Women's health, decolonising institutions, and Why Abolition? Thea Baker, Natalie Ironfield, and Vickie Roach

Tuesday, 31 July 2018 - 7:00am to 8:30am
Wednesday 31 July 2018

Guests: Thea Baker, Natalie Ironfield, Vickie Roach  
Hosts: George Maxwell, Anya Saravanan, Lauren Bull 

7:00 Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Show

7.05 News headlines
 
7:15 Thea Baker, wellness coach for women and phone support worker at WIRE, joins us in studio to talk frankly about women's health and wellbeing; about the psychological and physical realities of child birth; and how silence about women's health issues does harm.

7:40  Community announcements

7:45 Natalie Ironfield, proud Dharug woman, educator and researcher at the University of Melbourne, joins us to talk about whether or not institutions such as universities and prisons can be decolonised or reformed, what that could look like, and why abolition?

8:05 Vickie Roach, writer, public speaker, and public advocate for prison reform, joins us to talk about prison abolition and how 'criminality' is caused by society.

8:28   End Programme 

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