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Day 16 of #16DaysofActivism Gender based violence is a multi-faceted issue and can encompass physical, sexual, economic, cultural and emotional mistreatment based on a person’s gender. Among the root causes of gender-based violence are existing social norms and the imbalance of power between men and women. Gender roles are learnt through socialisation beginning in early childhood and can limit what we think we can do, who we think we are and who we think we can be. Societies with rigid gender roles often deny women…

Violence against women and girls is one of the most devastating and widespread human rights violations in the world today. Sadly, it usually goes unreported due to the impunity, stigma and shame surrounding it. Sunday 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

We’ve been looking through HCR’s archives and have asked our founder, Dr Ross James, to explain the story behind photos that mystify us ‘young ‘uns’. By Ross James It comes as something of a shock to walk into a museum and discover something that you used displayed as an historical object. It was 1991. There,…

The HCR network uses the Chinese pictogram “ting” (to listen) to help explain what we call community-centred media (CCM).

Reconciliation week is one of great importance, for both Indigenous (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) and non-Indigenous Australians.   The biggest milestone for reconciliation was the 1967 referendum, where an overwhelming amount of the non-Indigenous population voted ‘Yes’ to  the end of official discrimination and the promise of full and equal citizenship.  This was a…