International Women’s Day is a time of celebration, when activists, feminists and women’s movements appreciate the many advances that we have helped to bring about worldwide.In many ways, the world...
Earlier this year I went along to the Sustainable Food Summit in Sydney with my Cultivating Community hat on and left with mixed feelings and a few concerns (well heaps actually) about the power of...
What an amazing Friday night in! No need for makeup, no high heeled shoes and luckily no little black dress…..I suspect it no longer fits anyway! Last Friday night I participated in an international...
World AIDS DAY 2011 has turned out to be a black day for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) because of International political decisions. There are innumerable threats to the lives of PLHIV from various...
On my way from the airport to inner city Perth I saw a flashing road sign that declared “CHOGM, Plan Ahead.” Its purpose was to warn of traffic delays, but to my mind it is an important message to...
You can use the land you have to grow the food you need.This is one of the slogans from a WWII victory poster that was plastered across the UK and the USA encouraging people to utilise their suburban...
ActionAid Australia’s campaign The Other You connects people like you, who want to fight injustice, with ActionAid Activists overseas who are doing just that.
Polly sat awkwardly on my soft and comfy sofa but dealt so confidently with the stream of media that passed through my home. It was an unusual situation even for me…I am not accustomed to radio and...
Image: With the support of ActionAid and Bawodene Saccos this women's group set up a poultry farm in Bawodene village, Tanzania.Living in Australia, one of the richest countries in the world, it is...
