Stitched together stories: the plights of garment worker women in Bangladesh
CW; mention of sexual harassment, domestic violence Bangladeshi readymade garments (RMG) worker Nasrin Begum feels embarrassed recalling the plights that she began to face as a teenager, and is still carrying now. Begum was 15-years old in 1990, when she married a carpenter who was twice her age. They lived in a remote area in […]
The activist pressuring Dominic Raab on Myanmar: In Conversation with Wai Hnin Pwint Thon
Wai Hnin Pwint Thon had known her father was at risk of being arrested again. With rumours of a coup circulating in January, “he was very outspoken”, warning of “the military using bullying tactics to destroy democracy”. What she had not expected was to actually watch soldiers escorting him from his home through a deserted […]
The Women Strike and the Youth Revolts: in conversation with a Polish pro-choice activist
Tom Lesniara talks to Aleksandra Sidoruk, a member of Łódzkie Dziewuchy Dziewuchom, to hear from the frontlines of the historic protests in Poland. On 22nd of October, The Polish Constitutional Tribunal ruled that a statutory provision which allowed women to access abortions in cases of foetal abnormality was unconstitutional. The Tribunal Judge Justyn Piskorski later […]
WAR on racism in Australia: discussing Black Lives Matter with Aboriginal activist Boe Spearim
In our first piece for In Conversation, Lilly McKenzie takes us to the streets of Brisbane to offer a different perspective on Black Lives Matter. Walking through the Brisbane Cental Business District (CBD), you hear the roar of the crowd before you see them, stragglers walking alongside you. Spilling out from King George Square is […]
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