Dying With Dignity Victoria, Shakti Youth and Gender Research #16Days

Tuesday, 28 November 2017 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Tuesday 28 November 2017

with Ayaan, Ruby, George, and Lauren

7:00am Acknowledgement of Country

 7:05am Ruby chats with Leslie Vick, President of the board for Dying With Dignity Victoria.  They discuss the recent passing of VAD laws, the work of DWDV (their campaigning etc) and what's next for the organisation and for VAD in Victoria.

 7:20am Hope speaks with Mengzhu Fu, Youth Project Coordinator at Shakti Youth. They discuss Shakti’s work in New Zealand and Australia around intervention and prevention of family violence in immigrant and refugee communities

7:30am Community Announcements

 7:45am Lauren interviews JaneMaree Maher, Professor in the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research, Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University

 8:00am Alternative News: Older people at risk of homelessnessGirls in dondaleUpdates on the woolworth workers! Lauren: Manus update; clergy domestic violence

 8:15am We hear audio from Walid  Zazai, Aran MylvaganamShawfikul Islam,Behrouz Boochani at the #BringThemHere rally that was held in Melbourne on 04/11/17. Recorded and edited by Michele Vescio