Stories from Vietnamese women surviving family violence, bail law reform as a response to family violence, Palestinian food sovereignty, online misogynist content, demanding better working conditions at Victoria Uni

Tuesday, 7 May 2024 - 7:00am to 8:30am
VU staff at Footscray Park NTEU rally on 1 May 2024. Image: @vu_nteu
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7.15: Emily Duyen Dang, Vietnamese-Australian researcher from Monash University’s Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre completing her PhD in Sociology, on her exhibition called Overcoming this Grief: Stories from Vietnamese women surviving family violence in Australia//

7.30: Dr Emma Russell, Australian Research Council researcher and Senior Lecturer in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies at La Trobe University, on the recent calls for bail law reform as a response to family violence and how this will adversely affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and women experiencing homelessness//
 
7.45: Grace from Wednesday Breakfast speaks with Rasha Tayeh, a Palestinian artist, researcher, herbalist, nutritionist, and founder of Beit e’ Shai teahouse about food sovereignty and the ways that the colonial project and Zionist state of Israel violently prevents Palestinians from foraging and harvesting food//
 
8.00: Dr Stephanie Wescott, feminist researcher and lecturer at the Monash University School of Education, Culture and Society, on tackling online misogynist content and the impact of manfluencers in Australian schools//
 
8.15: Fleur Taylor, Vice President Professional at Victoria University's NTEU branch, on negotiating for a better Enterprise Bargaining Agreement and upcoming actions demanding better working conditions. Follow @nteu_vu on Instagram for updates//

 

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