Women on the Line
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Women on the Line
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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40 Years Since Nurses' Strike
For this week’s episode of Women on the Line we go back into the archives, and revisit the historic 50-day Victorian nurses’ and midwives’ strike in 1...
Palestinian and Levantine ensemble, Dabke & Tatreez
This week, we take you to the National Folk Festival in Canberra, where we chat with three women from Dabke & Tatreez, a music and dance ensemble. Dab...
Capitalism is Femicidal: Women Resisters Speak Out
This week on the program we hear excerpts from “Capitalism is Femicidal: Women resisters speak out” held by Radical Women at Thorne Harbour Health in...
Age Verification and Access to Adult Content
On this week’s program we look into Australia's new online safety codes requiring age verification for R-rated games and websites and the ramification...
Bollywood's soft power and the far-right government
In this episode of Women on the Line, we hear from Dr Anubha Sarkar, Lecturer of Global Creative Industries at City St George’s, University of London...
Part 2: Critical Minerals = Militarisation x Mining Boom 2.0
In this second part of our conversation on critical minerals with researcher and activist Mercedes Zanker (Renegade Activists), we examine the global...
Radical feminists and religious groups restricting reproductive freedoms
Maya Linstrum-Newman, Programme Lead for Human Trafficking and Forced Labour at the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), on a recent alli...
Live: protesting isaac herzog in Naarm Melbourne
In this special live-recorded episode of Women on the Line, we broadcast from the streets of Naarm/Melbourne during the mass protest against the visit...
Energy and Community: CoPower 2.0
This week on the program we are looking at energy democracy in action - specially Cooperative Power, a not-for-profit cooperative which is member owne...
Stop the policing of First Nations and other marginalised communities
On this episode of Women on the Line, we first hear from Gemma Cafarella, barrister and president of Liberty Victoria, about new research exposing the...
Behind the ‘Postcard’: The Ongoing Impacts of Nuclear Testing and Countering Colonial Narratives
On this week's episode we speak to Titaua Porcher, Associate Professor in French and Francophone Pacific literatures at the University of French Polyn...
Critical Minerals = Militarisation x Mining Boom 2.0
In this episode, we sit with researcher Mercedes Zanker to discuss the military supply chain of critical minerals, from the colonisation and expropria...
The Racial Profiling Data Project
On this episode of Women on the Line we listen to snippets from a panel discussion about the new research released by the Racial Profiling Data Monito...
A Tribute to Alice Wong
On this episode of Women on the Line, we’re honoring the late disabled writer and activist, Alice Wong, who passed away on the 14 November 2025 at the...
Performances of Posterity: Theatre, Archives and Cultural Regulation in Modern India
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Sharvari, a theatre historian from India currently teaching at University of Chicago, about her fir...
The Sahrawi Struggle beyond UN Resolutions
This week, we turn to Western Sahara, often referred to as the last colony in Africa and one of the most overlooked frontlines of imperial power. In t...
QLD bans gender affirming care for young people - again
This week on the program we examine the distressing news that Queensland’s LNP State Government has doubled down on their ban on young people seeking...
Union Solidarity with Treaty
On this episode of Women on the Line we covering the latest update on Treaty in Victoria. We hear from Sue-Ann, Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung wo...
Cry for Truth and Justice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that the following program contains references to colonial violence. If you need to speak...
A Tribute to Gaza
We are dedicating this special episode to the Shuhada, the martyrs of Gaza. On 7 October 2025, the Palestinian community in Victoria gathered to mourn...
Campaigning for Vietnamese Bilingual Education
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Huong Truong and Lily Vu about their upcoming workshop for ViệtSpeak as well as the importance of Vi...
Black Thoughts Matter - Professor Chelsea Watego
On this week's episde we speak to Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman, Professor Chelsea Watego, about her new book, Black Thoughts Matter: Essays...
UNWOMAN (the protest)
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear from Emma Valente, one of the co-artistic directors of the RABBLE. Emma talks to us about their new Fring...
Early colonialism of Palestine: Arab-Jewish solidarities and their meaning for anti-genocide organising now
This week, we hear from researcher and activist Dr. Sadia Agsous-Bienstein, recorded at a teach-in hosted at the Institute of Postcolonial Studies in...
Radiance in Pain and Resilience: Dr Samah Jabr
Today we hear from Dr Samah Jabr, a Palestinian psychiatrist living in Jerusalem who recently visited Australia for the first time to tour her new boo...
44 Flats United against Public Housing Demolition
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with 44 Flats United (44FU) are a group of residents, former residents and supporters of public housing,...
The Struggle Against Technocracy
On this week’s episode we look into big tech companies - their complicity in war, their pervasive use of surveillance and data, and the impacts this i...
Converge on Canberra - Sanction Israel Now!
Today we hear speeches from the Convergence on Canberra which took place from 20-22 July.More than a thousand people from across so-called Australia g...
Wholistik Permaculture - learning to live sustainably
On this episode of Women on the Line we hear from Thaan, founder of Wholistik Permaculture, a social enterprise based in Chiang Mai, Thailand that aim...
Australian profiteering from genocide // a journey to Om Sleiman farm (West Bank) and sovereignty
In the first half of the show, we bring you speeches from the “Future Fund Invests in Genocide” rally held on June 26 in Naarm/Melbourne. We hear from...
Transforming Gender in Academia and the Archives
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with scholar Carolyn D’Cruz and librarian and archivist Clare O’Hanlon, who are speaking at the Researchi...
Our Story with Maxine Chi
On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with Maxine Chi (Chai) who is a contributor to the Our Story: Aboriginal – Chinese people in Australia, a...
Motherhood in the Colony
On this week’s program we speak to Genevieve Grieves and Wejdan Shamala about their project, Motherhood in the Colony. Genevieve is a proud Worimi wom...
The Story of Rice
On this episode of Women on the Line, we speak to Burmese artist Yim about her book The Story of Rice, a colouring book that preserves traditional Bur...
End the Raids! Full Decriminalisation of Sex Work Now!
On this week’s program, we hear from Bee and Rory about the targeting of Asian-migrant sex workers, increased raids committed by Australian Border For...
Rebuilding Myanmar through a feminist revolution
On this episode of Women on the Line, we speak with Thinzar Shunlei Yi, an award winning Myanmar Democracy Activist well-known for her public advocacy...
Resisting US militarism in South Korea
In this episode, we speak with Jeju-based peace activist Sung-Hee Choi, who has spent more than 15 years resisting U.S. militarism, weapons manufactur...
Trans Day of Visibility with Aisya Zaharin
On today’s show we are marking Trans Day of Visibility (31st of March). We will be hearing snippets of a rich conversation between 3CR’s Sally Goldner...
Poccum's Law Now - Bail Saves Lives
On this week’s episode, we bring you speeches from the snap action for Poccum’s Law - Bail Saves Lives that took place outside Parliament House in Nar...
Combating the patriarchy & climate crisis through regenerative farming
Avika is a regenerative farmer in Chiang Mai, Thailand, passionate about regenerating soil. She works with farmers across the country to make regenera...