The ChangeCourse journey: part 3
Bonnie Hook brings us her third - and final - ChangeCourse blog post and emotions are running high!
BLOGS
Pay to Work: Corrupt practices cause mounting frustration
The other morning I spoke with some villagers who live in the district surrounding the Ching Luh factory. They told me about a local hustler who promotes factory recruitment. Potential applicants are asked for money ranging from 2-2.5 million rupiah (equivalent to two months of a factory workers’ full time wage). The hustler demanded upfront […]
Australia signs on to Kyoto2
Oxfam Australia has welcomed the Government’s intention to join a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol, whose initial seven-year commitment period expired this year, provided the foundations for a rules-based, global response to climate change. Its continuation, by way of a second commitment period, provided the necessary legal and political bridge to the […]
The Arms Trade Treaty gets a second chance
Just hours after President Obama’s re-election was confirmed, the United States backed a resolution in the First Committee of the United Nations to recommence negotiations on the world’s first legally binding Arms Trade Treaty – an historic international instrument to regulate the $70 billion global trade in weapons. It was a joyous moment for the […]
Keeping them safe: Teresa’s story
This week, we meet Teresa, one of the refugee women that RSS has helped to set up a home-based childcare centre. Here, Teresa talks about the challenges and satisfaction of keeping vulnerable children safe.
The ChangeCourse journey: part 2
ChangeCourse 2012 has now well and truly kicked in, requiring participants to take a leap of faith in more ways than one...
Music: the universal language (and your chance to win!)
If you live in Victoria and love roots music from around the world, you’re in luck: we have four double passes to the Australasian Worldwide Music Expo (AWME) to give our supporters!
Queenslanders talk support for climate action and a freeze on global land grabs
Oxfam supporters made the most of their opportunity to meet Federal Member for Moreton Graham Perrett at his weekend mobile office last Saturday in southside Brisbane. Newly enrolling into the electorate, Emily Cowlrick and Jessica Wheelock took the chance to update their electoral roll details while also presenting their new MP with copies of Oxfam’s […]
The ChangeCourse journey: part 1
This is the first in a series of blog posts from the scene of ChangeCourse 2012, where young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from around Australia have come together to work with Oxfam on bringing about positive change in their communities and themselves.
Keeping them safe: building a community
In part 2 of her interview, Yasmin tells us more about RSS's work with refugee women, supporting them as they rebuild their confidence and find a place in their new communities.
