Women and the Health Industrial Complex

Monday, 10 September 2018 - 8:30am to 9:00am

This episode of Women on The Line we look at women, their bodies and the institutions which attempt to govern us – the health and medical industries.

We’ll hear from Sheridon Byrne, a feminist activist, doula and educator, about birth justice and the struggles that women and other birthing people face to birth on their terms. 

You’ll also hear from Sangeetha Thanapal about issues surrounding fat identity, race, intersectionality, the gender pay gap and the experiences of marginality, stimga and discrimation that fat women experience.

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).

Presenter

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

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