Silence around the Senate Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and speeches from Narrm Melbourne's Trans Day of Visibility rally

Monday, 10 April 2023 - 8:30am to 9:00am
Black text on a warm orange background reads "3CR Community Radio, Women on the Line, Silence surrounding the ongoing Senate Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women + Speeches from Narrm's Trans Day of Visibility rally”

 

This week on the program we hear an interview with Munanjahli, Yugambeh and South Sea Islander woman Dr Chelsea Watego (@drcwatego) about the silence surrounding the ongoing Senate Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Dr Watego is Professor of Indigenous Health and Executive Director of the Carumba Institute at Queensland University of Technology and speaks with 3CR Broadcaster Grace Tan.

Further information about what is happening to the Senate inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women can be found at this article on The Conversation by Amy McQuire, Chelsea Watego, David Singh and Elizabeth Strakosch.

Amy McQuire's work on "presencing" can be found on her substack.

Later in the show we feature speeches from Narrm Melbourne’s Trans Day of Visibility rally held on March 31st.

We hear Fa'afafine and trans advocate Amao Leota Lu speaking about the need to protect trans women of colour and the trans community at large, and Sally Goldner (@salgoldsaidso) speaking on the fight against Nazis and trans rights.

Monday 8:30am to 9:00am
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).

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

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