Manjula Datta O’Connor's book, Daughters of Durga, is an incisive investigation of domestic violence in South Asian communities, and the resilience of women in the face of adversity. Here she talks...
Category: Refugee and migrant women
‘Angry Little Asian Girl’ laughs at the patriarchy
Angry Little Asian Girl: Moments with My Mother’ is a collection of comics featuring the series’ central character, a grade-school Korean girl named Kim and her mother. Each comic is full of...
How gender bias can impact a life
Last month, feminist editor and writer Zoya Patel delivered a speech at the Canberra Labor Club that blew the crowd away. Through the lens of her own family, Zoya reflected on how gender bias...
A Summer of Hope: Amani’s story
After two long years of the global COVID-19 pandemic, so many of us find ourselves tired and lacking energy for even basic tasks. Facing a new year does not fill us with the joy of possibility as it...
Extreme impacts of Covid on migrant, refugee women
We’ve come a long way baby. Back in May when the vaccination roll-out was just kicking off, Australia was at a very slow 2% double dose coverage among people aged 16 years and over. It is with some...