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‘Boy or girl?’ is often the first question people ask parents about their baby. It’s a question based on the assumption that the world is divided into two groups of people, male and female. But that’s not always the case. Worldwide, every year, an estimated 1.7% of children are born with variations of sex characteristics. …
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By Conor Fortune, Senior Crisis Response Communications Adviser Open-source investigators are collaborating online to verify and expose human rights abuses. Here’s how. A grisly video showing a heinous act of violence quickly went viral after it was posted on 10 July 2018. Men dressed in army fatigues and wielding military-grade rifles brutally marched women and …
Do you know what the term intersex means? If the answer is no, you’re not the only one. Many people couldn’t tell you; nor could they say what issues intersex people face. As well as stigma and discrimination, many children who are born intersex face unnecessary medical surgeries in their early years, which irrevocably shape …
In September 2000, Cathy Freeman sprinted to victory in front of a home crowd at the Sydney Olympics. The image of Freeman running her victory lap carrying the Australian and Aboriginal flags remains in Australia’s collective mindset. Over the years, a number of high profile athletes from around the world have spoken up for what …
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The My New neighbour campaign is a grassroots campaign driven by an organising strategy that relies on people taking the power back and leading the change from within their own communities. To do this we need activists ready and willing to get out and take the campaign to their neighbours, their workplace, their sporting clubs …
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Since we launched the Rohingya crisis campaign in August momentum has been building and thanks to the hard work of activists across Australia our campaign calls are being heard. Just last week Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced the Australian Government is considering options in response to the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar’s report. This …
With three preventable human rights tragedies in Western Australia in less than two weeks, Amnesty International’s Perth-based Indigenous Rights Manager Tammy Solonec reflects on the sadness felt by community and changes that must happen. It has been just over a week since two Aboriginal boys drowned in the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River) after being chased …
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Red Dust Healing in Townsville works in detention centres and schools to deliver cultural healing programs for children at risk of being sent to prison, with a focus on dealing with rejection and providing positive role models. Randall Ross is the proud Juru/Erub and Kanaka man behind Red Dust Healing. Here he talks about why …
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Amnesty International Australia last week launched its newest Action Centre in Perth. The official launch event featured a Noongar smoking ceremony performed by Noongar elders Uncle Ben Taylor, Uncle Alf Taylor, Auntie Mingli McGlade and Michael (Mick) Fuller. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe The …
Julia Hansen Holme from the Victorian University Network shares the action from the 2018 Hope, Courage, Action Human Rights Conference. On 12 August, the Victorian University Network proudly presented the Hope, Courage, Action Human Rights Conference 2018, celebrating International Youth Day and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Featuring three one-hour …
