Raksmey Var from Lotus Outreach Cambodia will tell us about her experiences of working with women and children who are disadvantaged from basic needs, opportunities, health care and education. She will shares some insights about why these issues are still prevalent.File Download (27:49 min / 13 MB)

On this week’s Accent of Women, Hsin-Yi Lo spoke to Abigael Ogada Osir about why volunteering is such a fulfilling experience. Abigael has done some community advocacy works in Latin America, and she offers some advice in how to get involved in volunteering overseas – especially for those who don’t know where to get started! And Mahboba Rawi the founder of Mahboba’s Promise speaks about how her organisation improves the lives of women and children in war torn Afghanistan.File Download (30:30 min / 14 MB)

On this week’s show, Accent of Women spoke to Professor Samina Yasmeen from the University of Western Australia about Christian Democratic Party leader Reverend Fred Nile’s proposed private members Bill to the New South Wales Parliament, calling for the banning of the Burqa. Professor Yasmeen shares with us what the Burqa means, does Australian society have much understanding about Islam and our attitudes towards Muslim communities in the past and present.File Download (29:37 min / 14 MB)

In today’s show, Sonia Randhawa looks at a letter that explodes myths about the benign impact of the Afghan war on Afgani women, talks with Vessal Safaei about the Center for Multicultural Youth’s Cloaks of Many Cultures project and revisits the Global NGO Forum on Beijing+15 for Violet Shivustse’s message on HIV and hope.File Download (29:20 min / 14 MB)

Bytes4All coordinator in Pakistan Jehan Ara talks about privacy and censorship in Pakistan, where women and girls suffer intrusions into their online world from the State and from people close to them – brothers, fathers, spouses and partners.File Download (29:34 min / 14 MB)

Accent of Women this week talks to Iresha Buthgumuwa from Women’s Health in the South East about positive things migrants and refugees can do to improve mental health, and to Guam’s Lisa Natividad about the proposed US military build-up on the island.File Download (30:25 min / 14 MB)

Lotus Outreach is a non for profit organisation that helps women and children who are disadvantaged from health, basic needs and education from developing countries. It also helps victims to recover from traumatic experiences such as domestic violence and human trafficking. We hear from Raksmey Var from Lotus Outreach Cambodia, about her experiences in working with Cambodian women and children who are deprived from basic access and necessities.File Download (27:49 min / 13 MB)

News on Papua New Guinea. We talk to the Australian Conservation Foundation on the effect of deforestation and logging on the habitat and survival of Papua New Guineans. We also talk to the International Womens Development Agency on domestic violence and the status of women of Papua New Guinea. File Download (27:45 min / 13 MB)