Women on the Line

Cleis Hart, Kannagi Bhatt, Phuong Tran, Xen Nhà & Scheherazade Bloul.

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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).

1 DEC

Sacred Country & Kinship with Aunty Miliwanga Wurrben

On this week’s episode, we hear from Aunty Miliwanga Wurrben - Rembarrnga Traditional owner, healer and artist. Aunty Miliwanga recently spoke at a panel event called Voices from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis, a community gathering held at the Koorie Heritage Trust on Sunday 24th November as part of the Middle Arm Roadshow. The Roadshow saw a group of Traditional Owners, community organisers and experts travel to different cities to make an urgent call to action from the NT. Stop Middle Arm and redirect the $1.9 billion subsidy. The proposed Middle Arm gas and petrochemical hub will increase emissions in the NT by 75%, expose communities to serious illness and disease, destroy sacred First Nations lands and make the Territory unlivable. Aunty Miliwanga Wurrben speaks about what Country means to her and the kinship between First Nations peoples and the land, waters, and creatures.Song: Banatjarl - Ripple Effect Band
17 NOV

Anti-Militarism Campaigning: Elbit Out of Victoria

In this episode, we speak with Ciara, a campaigner from Elbit Out of Victoria, a campaign opposing Elbit Systems' involvement in Victoria’s and Australia's industries over its defence ties with Israel and the US. We discuss Australia’s continued militarised path, rooted in colonial violence and alliances between war corporations, nation-states, and imperial powers that fuel genocidal campaigns, such as the one in Gaza committed by the Israeli state.Since the episode aired, the Victorian government announced it will not renew its memorandum of understanding with the Israeli defence ministry.
3 NOV

Public Sector Workers for Palestine

On this week’s episode, we share moments from the Public Sector Workers rally that took place on Wednesday 30th October outside Parliament House in Naarm/Melbourne. Workers across the state rallied together to demand that the Victorian State government sanction Israel and not public sector workers; that they break all military, diplomatic and industrial ties with Israel as well as cancel the Memorandum of Understanding with the IOF; and finally to end co-operation and investments with Israeli weapons companies such as Elbit Systems. In attendance on Wednesday were members of the Australian Education Union (AEU) who are also part of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine, Healthcare Workers for Palestine, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Victoria for Palestine, Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) for Palestine and Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) for Peace. Today’s episode will be in three parts. Firstly, we will hear from Justine, an educator and organising member of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine. Secondly, we’ll listen to a statement that was produced by members of CPSU for Palestine. And lastly we will hear a short conversation with an anonymous CPSU member.
27 OCT

Temple of Desire - South Asian art & intersectionality

On this week’s episode of Women on the Line, we speak with Manjusha and Anya about Temple of Desire, a Karma Dance production exploring themes of gender, feminism, rage, queerness and spirituality through the traditional dance form of Bharatnatyam, and featuring queer South Asian artists. Manjusha (she/her) is a South - Asian Australian woman who lives, works and creates on across unceded Wurundjerii land. Manjusha is the producer and stage manager of Temple of Desire working closely with Govind Pillai the Director, Choreographer and dancer to bring this production to life. Manjusha is a multidisciplinary artist and arts worker, who lives, works and creates on the intersection of Performing arts, Intangible Cultural Heritage practices and Events Management.Anya (she/ they) is a South Indian Tamil woman living on unceded Wurundjeri land and one of the dancers in Temple of Desire. Outside of dancing, Anya works in family violence policy reform, and spends any spare time obsessing over her dog Appu, who sadly is obsessed with Anya's partner instead.
13 OCT

Vigil for Palestine

On this episode of Women on the Line we are commemorating 1 year since the genocide in Palestine escalated. Today on the show, we hear poetry, music and speeches from a vigil that was held on Monday 7 October this year, mourning the lives lost under genocide. The vigil was held in Narrm and we will hear poetry readings from Dr Michaela Sahar, an Australian-Palestinian writer and educator; Noor, a Palestinian student from Gaza, music performance by Basil, Elarah and Phoebe; and then finally we hear from Julie Webb-Pullman, a war crimes investigator who has worked in Gaza.
6 OCT

Debunking the Porn Panic

On this episode of Women on the Line we hear snippets from Scarlett Alliance’s ‘Debunking the Porn Panic’ webinar that was held on the 15th of August this year. The webinar was hosted by Jenna Love, sex worker and the Committee President of Scarlett Alliance, and featured guests Allan McKee, University Professor specialising in sexualized media ; Greta Degraves, sex worker and scarlett alliance’s policy officer; and Zahra Stardust, scholar working at the intersections of sexuality, technology, law and social justice. We hear from Greta Degraves and Zahra Stardust speak to us about moral panic, porn literacy, ending discrimination against sex workers, consent and sex education amongst young people.
29 SEPT

We The People x Yarra

On this week's episode of Women on the Line, we speak with Katie Sfetkidis, a multidisciplinary artist living and working on lands of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people, about her latest work - We the People x Yarra - a research project and community discussion about how community has historically driven social change.
22 SEPT

Kanaky (New Caledonia) and the struggle for liberation

This episode explores the impacts of repression, settler colonialism, and militarism in Kanaky (New Caledonia) ahead of Kanaky Invasion Day, September 24. The French colonised Kanaky in 1853.Since May 2024, the violent French occupation has intensified with increased military repression and significant deployment of French armed forces, raising concerns about the potential of genocide, the ongoing militarisation of the region and extrajudicial killings of Indigenous Kanak people as armed French civilian militias patrol the streets killing Kanak people at random.Sarah and Emma from the Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm collective discuss the situation on the ground for Kanak people, in particular for Kanak women, in the face of what local feminists have warned could turn into a genocidal campaign. See below for an excerpt of a letter addressed to the world written by feminist organisations in Kanaky. "We, Kanak, Indigenous & allied women of Kanaky, appeal to your international feminist solidarity in response to the violent situation we are currently experiencing on our lands. This situation is the result of colonisation, starting from France’s taking possession of the land in 1853, followed by successive ‘civilising’ interventions by the army to ‘pacify’ the Kanak (then considered to be savages), and of an accelerated recolonisation via settler colonialism orchestrated by the French state. This situation has been reshaped along neoliberal lines since 2020 with the appointment of Sébastien Lecornu under Emmanuel Macron."Since 13 May 2024 we have been subjected to an extensive operation of colonial repression, including the massive deployment of French armed forces to a country already undergoing a process of militarisation.In particular, we are sounding the alarm over:- the risk of genocide identified through various markers- the need to reopen Nouméa's airports and commercial flights for the well-being of all."You can read the full letter here, published in May 2024.

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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).