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It is a national pastime to ponder the question: what are Australian values? I have a similar question for the current government: What does the Australian government value and does that align with its citizens? Despite being one of the richest countries in the world, our government appears to value money over people’s lives, as …
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This Mother’s Day, blogger and mum Kathleen Zwiener looks at ways we can raise our children to have a social conscience. As I lay in the hospital bed after the birth of my first child, stroking the soft down on his newborn head, realisation swept over me: every person wrongly imprisoned, every asylum seeker locked …
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Anti-FGM campaigner Khadija Gbla was born in Sierra Leone and resettled in Australia with her family as a teenager. Khadija survived female genital mutilation (FGM) at the age of nine. “I was three years old when the war started in Sierra Leone. My family escaped to Gambia where I spent my childhood, and 10 years …
Continue reading “Talking with women’s health rights advocate, Khadija Gbla”
Founded in August last year by Michael Carr and Ellen McNeill, Meaningful Movement is in a unique member of the Amnesty International Australia family. What is Meaningful Movement? The group is dedicated to celebrating the work that our Amnesty networks do in promoting human rights. The newly founded group brings together the creative community and …
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The Amnesty International WA SkillSHARE for 2018 brought activists together for training sessions in ally-ship, values and frames, and shared conversations about their vision for the region. Our volunteer training team share their insights into the day. Jasmine Ruscoe “These days never fail to inspire me as I see the value and the power of our community …
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From Trump’s attacks on the media, to the record number of journalists currently languishing behind bars – not to mention those being tortured and killed simply for reporting on human rights abuses – our right to free speech is under attack. Now more than ever, we value our right to a free and independent press and respect …
Continue reading “Six inspiring journalists who lived to tell the truth”
These eight women’s refusal to wait is the key to reversing an increasingly regressive trend for women’s rights. Narges Mohammadi – She won’t wait… for another woman to be disfigured in an acid attack A passionate advocate for women’s rights in Iran, Narges actively protested against acid attacks on women. This was just one of many efforts …
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In 2009 an unparalleled 34,000 submissions were generated on the issue of whether or not Australia should adopt a bill of rights or human rights act. Though it was clear from the submissions that Australians believe passionately in giving everyone ‘a fair go’, the government of the day, led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, ignored recommendations …
Continue reading “Gillian Triggs on Australian bill of rights”
By Milly Stilinovic Famed Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde once said that “it is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” With this in mind, and as hundreds of countries unite on the 23 April to celebrate UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright …
What’s in a word? More precisely, what’s in a letter? Originally a way to express deeply personal thoughts and communicate with loved ones, the popularity of the letter fallen over the years. And yet, every year, people around the world get together on 10 December, World Human Rights Day, to write letters. They write to …
