Violence in the home, particularly violence against women, affects households across Australia. Women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities are less likely to report this violence. To break down these barriers, Reeta

Community Development: Getting Things Done

Oct 29th, 2013 46m 21s

Sutapa Howlader (Community Development) talks about at her projects in Fiji, Palestine, impoverished boroughs of London and closer to home in the Northern Territory to examine what worked and why? Can they be recreated, and how can community pl

Mobile Phones to Connect Refugee Women

Nov 21st, 2011 13m 14s

Refugees have a huge cultural distance to cover on arrival in Australia – a transition that generates a demand for knowledge of information that we take for granted. Offering peer support training and free call mobile phones to small groups of

Rebuilding Communities After Fire Devastation

Jul 29th, 2010 45m 50s

Jemima Richards (a founder of Kinglake Firefox) tells her story of surviving the 2009 Black Saturday fires in Victoria, and the relief and recovery efforts of her organisation.Recorded on 25th July, 2010. The address was the 2010 Kerferd Orat

Community Values in a World of Need

Aug 1st, 2009 38m 29s

Rev Tim Costello (CEO of World Vision Australia) talks about placing global poverty on the national agenda. The global financial crisis, terrorism, conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan and parts of Africa, climate change and extreme poverty, demand

An End to World Poverty?

Feb 26th, 2009 1h 5m

Rt Hon Mike Moore (Former Prime Minister of New Zealand) discusses the way to reduce world poverty, and how the business sector can contribute significantly to ending world poverty.Mike Moore was Director General of the World Trade Organisati

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