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The Threat is Always There: Radio Adelaide documentary on sex work in SA

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Radio Adelaide, April 2016 In this oral history documentary, produced by Judith Peppard, South Australian sex workers and their advocates describe how they organised politically to work for law reform and put in place measures to keep workers safe during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Sex workers talk about how living in a criminalised environment affects their work and lives. The Threat is...

Yarning Up Forum: Sex, Drugs and Mental Health – It’s Everyone’s Business!

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SHine SA The Yarning Up forum aims to bring together workers and community members to share and promote the quality of work and research being done in the areas of Sexual Health, Mental Health/Social and Emotional Wellbeing, and Drugs and Alcohol. The forum will allow networking with statewide service providers, facilitate the development of collaborative opportunities between agencies, and...

World-first family violence prevention resource can build respectful and equal communities

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VicHealth, 17 May, 2016 Findings from VicHealth’s innovative primary prevention program, Generating Equality and Respect (GEAR), released today (17 May), provide a number of findings and transferable tools and resources for local governments, workplaces and organisations across Australia and internationally to utilise. The three-and-a-half year program, conducted in partnership with Monash City...

CALD Women’s Forum on 20th May 2016

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“CALD Women in the 21st century Stand Up, Speak Out & Be heard!” CALD Women’s Forum on 20th May 2016 This  an event that the Women’s Legal Service is working on, in collaboration with the Migrant Women’s Lobby Group. The forum focuses on providing CALD women with the knowledge and empowerment that is needed to combat issues they may face on the day to day basis. it also...

Meet the Mob: Matty Morgan

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ABC Newcastle, 18 January, 2016 1:10PM AEDT Indigenous language, gay rights, and social media – at 26 Gamilaroi man Matty Morgan is packing a lot into life. He is a young Aboriginal man who’s not afraid to take the lead. Hosted by Jill Emberson, 1233 ABC Newcastle Mornings presenter, Meet the Mob is a weekly profile of Aboriginal people in the Hunter region of New South Wales. Read...

HIV Australia: Fire in the belly – the call to action on HIV from ATSI communities

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AFAO, December 2015 The latest edition  of HIV Australia (Volume 13 Number 3) is entitled Fire in the belly: the call to action on HIV from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This special edition celebrates the history and the future of the community-led response to HIV among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Articles outline current epidemiology, research and...

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