Podcasts about Refugee women

What are the long-term, intended and unintended consequences of the USAID funding freeze? How the suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, the reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule, and other executive orders from the new Trump Administration related to the US-Mexico border and the End of the Sensitive Zones Policy will impact the rights, safety, and lives of refugee women and girls in the U.S. and worldwide? In this interview with Devon Cone, Senior Advocate for Women and Girls at Refugees International, we explored the factors behind the growing disinterest in the protection of migrants' human rights and we examined how these measures will disproportionately affect women and girls fleeing violent conflict in Afghanistan, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, and countries in the Northern Triangle of Central America. Join us in this exploration and⁠⁠⁠ subscribe to our podcast newsletter community here.⁠⁠⁠Listen to related episodes:  91. Dr. Paul Slovic & Dr. Scott Slovic on the Science Behind the Limits of Compassion112. Devon Cone on COVID-19 Impact on Migration & Humanitarian Crises179. Marta Saiz on Human Rights Journalism & Foreign Affairs190. Dr. William T. Armaline on The Crisis of Human Rights in the Age of Global CapitalismRecommended links to this episode:Refugees International Official WebsiteWhat Do President Trump's Week One Actions Mean for Refugees International's Global Advocacy?No Model of Refuge: Sudanese Refugees in EgyptThe Nuba Mountains: A Window into the Sudan CrisisGaza Dispatches: Hunger and Siege“They Left Us Without Any Support”: Afghans in Pakistan Waiting for SolutionsIn Apparent Quid Pro Quo Deal, Panama and Costa Rica Facilitating U.S.-Sponsored Human Rights Violations of Asylum Seekers Tell Your Member of Congress: Save USAID, Save Lives

St. John's social enterprise Newbornlander received over $700,000 in funding as part of its new "Sewing Hope" program. The program will help refugee women learn English and sewing skills. Founder and CEO Constanza Safatle Ferrari joined us in the studio this morning to discuss.

Fighting for Better Buses in the West, Inquiry into Government's Refugee Crackdown, Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Closing the Gap, Workplace Sexual Harassment of Migrant and Refugee Women Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Adele Vosper, spokesperson of the Sustainable Cities Collective at Friends of the Earth, spoke with us about the Better Buses Campaign, which is fighting for adequate and sustainable public transit servicing in Melbourne's West. The campaign launched a petition for bus network reform in the western suburbs which, after collecting over 3,000 signatures was debated last night in Victorian Parliament by Western Metropolitan Upper House member David Ettershank MP. Prior to the debate, community members gathered on the steps of Parliament to support the campaign and stand up for transport equity. Join the Better Buses Campaign's next action on Wednesday 11 December at 5PM at Tarneit Station - RSVP here. The Better Buses Campaign group meets weekly on a Wednesday from 6-8PM in person at Weekly meeting 312 Smith St, Collingwood, VIC 3066 and online via zoom (information here). For further information about the campaign, you can contact Elyse Cunningham at Friends of the Earth (elyse.cunningham@foe.org.au).// This Monday on 3CR's Doin' Time show, Marisa spoke with Laura John from the Human Rights Law Centre about the Senate inquiry the Migration Amendment Bill 2024, which was introduced by the government in response to the High Court of Australia's decision in YBFZ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The proposed measures will significantly expand the Government's powers, enabling it to warehouse people in third countries, reverse protection findings made for refugees, and continue the domestic imposition of punitive visa conditions on non-citizens in Australia. You can read HRLC's explainer on the Migration Amendment Bill 2024 here.// Palawa woman and Yoorrook Commissioner and Professor Maggie Walter discussed the importance of data sovereignty for First Nations justice and gave insight into Closing the Gap data released last week, along with updates on Yoorrook for Justice during the last week of submissions. Professor Walter has authored six books and over 100 journal articles in the fields of Indigenous sociology and Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Yoorrook for Justice is a truth telling commission that documents past and present injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria. The commission has seen thousands of people speak truth in court and on Country. Submissions close Saturday 30 September AEDT 11:59pm. Make your submission here.// CONTENT WARNING: This interview includes themes of sexual harassment and gender-based violence. If you need to speak with someone for support, you can always contact the Sexual Assault Crisis Line on 1800 806 292, 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732), Lifeline on 13 11 14, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call 13 YARN (13 92 76). To find out more about your rights at work and reporting instances of sexual harassment in the workplace, visit https://www.respectatwork.gov.au/.Professor Marie Segrave, Dr Siru Tan and Dr Chloe Keel joined us as part of 3CR's dedicated programming across this year's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence to talk about their co-authored research into migrant and refugee women's attitudes, experiences and responses to sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. The research project, a collaboration with ANROWS, was a national study that sought to investigate and document migrant and refugee women's experiences of, understandings of and responses to sexual harassment. Professor Segrave is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the School of Political and Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. Dr Tan is also based at the University of Melbourne, and is a Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social and Political Sciences and co-lead of the Borders, Migration and Gendered Violence Research Hub. Dr Keel is a Lecturer in Criminology at Griffith University. This project's research team also included Professor Rebecca Wickes from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, and Prabhapriya Bogoda Arachchige from the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. Check out the project's final report, published in August this year.// Unfortunately, we weren't able to get to our planned interview with Ngarrindjeri, Djab Wurrung and Gunditjmara musician, dancer and director Amos Roach about this Saturday's unveiling of the Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter statues at Atherton Gardens in Fitzroy. Tune in to 3CR's Solidarity Breakfast this Saturday morning from 7:30-9AM to catch Amos in conversation with Annie!Uncle Archie (Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung)/Bundjalung) and Aunty Ruby (Ngarrindjeri/Kokatha/Pitjantjatjara), Amos' parents, both had strong connections to Fitzroy and narrated their experiences of living, loving and building community as Stolen Generations survivors through their captivating musical talent and songwriting. The statues were commissioned by Yarra City Council in partnership with the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation, with the guidance of the Archie Roach Foundation and members of Uncle Archie and Aunty Ruby's family. This Saturday's event at Atherton Gardens will begin at 2PM, with the official unveiling at 3:30PM, and will feature live performances from musicians including Kutcha Edwards and Shane Howard.//

Migrant and refugee women are confronting sexual harassment in Australian workplaces, with little accountability for perpetrators. A new report has found almost half of the women surveyed reported experiencing sexual harassment in the past five years. - অস্ট্রেলিয়ায় কর্মক্ষেত্রে অভিবাসী এবং শরণার্থী নারীরা যৌন উৎপীড়নের সম্মুখীন হন। আর, এক্ষেত্রে উৎপীরকদের জবাবদিহিতা সামান্যই থাকে। নতুন একটি রিপোর্টে দেখা যায়, জরিপে অংশ নেওয়া নারীদের মধ্যে প্রায় অর্ধেক সংখ্যকই বিগত পাঁচ বছরে যৌন উৎপীড়নের শিকার হওয়ার অভিজ্ঞতার কথা বর্ণনা করেছেন।

Migrant and refugee women are confronting sexual harassment in Australian workplaces, with little accountability for perpetrators. - Perempuan migran dan pengungsi menghadapi pelecehan seksual di tempat kerja di Australia, dengan sedikit akuntabilitas bagi para pelaku.

August 8, 2024 This episode features an interview with Shevanthi Daniel-Rabkin, Senior Program Director of DAWI, and Theodora Rodine, Executive Assistant and Project Coordinator for the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives. They will discuss the upcoming 2024 Worker Co-op Conference (WCC24), set to take place in Chicago, IL from September 12-14. Celebrating its 20th year, the Worker Co-op Conference has consistently united a vibrant community of budding, seasoned, and prospective entrepreneurs. This year's event will highlight the increasing trend of worker ownership in the U.S., alongside a revitalized effort for union organizing, steering the nation towards improved working conditions, better wages, and greater employee influence in the workplace. Shevanthi (Shev) Daniel-Rabkin is Senior Program Director of DAWI. Shevanthi provides strategic support on program implementation and growth for DAWI's conversion work with city municipalities, technical assistance providers, legacy business owners and consulting services. Shevanthi comes to DAWI after successfully launching and implementing worker cooperative management certificate programs, as well as a city focused cooperative education and incubation program at the Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Shev is passionate about the intersection of sustainable business and economic development with particular emphasis on direct impacts for people of color. Shevanthi co-founded the O'Dell Education Center, a nonviolence direct action and leadership academy in Washington State, owned and operated by the Institute for Community Leadership. She currently serves on the board of Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA) and served as Executive Board President at the Center for Women in Democracy, strengthening women's capacity and leadership in the public and private sectors. Shevanthi has an MBA in Sustainable Business from Pinchot University and BA in History and Anthropology from University of Washington. Theodora Rodine is the Executive Assistant and Project Coordinator for the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives. She works on coordinating technical support for co-ops, helps plan conferences and events, and supports the Executive Director. Theodora grew up in San José, California and has lived in South Philadelphia ever since graduating from Haverford College in 2019. She is a member of the Philadelphia Public Banking Coalition and the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA) Policy and Advocacy Committee, and she attends Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Theodora is an extrovert who loves talking, theatre, and the color yellow. She would like to learn more about policy, decolonization, dogs, and local hiking trails. About the Worker Co-op Conference The Worker Co-op Conference is the only national event where worker-owners from across the United States gather to learn and build power together. The conference is co-hosted by Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI) and the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives as the organizations celebrate their 10th and 20th anniversaries respectively. The conference cultivates a network of interconnected and interdependent worker owners, business developers, policymakers, funders, and labor organizers, all driven toward a common goal of improving the lives of workers and their families. WCC24 will foster relationships and strategies within the worker co-op community and knit us closer to other labor movements.

Migrant and refugee women are confronting sexual harassment in Australian workplaces, with little accountability for perpetrators. A new report has found almost half of the women surveyed reported experiencing sexual harassment in the past five years.

News headlines // 7:15AM // Sara Saleh, artist, human rights lawyer, organiser, speaking at the event, "BDS and Building Solidarity with Palestine", organised by Demilitarise RMIT and Free Palestine Melbourne, on Wed 17 July. In these excerpts from the Q&A, Saleh discusses lessons learnt from the 2022 boycott of the Sydney festival. Recording by Annie McLoughlin and production by Kari. 7:30AM // Georgia Wallace-Crabbe, on her latest feature documentary, The Koalas. The Koalas is a feature documentary from Film Projects about the koala's survival and their predicted extinction by 2050, due to habitat deforestation and other stressors. For more info head to https://www.thekoalasfilm.com/7:45AM // Rathi, a Tamil refugee and one of the co-founders of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality, on the protests and ongoing encampment that began outside Clare O'Neill's office over two weeks and have recently moved to the Dept of Home Affairs. Refugees and advocates have been demanding permanent visas for thousands of refugees and asylum seekers. Follow Refugee WAVE by going to https://www.facebook.com/RefugeeWAVE and @refugeewomenaction on Instagram.  8:00AM // Rachael Hocking, Walpiri woman and journalist, who is currently completing her Masters in Social Change Leadership, on Pintubi, Anmatjere and Warlpiri (PAW) Media. PAW media (previously known as Warlpiri Media) have been creating TV, radio and music in the remote Aboriginal community of Yuendumu for 30 years, working with local people in language and according to local cultural protocols. 8:15AM // Jana Favero, Head of Systemic Change for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, speaking with us about the new health report the ASRC has released: Cruelty by Design: The health crisis in offshore detention, which documents the legacy of preventable deaths, medical neglect and countless human rights abuses that have occurred due to Australia's inhumane offshore processing of refugees.  Songs:Fine Print - NehmasisPush Up - Miss Kaninna

Yesterday, we were in rural Virginia interviewing the pioneering regenerative farmer, Joel Salatin. Today, we are on an equally innovative farm in Houston, Texas, in conversation with Kimberley Meyer, author of Accidental Sisters. It's called Shamba Ya Amani (Farm of Peace) and, as Meyer explains in her new book, it's a place where five immigrant women are attempting to build their own American dream. As Meyer notes, American invention comes in all shapes and forms and what these five immigrant women are doing at the urban farm of Shamba Ya Amani is just as innovative as anything one might find in Silicon Valley.Kimberly Meyer is the author of Accidental Sisters: Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream (University of California Press, 2024) and The Book of Wanderings: A Mother-Daughter Pilgrimage (Little, Brown, 2015). Her work explores displacement, political and spiritual, and the ways that the relationships among women and between mothers and children can become a hopeful act of resistance against human suffering. She is a 2019 MacDowell Fellow and has received grants from the Houston Arts Alliance and writing residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. In addition to her work as a writer, she helped found and helps manage Shamba Ya Amani, the Farm of Peace, alongside a collective of refugee and immigrant women and other local Houstonians.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

A new study shows that refugee women who are experiencing domestic violence face additional hurdles in Australia. This includes fears of being deported back to their country of origin. It's prompted calls to increase culturally-appropriate services.

Stella, Dawa and Salome arrived at the Bidibidi refugee camp in north-western Uganda with little more than the clothes they were wearing. Now, all three are entrepreneurs and businesswomen, running thriving businesses and earning enough money to clothe, feed and send their children to school. Can their stories help development agencies and governments deliver support to those most in need?(Picture: Salome, picking crops in a field in Uganda. Copyright: Village Enterprise)Presented and produced by Sam Fenwick

From language barriers to legal complexities, migrant and refugee women face added challenges when seeking support for domestic violence. In New South Wales a specialised centre has now been launched, aiming to bridge that gap. But legal experts and advocates say for some, access to services is still limited.

On Friday's show: The Anti-Defamation League recently conducted an audit of antisemitic incidents that showed a 45 percent increase in the region that encompasses Houston. We learn more about the audit and what kinds of incidents have been reported.Also this hour: From the Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail project gaining new momentum, to retired NFL player Jason Kelce losing his Super Bowl ring in a pool of Skyline Chili, we discuss The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.And a new book follows women who moved to Houston from Iraq, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan as refugees and are trying to move forward with new lives. We meet two of the women and talk with Kim Meyer, author of Accidental Sisters.

AP correspondent Haya Panjwani reports on refugee women learning to drive in Georgia.

Jane Marx is a social entrepreneur committed to empowering marginalized women through meaningful employment. Amidst the pandemic, she founded The Beautiful Bunch, focusing on supporting young women from refugee backgrounds facing barriers to work. Join us for an honest discussion on the challenges and triumphs of launching and running a social enterprise, driven by passion and hustle rather than financial backing. Discover how Jane's journey exemplifies the power of using business for inclusive and sustainable change, proving that each of us holds the capacity to create opportunities for others.   Mentioned in Conversation: Navigating the hurdles to launching and sustaining a social enterprise  Leaning into the unique challenges young women refugees encounter in accessing and maintaining meaningful employment. Embracing the transformative power of kindness in business Building inclusive workplaces that provide a safe space for diversity and empowerment. Navigating the dynamic economic landscape as a woman in business Ready to learn more?   CHECK OUT PRODUCT UPRISING HERE   Scale your product-based business with our 8-week program. An online course designed and created by Pru Chapman and Brooke Franklin - get industry insights from top-level operators on how to grow, manage, and scale a highly successful product-based brand.  Grow your reach. Expand your range. Streamline your Systems. Sell more products.  

For migrant women who can't drive, not having a licence can be a major barrier to work and independence. But a program in Victoria is investing in their potential through in-language lessons as part of a free driving course.

Black Canada Talking™ is a live online event that provides Black Canadians opportunity to give their takes and POVs on stories that are of importance to them. Recently, Chenai Kadungure, Executive Director, Black Physicians' Association of Ontario (BPAO) and Dr. Onye Nnorom, Past President BPAO were guests on Black Canada Talking™. They talked about The Well Being of Refugee Women. Chenai Kadungure has led international economic and community development non-profit programs in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and North America. She is the Executive Director of the Black Physicians' Association of Ontario (BPAO) and is happy to support Black Youth Success (BYS) and Rituals for Recovery (RFR). She has extensive experience in research, leadership development, education, economic development and non-profit management. In her spare time she is involved with projects for Rotary International and sits on boards including the Meta Centre. Her current work in anti-black racism in public health inspired her to serve in the BORN Health Equity Advisory Group. Ms. Kadungure can be reached via: Linkedin Dr. Onye Nnorom is a Family Doctor and a Public Health & Preventive Medicine specialist. She is the Associate Program Director of the Public Health; Preventive Medicine Residency Program at the University of Toronto, and is the Black Health Theme Lead and Post-Graduate Medical Education for the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. As the Black Health Theme Lead, she is tasked with developing educational content for teaching medical students about Black Canadian health, and inequities due to systemic racism. She is also a clinical consultant for the Nicotine Dependence Clinic at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. She is the Past President of the Black Physicians' Association of Ontario. She was also the chronic disease prevention lead at TAIBU Community Health Centre, where she led a number of successful cancer screening initiatives. Most recently she has taken the role as the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lead, within the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. And she is the host of a podcast called Race, Health and Happiness where she interviews successful Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, providing wisdom on how to stay well in a “racialized world”. Dr. Nnorom completed her medical degree at McGill University and then completed a Masters of Public Health (Epidemiology) and residency training at the University of Toronto. Being of Nigerian and Trinidadian heritage, she is particularly interested in Black community health and wellness, and racism as a social determinant of health. – Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health & Temerty Faculty of Medicine, U of T – Co-Lead, Black Health Education Collaborative – www.bhec.ca – Clinical Consultant, Nicotine Dependence Clinic, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health – Host, Podcast – Race, Health & Happiness – Faculty Affiliate, The Centre for Research & Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Victims (The CRIB) – Website The Black Physicians' Association of Ontario (BPAO) works for the equitable representation of the Black population in medicine and ensuring that racialized health disparities are eliminated. The BPAO was founded in 2007 following an influx of Black physicians in the province coming into practice, and registered as a not-for-profit in 2015. We are the most established organization of Black physicians in the country and have supported the establishment of nascent provincial and national organizations, including the Black Physicians of Canada (BPC) and the Black Medical Students' Association of Canada (BMSAC). The BPAO sees a province where Black Ontarians are equitably represented in the field of medicine and racialized health disparities are eliminated. During our conversation, Ms. Kadungure and Dr. Nnorom talked about about the November 4, 2023 event in which Black Physicians' Association of Ontario (BPAO) in collaboration with Dominion Church hosted a Black Health Talk that took place at the Black Creek Community Health Centre. The talk was dedicated to the well-being of refugee women where the speakers delved into the heart of women's health, Black health and mental health. During the chat, they discussed such topics as mental health, access to healthcare, and resources available to women in the refugee community. Here are some of things that they talked about during our conversation: – The ladies share a little about themselves and the first time they met – Some history and information about the BPAO – The state of Black health post pandemic – The story behind the Black Health Talk: A Fireside Chat For Women Refugees – Some information and insights about the recent influx of Black African refugees – The state of the well-being African refugee women – Each of them provide a personal moment in helping a Black African women refugee – What has upset them the most about this situation – When it comes to this situation, what is their message for non-melanated people, Black people – Where do they want to see this situation in a year's time Visit The Dr. Vibe Show™ at https://www.thedrvibeshow.com/ Please feel free to email us at dr.vibe@thedrvibeshow.com Subscribe to The Dr. Vibe Show™ YouTube channel here Please feel free to “Like” the “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan Page here God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith, Dr. Vibe Dr. Vibe Media – You Tube The Dr. Vibe Show™ – iTunes The Dr. Vibe Show™ – Spotify The Dr. Vibe Show™ – TuneIn Radio The Dr. Vibe Show™ – Google Podcasts The Dr. Vibe Show™ – iHeartRadio Instagram The Dr. Vibe Show Facebook Fan Page X Linkedin – The Dr. Vibe Show™ 2020 Podcast News Award Winner – Canadian Ethnic Media Association 2018 Innovation Award Winner – Canadian Ethnic Media Association Producer of Google+ Hangouts – The Good Men Project The Dr. Vibe Show™ At “The Good Men Project” One of the first Brand Ambassador's – Cuisine Noir Magazine Dr. Vibe – Producer And Co-host of Black Men Talking On WJMS Radio Dr. Vibe on HuffPost Live – August 2, 2013 2013 Black Weblog Awards Finalist (Best Podcast) 2012 Black Weblog Awards Winner (Best International Blog) 2012 Black Weblog Awards Finalist (Best Podcast) 2011 Black Weblog Awards Finalist (Best International Blog and Best Podcast Series) Black Blog Of The Day – Black Bloggers Network – June 23, 2011

On Today's episode of The “Center”, we're joined by Anne Hoiberg, author of the book Tears of War: Stories of Refugee Women. According to the Institute for Women's Policy Research “Status of Women in the States Report, nearly 21 million female immigrants currently live in the United States, making up more than 13% of the entire female population in the US. These women take on multiple roles, including roles as students, teachers, many kinds of professional positions, and also are spouses, parents, and caregivers within their families.During her 25-year career as a Research Psychologist with the United States government, Anne Hoiberg published two books and more than 130 scientific articles, book chapters, reports, and presentations. She currently serves as the President of the International Museum of Human Rights at San Diego, Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition, and La Jolla Pen Women as well as Co-President of the American Association of University Women (San Diego branch), Chairwoman of the Nile Sisters Development Initiative, and Secretary of the Peace Resource Center. She is a past president of the League of Women Voters of San Diego, the Women's Museum of California, the United Nations Association of San Diego, and National Women's Political Caucus. Anne volunteered as an election supervisor in “emerging” countries (eight missions) and has organized local, national, and international conferences. In 2012, she was inducted into the San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame. Her book Tears of War: Stories of Refugee Women, was published by Montezuma Publishing in December 2022. "Sweet Times" is by All Bets Off, and is provided by Adobe Stock.

Headlines// 7.15: Kit McMahon, CEO of Women's Health in the South East (WHISE), on the latest report 'Return on Equity: Health and economic dividends from Investing in Women's Health Services' during 16 Days of Activism//7.30: Marisa Sposaro of Doin' Time speaks speaks with veteran activist Pamela Curr about a landmark court ruling that paves the way to end the indefinite detention of asylum seekers. Catch Doin' Time every Monday 4-5pm//7.45: Piume, 19 year old refugee activist who walked 640 kms as a part of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality march from Melbourne to Parliament in Canberra, on calling for an end to 10 years of visa uncertainty for 10,000 refugees living in Australia//8.00: Jaya Keaney, Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Melbourne, on her new book: Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling//8.15: Giséle Nayef, year 11 student, socialist activist and organiser with School Students for Palestine, on the rally last week, the importance of students action, and the march coming up on 7 December. Follow them on Instagram: @schoolstudents4Palestine// SongsMade for Silence - MiieshaEhna Flestinia - Dalal Abu Amnehaltar - KehlaniFlick - POOKIE

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Refugee women Geetha Ramachandran and Ghazaleh Ghaed Rahmati along with unionist and organiser Lavanya joined us to speak about their involvement in the march by a group of refugee women from Melbourne to Canberra to fight for visa equality and raise awareness about the plight of around 12,000 refugees left in limbo by the Australian Government's failure to issue Permanent Protection Visas. Geetha Ramachandran came to Australia in 2013 with her husband and two children. She is a community childcare educator and teacher at a Tamil language community school, as well as a co-founder of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality. Ghazaleh Ghaed Rahmati is an Iranian women who came to Australia when she was 14, and is now 26. While training as a dental assistant, she experienced the impact of visa rejection on her university education, her and her family's wellbeing, and how the unfair and inhumane decisions of the Australian government cause grief and hurt to refugees. You can sign the petition supporting the Refugee Women's Walk for Freedom here, and support them on their journey by donating to their fundraiser.// Earlier this week, Spike visited the public housing estate on Wellington Street in Collingwood and caught up with resident Valentina about the propose demolition of the towers, as well as the importance of drop-in health services for estate residents.// Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers' Union or RAFFWU, joined us to to talk about the upcoming national strike of supermarket workers at sector giants Woolworths and Coles in the face of the companies' failure to commit to providing employees with fair pay, job security and safe workplaces. The strike will take place on Saturday the 7th of October, with industrial action set to begin at 10AM. Support the RAFFWU strike fund for supermarket workers by heading to chuffed.org/project/superstrike.// Lawyer, youth worker, film maker, and comedian Will Crawford spoke with us today about his new show ‘'Rocksteady Baby', which traverses the surreal, absurd, cheeky, and the occasionally serious, exploring how to write a comedy about an invisible disability. Will has just returned to Melbourne after 15 years of living in Darwinm, and is an experienced standup and sketch comedian. ‘Rocksteady Baby' covers a strangely optimistic journey through some dark times, and is running across October at TIC on Swanston Street. Find out more and get tickets here.//Yesterday, Spike visited the Kathleen Syme Library in Carlton and heard from Dee and Jenny about the production of a fantastic peer-produced and designed zine for people with lived or living experience of homelessness called ‘Need To Know', which shares useful resources for people sleeping rough in Melbourne's CBD. ‘Need to Know' is produced in partnership between people with lived experience, local council and the Kathleen Syme Library, and community health services. The production process provides a safe, inclusive and supportive environment for people who have had traumatic or challenging experiences of homelessness to join together to produce a resource that may be of use to others, while giving them the opportunity to view their lived experience in a more positive light in the company of peers.//

On this episode of Women on the Line we hear about current issues faced by migrant and refugee women in both the workplace and more broadly in society in ‘so-called-Australia'. Phương Tran from 3CR Tues Breakfast chats with Dr Ellen Cho, Lecturer at Monash University, about her co-authored report detailing the experiences of women from migrant and refugee backgrounds in Victorian local councils. We then hear Kannagi Bhatt from 3CR Tuesday Breakfast chat with Rati and Lavanya from the Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality. Rati and Lavanya marched alongside a group of women from refugee backgrounds from Narrm/Melbourne to Parliament House in Canberra to advocate for permanent visas and freedom for refugees on the 25th of September. The song featured on this episode is 'K I'm Mortal' by KIMMORTAL. Note that this song has a language warning of the F word. 

A Listener Week Weekend Woman's Hour Special, where you – our listeners – decide what you want to hear on the programme. Our listener Rachel asked us to explore the potential of using psychedelic drugs in medicine, and whether these drugs might affect women differently to men. Anita Rani is joined by Professor David Nutt, Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London; and Catherine Bird, Senior Clinical Trials Manager at the Centre for Affective Disorders at Kings College London. Eric, a listener, suggested we find out more about Vulcana, the Victorian strongwoman known for her 'jaw-dropping feats of strength and her breath-taking beauty'. Author Rebecca F John and Sam Taylor, Britain's Strongest Woman 2020, join Nuala McGovern to talk about strongwomen past and present. A listener who we're calling Jane tells Nuala about her addiction to shoplifting. She wanted to highlight her experience and her struggle to cope with her compulsion - and explains her anxiety about regularly breaking the law. Listener Nelly has asked us to talk about living funerals. She was inspired by Kris Hallenga, the founder of the CoppaFeel breast cancer awareness charity, who has stage 4 breast cancer and who held a living funeral for herself. Nuala hears from Jenna, whose sister had a living funeral. Franceska Murati is a 27-year-old businesswoman and this year's Miss Central London. At four years old, she arrived in the UK having escaped war-torn Kosovo, smuggled in the back of a lorry. She shares her story. And our listener Laura wanted us to look at heavy metal and the role women play in the scene. Nuala speaks to Lindsay Bishop, who conducted 10 years of field work for her PhD on the subject and Becky Baldwin, a bassist from the band Fury. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lottie Garton

Listen to the latest news from Australia, across the globe, and the latest news from the sports world on SBS Sinhala radio news – Monday, 03 July 2023. - ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ නවතම පුවත් මෙන්ම විදෙස් පුවත් සහ ක්‍රීඩා පුවත් රැගත් SBS සිංහල සේවයේ 2023 ජූලි 03 වන දා සඳුදා වැඩසටහනේ ප්‍රවෘත්ති ප්‍රකාශයට සවන් දෙන්න.

Riziki Ramadhani, Beatrice Nyamajana and Beatrice Neema, all refugees from the Congo, had never used a sewing machine until they arrived in regional Victoria.

Riziki Ramadhani, Beatrice Nyamajana and Beatrice Neema, all refugees from the Congo, had never used a sewing machine until they arrived in regional Victoria.

Riziki Ramadhani, Beatrice Nyamajana and Beatrice Neema, all refugees from the Congo, had never used a sewing machine until they arrived in regional Victoria.

David Busolo is an assistant professor in UNB's faculty of nursing.

For migrant and refugee woman, finding secure, meaningful, well-paid work in their new homes can be challenging. Victorian social enterprise SisterWorks supports these women by providing skills training and employment opportunities. Now, SisterWorks is celebrating its tenth birthday, by opening a new cafe and shop, to further support those who want to follow their passion.

The 67th session Commission on the Status of Women took place this year at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City from the 6th to the 17th of March, 2023, coinciding with International Women's Day 2023.

International Women's Day is a day to celebrate women's triumphs, but also a day to raise awareness of problems affecting women around the world. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke to two guests who are confronting the obstacles that get in the way of immigrant and refugee women taking care of their mental health. Rehan Dunkal is manager of mental health services for Isuroon, an organization that serves Somali women in Minneapolis and Burnsville. Elizabeth Ruskin Shanklin is a Clinical Supervisor for the organization. The conversation includes mention of suicide. If you or someone you know is at risk of harming themselves or others, call the suicide and crisis lifeline at 988. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.  Subscribe to the Minnesota Now podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.    We attempt to make transcripts for Minnesota Now available the next business day after a broadcast. When ready they will appear here. 

International Women's Day is a day to celebrate women's triumphs, but also a day to raise awareness of problems affecting women around the world. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke to two guests who are confronting the obstacles that get in the way of immigrant and refugee women taking care of their mental health. Rehan Dunkal is manager of mental health services for Isuroon, an organization that serves Somali women in Minneapolis and Burnsville. Elizabeth Ruskin Shanklin is a Clinical Supervisor for the organization. The conversation includes mention of suicide. If you or someone you know is at risk of harming themselves or others, call the suicide and crisis lifeline at 988.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. Subscribe to the Minnesota Now podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.   We attempt to make transcripts for Minnesota Now available the next business day after a broadcast. When ready they will appear here. 

As part of our continuing partnership with Ballard Brief, Genevieve and Harriet discuss the different types, reasons, and repercussions of violence against refugee women in the MENA region. 

New research has shown that migrant and refugee women are being prevented from achieving their economic potential in Australia, despite high levels of skilled work and education. - Sebuah penelitian baru menemukan para migran dan pengungsi wanita dihambat untuk mencapai potensi mereka di Australia, meskipun memiliki keterampilan dan pendidikan tinggi.

New research has shown that migrant and refugee women are being prevented from achieving their economic potential in Australia, despite high levels of skilled work and education. Those behind the research have recommended a targetted approach to alleviate the situation. - نئی تحقیق سے یہ بات سامنے آئی ہے کہ تارکین وطن اور پناہ گزین خواتین کو اعلیٰ سطح کے ہنر مندانہ کام اور تعلیم کے باوجود آسٹریلیا میں ان کی معاشی صلاحیت کو حاصل کرنے سے روکا جا رہا ہے۔ تحقیق کے پیچھے رہنے والوں نے صورتحال کو کم کرنے کے لیے ایک ہدفی نقطہ نظر کی سفارش کی ہے۔

New research has shown that migrant and refugee women are being prevented from achieving their economic potential in Australia, despite high levels of skilled work and education. Those behind the research have recommended a targeted approach to alleviate the situation. - Ipinapakita ng isang bagong pag-aaral na napipigilan ang mga kababaihang migrante at refugee na maabot ang kanilang potensyal na pakikilahok sa pagtatrabaho sa Australia sa kabila ng pagkakaroon ng mataas na antas ng pinag-aralan at kasanayan sa paggawa. Ilang rekomendasyon ang ibinigay ng mga taong nasa likod ng pananaliksik para maibsan ang sitwasyon.

Today - 09 December, SBS Sinhala Radio current Affair Feature on the the potential of highly skilled refugee and migrant women to boost the skill shortage in Australia's economy. - දෙසැම්බර් 9 වෙනි සිකුරාදා ප්‍රචාරය වූ SBS සිංහල ගුවන් විදුලි සේවයේ කාලීන තොරතුරු විශේෂාංගයට සවන් දෙන්න.

New research has shown that migrant and refugee women are being prevented from achieving their economic potential in Australia, despite high levels of skilled work and education. Those behind the research have recommended a targeted approach to alleviate the situation.

'Being mixed-race has enabled me to find so many other people in the same position as me and share the same struggles as other mixed-race people. Being mixed-race has affected how I blend into society. When I am with Congolese people, I try my hardest to relate more to Congolese people, but when I am around the Angolan side of my family, I try hard to blend in with them.'' Nidia Ntita Nidia Ntita is a Youth program specialist & a Community leader for the Refugee Women's Alliance and Washington Coalition for African Community Leaders . She's currently pursuing her doctorate degree at Walden University . For more informationon the Washington Immigrant relief fund https://wscacl.org/washington-covid-19-immigrant-relief-fund-2/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theafricanexcellistpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theafricanexcellistpodcast/support

A specially tailored project 'Maternal Health Education for Migrant and Refugee Women' (MHED) is aimed to increase awareness among migrant women on the delicate issue of stillbirth which is still a taboo in many cultures. The experts believe that the risk of stillbirth is higher for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI), South Asian and African women. - ਮੈਟਰਨਲ ਹੈਲਥ ਐਜੂਕੇਸ਼ਨ ਫੋਰ ਮਾਈਗ੍ਰੈਂਟ ਐਂਡ ਰਿਫਿਊਜੀ ਵੂਮੈਨ ਨਾਮਕ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਉਪਰਾਲਾ ਅਰੰਭਦੇ ਹੋਏ ‘ਸਟਿੱਲਬਰਥ' ਵਾਲੇ ਨਾਜ਼ੁਕ ਮੱਦੇ ਬਾਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸੀ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਗਰੂਕ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਅਜੇ ਵੀ ਕਈ ਭਾਈਚਾਰਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸ ਮੁੱਦੇ ਨੂੰ ਵਿਚਾਰਨਾ ਵਰਜਿਤ ਹੈ।

Boost Juice founder and UNHCR Ambassador Janine Allis plays a key role in the refugee agency's Leading Women Fund that's helping refugee women set up home-based businesses in Jordan.

Par-dessus les frontières, des luttes de femmes en exil Dans le monde, 48 % des personnes qui décident de migrer sont des femmes. Où sont-elles ? Pourquoi ne les voit-on jamais ? Pourquoi en parle-t-on si peu ? Que vivent-elles sur la route et dans ces zones frontières ? Cet épisode donne la parole aux femmes exilées. Elles racontent les violences perpétrées par la police, les passeurs, ou les hommes qui empruntent le même chemin qu'elles. Les stratégies qu'elles élaborent pour surjouer l'image stéréotypée de « la victime » afin d'accéder plus facilement aux aides humanitaires. L'utilisation de leurs corps de femme enceinte comme atout lorsqu'elles prennent la mer sur des zodiacs qui seront secourus plus rapidement. La difficulté à laisser leurs enfants au pays, la vie avec celleux né.e.s en chemin. L'espoir de rencontrer une « sœur » avec qui traverser les épreuves. Les rêves d'avenir, les luttes pour leurs libertés. Avec :- Chérifa- Manifestantes du rassemblement « Toutes aux frontières »- Elsa Tyzsler, sociologue Textes :« Pas ailleurs, mais ici » d'Adrienne Rich« Chanson sans peur » de Vivir Quintana Remerciements :- Camille Schmoll, autrice du livre « Les damnées de la mer »- Pinar Selek, autrice du livre « Azucena ou les fourmis zinzines »- Sylvie De Jonckheere, d'Emmaus Dunkerque- Toutes les compagnes d'Emmaus Dunkerque- La maison Sésame- Refugee Women's center Pour aller plus loin :- « Nous sommes des battantes » d'Elsa Tyzsler- « Prendre conscience et politiser les violences faites aux femmes illégalisées » d'Elsa Tyzsler- « Securisation des frontières et violences contre les femmes en quête de mobilitée » d'Elsa Tyzsler- Migrantes et mobilisées- Expérience de sororité aux frontières de l'Europe- Association d'accompagnement d'enfants présents sur les camps du Nord de la France Enregistrements : juin 21, avril 22 - Prises de son, montage, textes et voix : Charlotte Bienaimé - Réalisation, mixage et musique originale : Samuel Hirsch - Lectures : Estelle Clément Béalem - Sélection des textes, réseaux sociaux et accompagnement éditorial : Sarah Bénichou - Illustrations : Anna Wanda Gogusey - Production : ARTE Radio - Musique originale : Samuel Hirsch

On this Hacks & Wonks midweek episode, Katie Wilson, General Secretary of the Transit Riders Union, answers all of Crystal's questions about the Raise the Wage Tukwila initiative. They cover how minimum wage in one of the most diverse cities in the state lags behind neighboring jurisdictions, why the proposed policy is so impactful and timely, the broad coalition of support and input behind the initiative, and the many ways to get involved with the campaign. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Find the host, Crystal, on Twitter at @finchfrii and Katie Wilson at @WilsonKatieB, and follow the Transit Riders Union at @SeattleTRU.   Resources Raise the Wage Tukwila: https://www.raisethewagetukwila.org/   “Initiative aimed at Southcenter could raise minimum wage in Tukwila to match SeaTac, Seattle” by Daniel Beekman for The Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/initiative-aimed-at-southcenter-could-raise-minimum-wage-in-tukwila-to-match-seatac-seattle/    “Group aims to bring Seattle minimum wage push to Tukwila” by KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk for MyNorthwest: https://mynorthwest.com/3407417/tukwila-minimum-wage-push/   Get Involved and Volunteer: https://www.raisethewagetukwila.org/get-involved Transcript [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher, and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington state through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Today, I am excited to welcome Katie Wilson back to the program, and she's the co-founder and General Secretary of the Seattle Transit Riders Union and a former Crosscut columnist. Welcome back, Katie. [00:00:50] Katie Wilson: Thank you, Crystal. Great to be here again. [00:00:53] Crystal Fincher: Well, I am excited to have you back here to talk about the Raise the Wage initiative in Tukwila. What is this? [00:01:02] Katie Wilson: Yeah, so this has been in the works for about the last six months and the Transit Riders Union has been building a coalition and doing outreach to workers and residents in the City of Tukwila. And we have launched a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage. So right now in the City of Tukwila, the minimum wage is $14.49, which is our statewide minimum wage this year in Washington state. But there are two jurisdictions in Washington that have higher minimum wages, and those are SeaTac and Seattle. In Seattle this year, the minimum wage is $17.27; and in SeaTac - for most workers, is up to $17.54, so there's about a $3 difference there. And we want to close that gap. So we want to bring Tukwila's minimum wage up to match the wage next door in SeaTac, which next year with the cost of living increase, we think will probably be over $18 an hour. [00:01:56] Crystal Fincher: For those who may be unacquainted, SeaTac is actually - was actually - the first city in the country to pass a $15 minimum wage initiative. So kind of operating right next door where history is made - what influenced your decision to do this right now in Tukwila? [00:02:15] Katie Wilson: Yeah, I think this is a really interesting time to be doing a minimum wage initiative - as we're coming out of the pandemic or we all hope that we are, the cost of living is just going up so fast, right? We have the cost of gas, the cost of food, inflation, and also rents are rising. There was a period during the pandemic where there was basically a rent freeze, but now we're finding people who are getting rent increase notices of $200, $300 a month, so people are really feeling the pinch. And we're also in a moment for worker activism. We're seeing workers at Starbucks, workers at Amazon starting to organize and so - this campaign started before that got going, but I think we are in a moment where workers are feeling kind of bold. And so we just thought that this was a great moment to raise wages. We would love to do this across King County, but unfortunately, the way our political system works, you have to kind of do it a city at a time. So, we thought that Tukwila being a huge job center - it's a small city in terms of residential population, but there are about 45,000 jobs in Tukwila. There's the Southcenter Mall, which is one of the biggest retail shopping centers in the state, lots of low wage retail and food service jobs, lots of warehouse jobs. And so we thought that now's the time to raise the minimum wage in Tukwila. [00:03:47] Crystal Fincher: And it makes sense, and it's so needed. And the country - actions across the country seem to be acknowledging that - when we look at the movements just in support of unionization, which are largely about wages and benefits and just keeping up with inflation, in addition to just making sure that the profits that the employees helped to generate are being distributed in a more fair way. Inequality has just gotten so lopsided and so ubiquitous that people are just fed up and sick of it. What has the reception been like so far in Tukwila? [00:04:27] Katie Wilson: We're just getting a super positive reception, which is heartening when we think about the ballot fight ahead in the fall. But starting last November, our team did a bunch of outreach to workers at and around Southcenter Mall, and we did a couple of surveys, talked to dozens of workers - and found really high support for this idea of raising the minimum wage. And then we've been door knocking and we've been out there gathering petition signatures now for about a month. And the response at the doors is overwhelmingly positive - vast majority of people that we talked to support this idea, and it really just seems like common sense at this point. When you say, we want to raise Tukwila's minimum wage to match what they've got next door in SeaTac, it's not a hard sell. Of course, this is before any opposition messaging. And we definitely have to expect that we're going to have strong and well-funded opposition in the fall. I think that probably the National Retail Association, Franchise Association - these big business groups - are not going to want to see this happen. And so we have to expect that they're going to pour a lot of money into trying to get people to vote No. And I'm sure, they'll say, this is going to cause businesses to close, this is going to raise prices even more, it's going to make inflation even worse. So I think we're going to have to contend with that, but I think our base level of support among Tukwila residents and workers is very, very high. [00:05:55] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, and we heard all of those things when SeaTac passed their $15 minimum wage ordinance, or when they passed that on the ballot. When Seattle passed the minimum wage ordinance, a lot of predictions of doom and gloom. Going way back years ago, just as Washington had one of the higher minimum wages than several other states in the United States - again, people, business lobbies kept saying, well you're going to - this is job-killing legislation. You're really gonna make this a hardship for businesses. Everyone's gonna flee. And then we saw our population skyrocket, businesses move here en masse, people move here en masse. It really seems to have fueled the economy in our region, rather than been a drag on it. What do you respond - how do you respond to people when they do raise concerns about this potentially being harmful to jobs? How do you address that with them? [00:07:00] Katie Wilson: Yeah, I think it is very helpful that we have these two precedents in SeaTac and Seattle right next door. 'Cause we can say, look - they did it and the sky didn't fall. And as you mentioned, there was a lot of fearmongering, especially in Seattle, about - oh, businesses are going to close. And then some of the businesses that said they would have to close, ended up expanding. And the research shows that it had very, very little negative effect in terms of business closures in Seattle. And obviously, our economy continues to boom, so I think that that's really helpful. So we haven't actually heard a lot of that from people - again, I think that once the opposition gets going, that will be more out there in the airwaves. And then, I think to the raising prices or the inflation concern - what we usually say if someone is worried about that is, look - prices are already going up for reasons that don't have much to do with workers' wages. And so everything's getting more expensive and it's the lowest wage workers who are being left behind, so if we don't do something, it's just going to get worse. And people tend to be pretty receptive to that argument. [00:08:10] Crystal Fincher: That makes sense. So were people who lived and worked - who live and work in Tukwila - were they involved in the crafting of this initiative? [00:08:19] Katie Wilson: Yeah, absolutely. So that was part of why we started doing all this outreach to workers and also to organizations that are rooted in Tukwila communities. Tukwila is one of the most diverse cities in our state, I think - it's just like half of families speak a language other than English at home. Tukwila was historically a refugee resettlement area, so there's just a ton of different - people of different nationalities, different backgrounds, different languages. And so, we've also done a lot of talking to, working with organizations that do work in Tukwila. And so we got a lot of input on the policy from those organizations, from residents, from workers. And for example, one of the ways that worker input really shaped the policy is that we had been thinking at some point - we had been discussing including a kind of a scheduling law, similar to Seattle's secure scheduling, in the ordinance - and through conversations with workers, what we heard from them is, keep it simple. Basically raise the wage - the scheduling stuff sounds like it might be good, but it sounds kind of complicated. And so we ended up basically doing that - and all we've included in terms of scheduling is a - what's called an access to hours policy. So that basically says that employers should offer available hours to existing part-time employees before hiring new employees or subcontractors. But apart from that, we're keeping it real simple and just focusing on the wage. Another way that input shaped this policy is we did a lot of talking to local businesses - local small businesses - especially immigrant-owned restaurants. And what we've done is basically we have a few tiers. So for large businesses, which is those with 501 or more employees worldwide, the wage is going to go up all at once in July of next year. And then for businesses smaller than that, we have a three-year phase-in period to give them some time to adjust. And then the very smallest businesses, those with fewer than 15 employees and less than $2 million in annual gross revenue, are exempt. And so that came out of conversations with small business owners, as well as residents. [00:10:39] Crystal Fincher: So a wide swath of the community was included in this - it wasn't like it was just workers and excluded businesses. This was shaped by people who are living and working and operating businesses in the City of Tukwila right now. [00:10:55] Katie Wilson: Yeah, exactly. And it's complicated too, because if you look at Tukwila residents, there's about 20,000 people who live in the city of Tukwila and then there's the 45,000 jobs in the city. And so there are a bunch of people who both live and work in the City of Tukwila, but there's a lot of people who live in Tukwila and don't work there - they work in Seattle, or they work in SeaTac, or they work in another city. And then there's also a lot of people who work in Tukwila who don't live there. And so people are coming to Tukwila from all over King County and beyond, and especially other cities in south King County, in order to work. So there's an interesting dynamic there where you have these different constituencies. And when we're trying to win this at the ballot this fall, we're basically asking a lot of people who aren't going to directly benefit from it - because they don't work in Tukwila - to vote for it. [00:11:47] Crystal Fincher: Well, and that's really interesting. And so often we're used to hearing, especially covered in media, perspectives of business owners and corporate lobbyists. But what impact is made when you give workers more money? What does that do for those workers and for a community like Tukwila? [00:12:11] Katie Wilson: Yeah, I think the obvious thing is that it makes it easier for people to pay the rent, it makes it easier for people to afford things like healthcare, like groceries. And when we were talking to workers last year and early this year, when we were doing surveys, the kind of things that we heard from people were that, I'd like to make a wage that's high enough that I could have my own place. People are doubling up in apartments because they can't afford the rent, so that kind of independence of having your own place. Or I'd like to make enough that I could not only afford the necessities, but I could save a little - I think it was like 77% of the workers that we surveyed said that they didn't - they weren't able to save money because their wages were so low. And I think like a third of the workers we surveyed said that they would like to go back to school, but they don't have time or can't afford it - so having the means to go back to school, further your education, that's another thing. So really it's just - it's a really basic thing, right? It's like give people the money that they need to lead a dignified and independent life. [00:13:15] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, and giving, especially lower wage workers, more money has a higher percentage of an effect per dollar because they're spending the majority of that money - whether it is on education, whether it's on housing in the community, or out to eat, going to the movies, going to entertain themselves. All of that money comes back. And so an investment in workers in a city really is an investment in the city. Have you talked with people in Tukwila so far and gotten feedback on, yeah, I'm not working in Tukwila, I just live here. What do they think? [00:13:57] Katie Wilson: Yeah, and I think that's right - what you just said. It's also money that can be spent at local businesses. And we have a good handful of local businesses that have endorsed the campaign because they see that - they see how putting more money into the hands of working families means that people have more disposable income to spend in the community. And I think another thing that's pretty persuasive for residents who don't currently work in Tukwila is - maybe you could work in Tukwila, maybe you could get a job closer to home. So there's a lot of people who commute to the airport to work in SeaTac, or they commute up to Seattle - because of the higher wages. And commuting takes time, commuting takes money. And so the idea that we're creating better jobs right here in Tukwila so that people can work closer to where they live, I think is a really strong argument for this for Tukwila residents. [00:14:52] Crystal Fincher: A really powerful thing and giving someone the ability to work close to where they live just has so many benefits for that individual, their family, the community. Someone doesn't have to be commuting far - they have more time to spend at home doing what they enjoy. They aren't just having to spend so many of their own resources on the costs of commuting, most of which is done by car and all of the expenses related to that. There are just so many benefits there. So you said you are now signature gathering? [00:15:32] Katie Wilson: Yes, that's right. We are about one month into signature gathering and two months to go. So, yeah and we need all the help we can get. So you want to come down and gather five signatures for us - that's - every signature counts. [00:15:46] Crystal Fincher: How does someone go about that? How do they get in contact with you and what do they typically do while their signature gathering? [00:15:53] Katie Wilson: Yeah, so we have a campaign website and it is at raisethewagetukwila.org. So I encourage folks to go and check that out - and there's a form there where you can sign up for updates and to get involved to volunteer. And so, yeah - go fill that out and one of us will get in touch with you and help you figure out how to plug in. Basically, signature gathering - a lot of what we've been doing so far is door-knocking. And the reason that we're focusing a lot on door-knocking is that that is a very reliable way to find people who live in Tukwila. So it's Tukwila voters, Tukwila residents who need to sign this petition. And if you go to the Southcenter Mall, which is in Tukwila, and you talk to people walking around there, they're from all over. And so finding Tukwila residents at some place like the Southcenter Mall can feel a little bit like finding a needle in a haystack. So a lot of what we've been doing so far is door-knocking, but I think we're actually - we've had some good luck recently standing outside a couple of the grocery stores in or near Tukwila. There are some other public places, parks that I think would also be worth tabling or just talking to people who are outside - so we can do some of that too. So yeah, basically a combination of door-knocking and finding people in public places. [00:17:13] Crystal Fincher: Okay, and how long will the signature gathering effort go on? [00:17:18] Katie Wilson: We think that we have to turn in our signatures probably around the end of June, maybe closer to mid-June. And that's to give time for King County Elections to count and verify that we have enough. And then it goes to the Tukwila City Council. And then - they actually have a choice at that point. They could just pass it themselves without making any changes or, what we expect them to do more likely is, send it to the ballot in the fall. [00:17:45] Crystal Fincher: It sure would be nice if they passed it - it would save everyone a lot of time and money. But if it does go on the ballot, are you prepared to mount a campaign and take on any opposition that might appear. [00:18:01] Katie Wilson: Oh yeah - totally prepared. Well, we are getting prepared. I will say that this is a shoestring operation, right? We don't have dozens of paid staff and a million dollars. This is a very volunteer-powered operation, which is why I hope that people will get involved. And so we're going to do the best we can. I think we will have a robust, mostly volunteer-driven Get Out The Vote operation in the fall where we'll be following up with everyone who signed our petition and others. And I should say, in terms of the number of signatures that we have to gather - technically we have to gather - it sounds like a small number - 1,661 valid signatures of Tukwila voters. Now you need to overshoot because some of those are going to be tossed out for signature issues or whatever, but we actually have a more ambitious goal of over 3,000. And the reason that we want to overshoot that much is because we really want to make contact with people now, right? The people who are going to have to vote for this in the fall - we want to be talking to them now, so that once the opposition gets to them, they've already heard from us. So that's why we're kind of trying to overshoot. [00:19:17] Crystal Fincher: Which makes sense, and I actually think your strategy of signature gathering via canvassing makes so much sense because it is the start of a campaign. Sometimes with ballot initiatives, it's like, okay, it's such a push and so much work to get the signatures necessary to get on the ballot. Sometimes people don't think about that and I think you're actually pretty modest - you've put a lot of thought into this and the ability - what you're doing right now in canvassing, making sure people just understand the nuts and bolts of the initiative, and really you're playing catch up to the other cities in terms of minimum wage just trying not to be behind them and putting employees in Tukwila at a disadvantage in comparison to workers in the surrounding cities. Just makes so much sense and it's so simple - that you are getting to thousands of people who are going to be those voters and that in and of itself could win the election. So, I just think that that is a really smart thing to do. Definitely achievable. And I'm looking forward to this. Now, you said it's going to go to the city council - once the signatures are gathered, they have the choice to put it on. What has the reception been like from Tukwila City Council members and other electeds? [00:20:41] Katie Wilson: Yeah, so we actually have a lot of support on the Tukwila City Council - five out of the seven councilmembers have actually endorsed the campaign - so that's great. And obviously makes it perhaps more likely that they would consider just passing it themselves. I do think - we haven't actually decided yet in the Transit Riders Union and then in the coalition whether to push them to do that or not - I think there are also kind of pluses to going to the ballot from an organizing perspective. So we'll see, but there's a lot of support there. And then, we have endorsements also from the two State representatives in the 11th LD. And also Congressman Adam Smith has endorsed and a candidate for that position, Stephanie Gallardo, has endorsed as well. [00:21:31] Crystal Fincher: So pretty broad support just across the board on all levels, it seems like. [00:21:38] Katie Wilson: Yeah, it's a remarkably uncontroversial idea so far. So we'll see. [00:21:43] Crystal Fincher: And again, if you just think about it - really not surprising given how popular unionizing organizing is going, how there seems to be just a really broad understanding and acceptance that workers have been getting the raw end of the deal for a long time. And as companies have generated record profits, even through the pandemic, people at the top have made out like bandits while people at the bottom continue to struggle. And so improving the minimum wage just seems like the most common sense, basic thing that should be happening, that could be happening. And if it hasn't happened yet, it's coming. [00:22:27] Katie Wilson: Yeah, that's totally true. And I think that we're also helped by the fact that raising the national minimum wage has been out there on the airwaves for quite some time now. So I do think that this just strikes people as a really natural thing to do. It's very different from the situation in SeaTac back in 2013, where that was first one in the country - 15 just sounded crazy high to people. So I do think that we have a much easier road ahead of us, but at the same time don't want to be overconfident 'cause a couple million dollars from the opposition can do a lot of damage. [00:23:02] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, and sometimes they get really threatened by things like this. Have you received, or what kind of coverage have you received so far media-wise? [00:23:13] Katie Wilson: Yeah - well, we had a great article by Daniel Beekman in The Seattle Times - I think that was in March, a little bit before we launched. And yeah, he talked to a bunch of workers that - we helped to put him in touch with some of them - and he did a real great job of demonstrating the lay of the land and the stories of some of the workers who are supporting this and who will be affected by it. [00:23:38] Crystal Fincher: All right. So you gave the website before - if people want to get involved, they can get involved with collecting signatures. Are there any other ways for people to get involved right now? [00:23:51] Katie Wilson: Yeah, absolutely. So, we also have a bunch of data entry work that can be done remotely. So we're actually checking our petition entries against the voter file to keep track of how well we're doing. And so that's one thing that people can help with and we can do a Zoom training to get people trained up on that. And we also have - every Saturday at the Sullivan Center in Tukwila - we have an action meeting, which is a space where there's some other indoor volunteer activities that people can do. And so, from 1-3 PM every Saturday, so that's kind of our big volunteer day, so we also have a couple of door-knocking shifts that we've - on Saturdays. So that's a great opportunity to get involved. And also we just accept donations - like I said, a shoestring operation, so if you have a few bucks to spare, you can donate from the website as well - raisethewagetukwila.org. [00:24:50] Crystal Fincher: All right - that makes a lot of sense. Now you made mention that the Transit Riders Union and the group would ultimately get together and decide whether, as an entity, you wanted to support passage through the city council or going to the ballot. Who is the group that is making this decision and how will that decision be made? [00:25:16] Katie Wilson: Yeah, we're kind of figuring that out - in the Transit Riders Union, we have our own kind of democratic process - we're a membership organization, so we kind of have a mechanism to - we meet every month and we can have this debate about what we think makes sense. But in terms of the broader coalition, we have a bunch of organizations that have endorsed this campaign - they're listed on the website - and we have bi-weekly meetings where some of us get together and kind of chat stuff through. So we'll have to figure out a process of consulting with our allies in this campaign. And maybe we all come to a united position and decide to push them or not to push them, or maybe different organizations go their own way. So that's something that we'll have to figure out over the next couple months. [00:26:02] Crystal Fincher: So it sounds like you have a pretty broad coalition - who are some of the organizations within it? [00:26:09] Katie Wilson: Yeah - some of the endorsers of the campaign - so there's African Community Housing & Development, there's the Refugee Women's Alliance. There's a few labor unions - UFCW 21, WFSE 304, UniteHere! Local 8, MLK Labor also recently endorsed, Gabriela Seattle, which I believe works with Filipino workers. Golly - I'm not looking at it, so I'm - now I'm feeling bad because I'm sure I'm going to miss an organization. [00:26:42] Crystal Fincher: And I did pop on - I see Puget Sound Advocates For Retirement Action, Fair Work Center, Global to Local - just a lot there - We Are Working Washington, Working Families Party. It looks like there are a number there, as well as several local businesses who are endorsing, in addition to just a number of the councilmembers and candidates that you mentioned. So it looks like it is a pretty broad coalition with supportive local businesses, who I'm looking at - you have listed here. So definitely a few support the initiative and look at supporting them - that seems like it would make sense. Just a lot involved here and I love that the community that is impacted was involved in creating this initiative - from both the worker and the small business perspective. Is there anything else that you, just as we close, would want people to know or do about this initiative? [00:27:47] Katie Wilson: If anyone's listening who lives or works in Tukwila, we would love to hear from you. So yeah - get involved. Obviously there's a lot of great stuff to get involved in right now - I know in Seattle, obviously, the House Our Neighbors initiative is just starting signature gathering. Statewide, there's the Whole Washington initiative. So there are a lot of opportunities right now to get out and gather signatures for a good cause, and so I would just encourage everyone to get out there and do something if you can. If signature gathering is not your cup of tea, yeah - data entry. I think putting a few hours into this, or one of the other great campaigns that's going on right now, really makes a difference. [00:28:30] Crystal Fincher: It does. And especially with these campaigns - volunteers do so much valuable work for these and other similar types of campaigns. So sometimes people are like, well, I don't know how much of a difference I could make in this thing. And people make so much of a difference - an individual could make so much of a difference. [00:28:50] Katie Wilson: We absolutely could not - we could not do this campaign at all without lots and lots of volunteers. So, yeah. [00:28:58] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, definitely - so if you're so inclined, definitely do that. It makes a difference. And I guess I'll just give you the last word as we part here. [00:29:12] Katie Wilson: Yeah - let's Raise the Wage. Let's do this all over King County. [00:29:16] Crystal Fincher: Makes sense to me. Well, thank you so much for joining us today, Katie. We'll include all of the links that we talked about in the show notes if you want more information, and we'll certainly stay tuned and keep updated on how things are going in Tukwila. I thank you all for listening to Hacks & Wonks on KVRU 105.7 FM. The producer of Hacks & Wonks is Lisl Stadler with assistance from Shannon Cheng. You can find me on Twitter @finchfrii, spelled F-I-N-C-H-F-R-I-I. Now you can follow Hacks & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts - just type "Hacks and Wonks" into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get our Friday almost-live shows and our midweek show delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, leave a review wherever you listen to Hacks & Wonks. You can also get a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced in the show at officialhacksandwonks.com and in the episode notes. Thanks for tuning in - we'll talk to you next time.

In this episode recorded on International Women's Day, we spoke with some special guests from Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston about their Women Refugee Art Program (WRAP), and the Women's Empowerment Group (WEG). We spoke with Narelle Sissons, a visual artist, theatre designer, professor, and art instructor who teaches and empowers the women of WRAP to use art concepts to express themselves and their stories. We also spoke with Chloe Krane, a former TV producer for Associated Press, Al Jazeera, and BBC, who is now the Interfaith Ministries' Women's Empowerment Liaison and leader of the Women's Empowerment Group, and Sucre Woodley, Director of Marketing & Communications at Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston. We explore the complex, and often traumatic journeys of rebuilding one's life in a new place, and how creating safe places and brave spaces for expression and education are crucial, liberating opportunities for women refugees, asylees, and parolees as they go through resettlement processes. Our Neighbor to Neighbor program is an official Sponsor Circle Umbrella under the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans! **We are in urgent need of sponsor circles to support the move of Afghan newcomers into welcoming communities. You can play a critical role. To learn how you can be a community sponsor, visit https://dfms.formstack.com/forms/initial_congregation_interest_form Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram where we are @emmrefugees. To stay up to date on all new episodes, make sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts on Spotify, iTunes, stitcher, Google play, or SoundCloud. To support the ministry of welcome, make a gift to Episcopal Migration Ministries. With your help, we will continue to welcome and resettle refugees in communities across the country, offer support to asylum seekers, and create beloved community for all of our immigrant siblings. Visit episcopalmigrationministries.org/give or text HOMETOWN to 91999. Our theme song composer is Abraham Mwinda Ikando. Find his music at abrahammwinda.bandcamp.com

Will Smith's wife Jada's been out of control! Old clips: Madeleine Albright, refugee woman Secretary of State!  The Hake Report, Monday, March 28, 2022 AD: Upcoming MDD debate: Is the Great Reset Real? Hake vs. Stardust! // INTERESTING CALLS: Insanity in the world — Supreme Court, Will Smith, slapping, alopecia, Ukraine crisis, black propaganda, CA housing (SEE BELOW) // Will Smith and Jada Smith are a mess: Will allegedly slapped Chris Rock over a bald woman joke. FLASHBACK: Jada pushed the undignified black agenda against the Oscars, 2016. // 2021 report: BlackRock (owned by Larry Fink) buying up residential houses! // 1997 FLASHBACK: 60 Minutes interview with the now-late refugee-turned-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright! What an evil woman! //  MUSIC: "Bless Your Blood" - Six Organs of Admittance - The Sun Awakens (2006, Drag City Records) // "Game On" - Jeremy Korpas - YouTube Audio Library (Chris selection) //  CALLERS Steve from NYC is horrified politicians will approve a woman who can't define "woman"! //  Alexander from CA touts his "solutions" to "white privilege": More babies to pay reparations! //  Art from OH goes in on Will and Jada Smith as well as Chris Rock for taking the slap! //  Richard from NC says Klingons in "Star Trek" took a slap as a challenge to the death! //  Chad from Dominican Republic questions Jada's choices, Jesus's "turn the other cheek" //  Arnold from AZ indicates evil people are exploiting the Ukraine "crisis" for power //  Keith from IL says white liberals are controlling and manipulating black entertainment //  Justin from CA talks about the difficulty building housing in California w/ bad policy //  Also check out Hake News from today.  TIME STAMPS 0:00:00 Mon, Mar 28, 2022 0:03:10 Hey, guys! 0:04:47 Is the Great Reset Real? 0:10:31 STEVE, NYC: Supreme Court can't define woman 0:14:28 Messy Jada Smith, Will Smith 0:32:19 ALEXANDER, CA: Solution to white privilege 0:39:04 ART, OH: Will, Jada, and Chris Rock 0:45:41 RICHARD, NC: Slap challenge to the death 0:50:55 Supers: Foo Fighters, Bastiat debate 0:57:33 Introducing music 0:58:28 "Bless Your Blood" - Six Organs of Admittance 1:01:55 Reading chat during music 1:04:54 CHAD, DR: Jada's choices; Slaps; Alopecia 1:08:55 BlackRock 1:18:22 ARNOLD, AZ: Ukraine crisis world order 1:24:09 Madeleine Albright, evil refugee woman 1:43:16 Supers: Charming Madeleine; Ayanna Pressley 1:46:37 KEITH, IL: white liberals control black stations 1:51:57 Supers: Pronounce alopecia; NATO bombed Serbia 1:53:58 JUSTIN, CA: Housing in CA 1:59:30 "Game On" - Jeremy Korpas HAKE LINKS VIDEO ARCHIVE: YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | ALSO SEE: Odysee | BitChute | Rumble  AUDIO PODCAST: Apple | Spotify | Podcast Addict | Castbox | TuneIn | Stitcher | Google | iHeart | Amazon | PodBean  LIVE VIDEO: Odysee | Facebook | Twitter | DLive | YouTube* | Twitch*  SUPER CHAT: Streamlabs | Odysee | SUPPORT: SubscribeStar | Teespring  Call in! 888-775-3773, live Monday through Friday 9 AM - 11 AM PT (Los Angeles) https://thehakereport.com/show  Also see Hake News from JLP's show today.  *NOTE: Patreon, YouTube, Spotify, Twitch, and Trovo have all censored James's content on their platforms over fake "Community Guidelines" violations. (Patreon recently removed JLP, The Fallen State, and Hake all on the same morning!)  BLOG POST: https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2022/3/28/032822-mon-the-hake-report

In this episode, we're talking to our guest from Valleywise Health's Refugee Women's Health Clinic, serving more than 9,000 refugees since 2008 from over 60 countries and is located in the greater Phoenix, Arizona area; specifically, Maricopa County. The Refugee Women's Health Clinic has a long-established infrastructure of community partnership, engagement, and shared community leadership that through collaboration facilitate and coordinate culturally competent care, services, and support.

Noora Sharrab is the co-founder of Sitti, a social enterprise business committed to the self-reliance of refugee and displaced communities. In this episode, we explore how years of experience working with refugee communities gave Noora the inspiration and insight to go beyond a non-profit model to create a thriving business that gives women dignity and stability through steady employment. She walks us through the need for such business models and the deep impact Sitti has made for thousands of individuals.

00:39 Before we start on the interview, a shoutout to the Homebrewed Feminism podcast. You can find the podcast at homebrewedfeminism.com and listen to their discussion of our interview with Marion Sharples in Episode 6: Equity > Equality.01:07 The Women's Budget Group report on Migrant Women and the Economy. Read the full report here.02:31 Immigration in the UK and the "hostile environment"10:01 How men's and women's pattern of migration vary13:27 Impacts on the economic position of migrant women19:59 Challenges in accessing financial services22:10 The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on migrant women30:32 And what about when lockdown rules are relaxed?35:53 The rights of migrants and the Black Lives Matter movement39:38 The proposals of the Women's Budget Group to improve the economic position of migrants in the UK46:00 Migrant women have faced the worst of our collective crises in 2020. Here, I also talk about the Women's Budget Group's webinar which brought together many organizations supporting migrant women, including Southhall Black Sisters, the Latin American Women's Rights Service, Women for Refugee Women and Foleshill Women's Training. You can find the webinar here.