project Officer for Birthing on Country (BoC) - a Project aimed to establish Aboriginal Birthing on Country models of maternity care.
Feminism in the Pub: Because of Her, We Can!
July 08, 2018 22:30 - 19.5 MBThis 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 discussion took place on Wednesday, July 4 at Trades Hall and featured speakers Celeste Liddle, Marayne Muller and Robyn Oxley in conversation with panel chair Edie Shepherd.
Women in Comedy
July 01, 2018 22:30 - 19.1 MBA 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 - humour is everywhere! However on a professional level, women comics are still fighting the unfunny fight for equal respect, equal opportunity and equal pay.In this episode we chat with Kirsty Webeck, a Melbourne-based comedian, host, radio presenter, freelance writer and editor. We also speak with Urvi M...
The Problem of Mandatory Sentencing
June 24, 2018 22:30 - 25.5 MBMandatory 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 community members with addiction, severe mental health challenges and people subject to family violence. Yet the Victorian State Government is now putting this bill on the table with bipartisan support.Meghan Fitzgerald, Social Action, Policy & Law Reform Manager at Fitzroy Legal Service, talks us t...
Race and Community Care
June 17, 2018 22:30 - 12.9 MBOn 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 Switchboard Victoria. Caroline chats with us about the upcoming panel she is coordinating and moderating, 'The Qtipoc project presents:Race and Community Care'. She shares with us her insights into anti-racism training and community sector issues when working with queer, trans and Indigenous people of co...
Forced divorce, sex worker rights and the Nordic model and exclusion zones for abortion clinics: three legislative perspectives
June 10, 2018 22:30 - 19.1 MBThis 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 end of forced divorce laws for transgender people in Victoria in the wake of marriage equality.Emma Hart speaks with Jane Green of Vixen Collective about recent decisions made by the Victorian Liberal Party in relation to sex worker rights and the Nordic Model. Anya Saravanan speaks with Adrianne W...
Feminist mentors and writers
May 20, 2018 22:30 - 27.7 MBOn 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 in the australian literary industry, academia and motherhood. Later in the show we chat with Shu-Ling Chua about memoir writing, mothers and writing sexuality.BiosNatalie Kon-Yu is a creative writer, editor and academic, with a particular focus on creative writing by women and feminist literary crit...
Women and The Criminal Justice System
May 06, 2018 22:30 - 25.7 MBToday 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 the perpetrators of these violent crimes. But is it within our criminal justice system’s interest to support and empower women?
Negro Speaks of Books
April 29, 2018 22:30 - 38.9 MBThis 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. Taking its name from the poem ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’ by Langston Hughes, Negro Speaks of Books celebrates the diversity of Bla(c)k literature across the Diaspora, and recognises the necessity of Bla(c)k literature in our struggle for liberation.We discuss black literature, authors who have m...
SESTA – FOSTA & All Sex Workers Go To Heaven
April 22, 2018 22:30 - 13.2 MBOn 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 Workers Go To Heaven (ASWGTH) and Sandy who who is a cam model and freelance artist who has studied performance and video art. They chat with us about representation of sex workers on the internet, in feminism, community and in art and how SESTA/FOSTA is impacting them. BiosDaisy is a queer brown ar...
Medically Supervised Injecting Centres
April 15, 2018 22:30 - 12.7 MBMedically 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 services. Late last year a trial of a medically supervised injecting centre for North Richmond in Melbourne was announced by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and is due to start in June this year. This week on Women on the Line we hear from Dr Marianne Jauncey, the Medical Director of the Uniting Medical...
REPEAT: The Call for Female-Only Mental Health Wards
April 08, 2018 22:30 - 25.5 MBMental 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 reducing incidents of sexual assault.This week’s edition of Women on the Line features an interview by Hope Mathumbu with Prof of Psychiatry Jayashri Kulkarni, director of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre. Aoife Cooke speaks to campaigner Sue Armstrong, a Melbourne based activist with a ...
DIY Culture, Zines and Print Production
April 01, 2018 22:30 - 12.8 MBOn 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.Multidisciplinary artist and curator Renae Moua chats with us about their art practice, DIY culture, their teaching philosophy and zines! Later in the show, we hear from Elaine W.Ho who chats to us about 展銷場 Display Distribute, hand-to-hand courier services, zines and print culture in Hong Kong.Music from this...
The Language of Distance
March 25, 2018 21:30 - 13.8 MBOn 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 Smith about her upcoming exhibition,I Can See for Miles, held at the Centre for Contemporary Photography. Later in the show, we hear from artist Lana Nguyen who walks across invisible borders everyday. She chats with us about her essay Mapping the Supply’s Chain featured on Chart Collective. Music f...
Image Based Abuse
March 11, 2018 21:30 - 25.5 MBToday 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 australians has experienced image based abuse, mostly in an online environment. 20 per cent had experienced the non-consensual creation of nude or sexual images11 per cent had experienced the non-consensual distribution of nude or sexual images9 per cent had experienced the threat of distributing those image...
Soundmakers
March 04, 2018 21:30 - 25.7 MBHer 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 and influential artists. Made by Michelle Grace Hunder and Claudia Sangiorigi Dalimore,Claudia joins us for Women on the Line this week to tell us how it's made and what she learned from the process.Later on the show, we stay with the theme of women’s access to the music industry and we’re joined by ...
The Beast and the Garden
February 18, 2018 21:30 - 25.5 MBOn 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 the Garden", music and activism, the impact of line 3 pipeline on Leech Lake Indian Reservation, and whether or not she has hope for the future. You can listen and support her latest album at anniehumphreymusic.com.Music from this week's show is "Strong Wind" and "The Wizzard" by Annie Humphrey.Photo...
Women on the Line - Sound and Spoken Word
February 11, 2018 21:30 - 12.7 MBThis 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 poets who performed in support of the show, including P-Unique, Soreti, Manisha Anjali, Infraghosts and Hardata.P-UniQue https://soundcloud.com/p-uniqueSoreti https://www.facebook.com/soretik/Manisha Anjali https://www.manishaanjali.com/Infraghosts https://www.facebook.com/infraghosts/Hardata https:...
Protest Australia Day
February 04, 2018 21:30 - 25.6 MBToday 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 Aboriginal people. You’ll hear the following voices, in this order:Aunty Jenny Monroe, Gwenda Stanley, Aretha Brown, Ruby and Celeste Liddle
Black Quantum Futurism
January 28, 2018 21:30 - 24.1 MBWe 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 lens. Moor Mother - KBGK
Rainbow Futures
January 21, 2018 21:30 - 25.1 MBAs 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 LGBTIQ plus communities across Australia, and the campaigns, struggles and celebrations ahead.We speak to Karen Field from Queerspace on future health campaigns for LGBTIQ+ communities, highlighting links between recent public discourse and mental health and a new focus on family violence.Lee Carnie ...
Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons
December 24, 2017 21:30 - 12.7 MBThe 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 campaigners and supporters gathered in Melbourne Town Hall to celebrate and watch the ceremony. In this week’s show, we’ll first hear from The Nobel Prize chairperson Berit Reiss-Andersen. 3CR’s Judith Peppard then speaks to ICAN Australia’s Outreach Coordinator, Gem Rumold, outside Melbourne Town Hall. We’l...
Trump, Jerusalem & the State of Palestine
December 17, 2017 21:30 - 18.7 MBPalestinian 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 and Arab leaders for its boldness, carelessness and the danger is poses.Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movementAustralians for Palestine Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh - Shadia Mansour
Odissi Dance, Sthithi, and Mapping Melbourne
December 10, 2017 21:30 - 25.7 MBOn this episode of Women on the Line, Thanh Hằng Phạm chats with Odissi dancer and teacher Monica Singh Sangwan and her student, Yee Wen Soo about classical indian dance, passing on tradition and knowledge and how a classical indian art form should grow beyond its origins. Monica Singh Sangwan teaches the Sohamasi Odissi dance group at Dancehouse in Carlton. Catch the Sohamasi group's upcoming performance "Sthithi" at Mapping Melbourne on the 16 Dec. Check out the facebook event here. [Image ...
Handstanding and Grandstanding
November 26, 2017 21:30 - 38.6 MBAs 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 as practice and the hidden joys of handstanding and grandstanding. To see her work, see larissamcfarlane.blogspot.com.au.Music from this week's show is by Heidi Everett, http://www.heidieverett.com.au/
blak matriachy and Indigenous women make powerful art
November 19, 2017 21:30 - 12.9 MBOn this episode of Women on the Line Thanh Hằng Phạm chats to Wemba-Wemba and Gunditjmara artist, curator and writer Paola Balla on blak matriachy and powerful blak women making art. We also hear from Māori (Waikato, Tainui A Whiro, Ngaati Tahinga) artist Kirsten Lyttle on indigenizing photography and weaving.*Artwork "Twilled Work" by Kirsten Lyttle
Now what? 100 years after the Russian Revolution
November 12, 2017 21:30 - 25.6 MBThis 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 poverty caused by the first World War, symbolised in the infamous bread queues. On International Women’s Day, March 8, before the morning was out, tens of thousands of women textile workers were on strike. Joined by housewives, they marched to the metal factories demanding that the (mostly male) worke...
New Media, Hashtags and Activism
October 29, 2017 21:30 - 25.5 MBNew media has been central in modern activism, especially for people of colour who continue to be misrepresented and under represented by mainstream media. We listen to a panel discussion about the prominence of new media in asserting the voices of people of colour from Footscray Community Arts Centre's, 2015 West Writers: Our Stories Forum.We hear from founding editor of Future-Black Linda Kennedy, creative producer of Sovereign Trax Hannah Donnelly, and co-founder of Still Nomads, Samira Fa...
Indigenous Solidarity Gathering
October 15, 2017 21:30 - 25.6 MBOn 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 October, and was hosted by the Latin American Solidarity Network.The two keynote speakers featured on today’s program, are Kristy Lee Horswood - Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) activist and member of the Gamilaraay Nation and Catalina Catrileo - Mapuche activist and sister of Matías Catrileo...
WIRE and Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery
October 08, 2017 21:30 - 21.2 MBWe 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 which is a women’s referral service in Victoria. Later we hear from Emma Barnard, who is conducting her PhD at the University of Melbourne on Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery. She - Laura Mvula
Vote Yes!
October 01, 2017 21:30 - 25.6 MBAustralia is in the midst of a Marriage Equality postal survey – asking the whole of Australia their opinion about whether people of the same sex are allowed to love each other. The Left and other civil rights activists are mobilising our forces to pull out a Yes vote, so the campaign is on!As would be expected, the campaign has been attacked by the right, but there are also some criticisms of the yes campaign that come from the left. Questions about the lack of intersectionality, whether thi...
January 26
September 24, 2017 22:30 - 19.1 MBJanuary 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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people January 26 holds the significance of marking the beginning of the invasion and theft of their lands by colonisers, and for many indigenous people the day is marked as a day of mourning and resistance.This week on Women on the Line we look at discussions ...
AMKA - Narratives from the African Diaspora
September 17, 2017 22:30 - 30.4 MBThis 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' which is a "journey of being, becoming and existence" that uses spoken word, music, dance, theatre and projection to explore the "awakening of black bodies" from the African diaspora in Australia. AMKA is showing at the Arts Centre in Melbourne on September 22 and 23. Get tickets to AMKA here, an...
A Breakfast Current Affairs Selection
September 03, 2017 22:30 - 20.6 MBThis 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 Ayaan speak with Lara Watson about the First Nations Workers Alliance, and then interview Nyomba Gaṉḏaŋu from the Yolnju Nations Assembly about the impact of more than ten years of the Northern Territory Emergency response. We'll also hear Rachida speaking with Jenny Smith, CEO of the Council to Home...
REPEAT - Women in Detention and Spiritual Healing
August 27, 2017 22:30 - 23.2 MBThis 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 Aboriginal spiritual healer Miliwanga Wurrben shared the importance of spirituality.This episode was co-produced by Ayan Shirwa.Black Smoke - Emily Wurramara
Against the Postal Plebiscite
August 20, 2017 22:30 - 20.5 MBThis 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 High Court challenges. First we speak with Felicity Marlowe, the convener of Rainbow Families Victoria, who is also a litigant in one of the High Court Challenges against the postal plebiscite. Then we hear from Sally Goldner from Transgender Victoria about how the potential postal plebiscite is affec...
The Criminal Injustice System
August 13, 2017 22:30 - 25.6 MBIndigenous 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 Western Australia and the Northern Territory the figure is eight times greater.The disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system on Aboriginal people is directly related to this country’s history of colonisation and genocide of Aboriginal people, and the continued subjugation under successive...
Party Drugs and Policy Mugs
August 06, 2017 22:30 - 25.7 MBThis 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 grassroots campaign High Alert, Stephanie Tzanetis from DanceWize, once a grassroots campaign and now supported by Health Promotion Victoria, and Julaine Allan, an adjunct associate at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Music is by Simona Castricum N.B. The US academic referred to Julain...
#WomenHoldingHands & Hepatitis Awareness
July 30, 2017 22:30 - 25.1 MBToday 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 an excerpt of a conversation between Hope and Dr Kudzai Kanhutu, Refugee Health fellow at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service about Hepatitis Awareness and how the disease disproportionally affects culturally diverse and Indigenous communities. Estere - Cruel Charlie
Apmere angkentye-kenhe
July 23, 2017 22:30 - 20.6 MBThis 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 language.” We’ll speak with artist Beth Sometimes, and hear excerpts from a forum on language held on July 3rd as part of the project to coincide with NAIDOC week, featuring Amelia Turner, Veronica Lynch, Pamela Lynch, Veronica Turner, Felicity Hayes and Margaret Kemarre Turner. The "50 words everyone w...
Mothers' Ruin - a feminist cabaret history of gin
July 16, 2017 22:30 - 25.6 MBOn 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 harmonies and tipsy candour, Mothers' Ruin explores the history of gin through story and song.
Facing Fascism: Lessons from history
July 09, 2017 22:30 - 25.7 MBBernadette 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 launch of a people’s history magazine marking 80 years since the fascist bombing of the village of guernica in the Basque country, Spain. McAliskey took this opportunity to give a wide ranging and passionate speech about the face of fascism today, which has been edited here for an Australian audie...