How does a young woman who is subjected to brutal sexual slavery in Sierra Leone, escape a civil war, land in Australia and rebuild her life? And why does motherhood send her back to the land that...
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BroadTalk with Helen Dalley-Fisher
Is Australia on the brink of a powerful, new women’s movement? Could this be the change we’ve been waiting for? And what happens after so much venting of such raw anger? This week has seen a public...
Letter to the Prime Minister
To the Hon Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister of Australia Women’s March for Justice – calling for a safe and equal Australia – #enoughisenough The last month has been a distressing time for our...
Women’s March4Justice through a feminist policy lens
So much has happened over the last month to crystallize this cause and there are many sombre threads this assembly of protesters weave together. It is worth remembering that just such political...
Rage & the rise of a new women’s movement
There is extraordinary power in the emotions surfacing in women around Australia right now. The power of this moment is unprecedented. But, as a nation, we must get this right. We must hear the...
Why I will march: a survivor’s story…
In 2013, I was in an abusive relationship. After months of gaslighting, isolation, aggression, and infidelity; being told I was crazy and demanding, I sat shaking on my couch with a positive...
BroadTalk with Isobel Marshall and Eloise Hall
How do two 17-year-old school girls, with a passion for a global social enterprise, turn their dream into reality and a thriving business? And why focus on period poverty and menstruation products?...
BroadTalk with Licia Heath
Have you ever arrived at work, taken a good look around and felt your heart sink? Perhaps in one of those moments you’ve realised your personal values, just don’t fit the corporate lingo or company...
Share the care to share the benefits and power
Struggling to get his head around Brittany Higgins’ explosive allegation of being raped in Parliament house, the Prime Minister drew on the ‘clarifying’ advice of his wife Jenny: “You have to...