Indigenous Australians carry the legacy of one of the oldest living cultures in the world but are sadly overrepresented in homelessness statistics. On Census night in 2011, an estimated 26,743 Indigenous people were experiencing homelessness. The podcast explores this issue with Katrina D’Angelo, Melbourne City Mission’s Aboriginal Cultural Advisor.
Author: Jaya Prisco
Solidarity
Featured May 30th 2022 • Jaya Prisco • Jaida the Creator • Saphire Gaskas • Moses • Tamasin Altmann • Benjamin Balngo • Najma Amin • Her skin is full of holes, andshe’s raped bythe dawn on adaily basis;wandering the midnightstreets of thisbroken City.Her feet arecalloused and raw.That once tough heart issoft now, looking forlove in the rabidfaces of evil.Seagulls still…
Homelessness
Homelessness is a notoriously difficult subject to talk about. Unfortunately, during the 80’s, moral aggrandizing attached a type of cultural structure to homelessness that caused a large amount of otherwise decent and empathetic folk to see homelessness in a specific way. A caricature of a homeless white male shaking a cup at pedestrians to buy drugs or…
Why gender equality is good for everyone — men included
Michael Kimmel makes the surprising, funny, practical case for treating men and women equally in the workplace and at home. It’s not a zero-sum game, but a win-win that will result in more opportunity and more happiness for everybody.
The Power of a Female Education
Gwyneth Martin brings to our attention a topic that may be difficult to talk about but is nonetheless extremely important: menstruation and its impact on education for girls.
Empower a girl, transform a community
Kakenya Ntaiya turned her dream of getting an education into a movement to empower vulnerable girls and bring an end to harmful traditional practices in Kenya. Meet two students at the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a school where girls can live and study safely — and uplift their community along the way. “When you empower…
The surprising neuroscience of gender inequality
Janet Crawford dives into the unconscious associations that are often made with regard to gender. It’s hard not to reflect on our own unconscious associations as she talks through how our brain creates associations to help us make sense of the world. Her empowering talk speaks to men and women alike, challenging us all to…
We should all be feminists
We teach girls that they can have ambition, but not too much … to be successful, but not too successful, or they’ll threaten men, says author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In this classic talk that started a worldwide conversation about feminism, Adichie asks that we begin to dream about and plan for a different, fairer world…
Women’s rights
DISCLAIMER: This article was written by a male and so will be limited by their male experience. It’s been a long road for modern feminists and their allies. As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we will take a moment to reflect on the ongoing resourcefulness, strength and unity of the modern feminist cause but also…
Phenomenally woman
Featured March 8th 2022 • Jaya Prisco • Alain Pottier • Yumi Yoshida • Freja • Harriet Ripley • Rashmi Kazony • Margie Melgar • Gloryce Dofeel • Gabriella Martinez • Remember, Woman, you were born life giver, miracle creator, magic maker. You were born with the heart of a thousand mothers, open and fearless…