Pod Rights

Pod Rights - Episode 13

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:56:31 +1000

On 17 July 2010, an agreement was announced whereby, by 2014, the major cinema chains (Hoyts, Village, Event and Reading International) would provide captioning and audio description at every one of the 132 cinema complexes they operate in Australia, across 242 screens. This is a fantastic improvement on the 12 screens around the country that currently provide captioning for three sessions per week. (See media releases: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2010/76_10.html) But what is audio description and captioning? And how does it aid and enhance the cinema experience for the large number of people who are deaf, have hearing impairment, are blind, or have low vision? To find out more, Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes spoke to Mr Alex Varley, CEO of Media Access Australia, about this important announcement, the technology involved and the way it works.

Pod Rights - Episode 12

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Mon, 5 Jul 2010 13:23:57 +1000

Work/ life balance, especially for people raising a family, is one of the eternal questions when it comes to reforming the workplace and addressing the competing pressures of working and raising children. How do we value the time people, mainly women, carry out as unpaid caring work? How do men fit into this equation? In this instalment of Pod Rights, Race and Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, talks Dr Lyn Craig, an ARC QEII Fellow from the Social Policy research Centre at the University of New South Wales, about her research entitled, Work and Family Time: Australia in Comparative Perspective. It compares the time demands of parenthood and the gender division of care in the United States, Australia, Italy, France and Denmark, and includes an overview policies in those countries that are designed to promote better division of unpaid care.

Pod Rights - Episode 11

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:10:21 +1000

Mia Northrop is a digital media professional from Flemington in Melbourne, and the brains behind the Vindaloo Against Violence campaign, which took place in February this year. Vindaloo Against Violence urged people around Australia to show their support for Indian communities by dining out at Indian restaurants as a statement against the spate of violent attacks on Indian people - mainly students - which had been taking place. Mia used her skills with and understanding of digital media, gained over 10 years' experience marketing website and designing digital user experiences, to create and promote the event through facebook, initially, then a dedicated website. In this instalment of PodRights, Mia talks to Race and Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, about cyber racism and the ways digital media can be used as a tool against racism.

Pod Rights - Episode 10

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Mon, 7 Jun 2010 16:48:39 +1000

In this installment of Pod Rights, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, talks to UN Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser Rachel Mayanja.

UNiTE is the current United Nations Campaign to prevent violence against women. The United Nations and many international human rights advocacy groups have suggested that violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights in the world today. In this week's instalment of PodRights, Sex Discrimination Commissioner. Elizabeth Broderick, talks to UN Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Rachel Mayanja, about the implications of violence against women and the goals of the UNITE campaign.

Pod Rights - Episode 9

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:46:11 +1000

Ninth episode of Pod Rights, presented by Graeme Innes AM, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner.

Language is an integral part of culture. And with more and more people living in places that are not their country of origin, language protection has become an important human rights issue. As this week is Samoan Language and Culture Week, Race and Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, took the time to talk to the Samoan High Commissioner, Mr Lemalu Samaustate, about the kind of strategies that might best protect the languages of linguistic minorities in a country like Australia.

Pod Rights - Episode 8

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:54:32 +1000

Eighth episode of Pod Rights, presented by Graeme Innes AM, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner.

On 27 April this year, the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Internet Industry Association co-hosted a one day Summit to start a conversation about the issue of cyber-racism and the development of effective solutions. Among the delegates at the Summit was Mr Mozelle Thompson, a member of Facebook's Advisory Board. In this podcast, Race and Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, talks to Mozelle Thompson about the ways that Facebook is addressing the issue of cyber racism, as well as the pros and cons of regulation and harnessing the power of internet communities to take action in social networking spaces.

Pod Rights - Episode 7

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:55:38 +1000

Seventh episode of Pod Rights, presented by Graeme Innes AM, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner.

In the media reporting of boat arrivals, Australia's 'International obligations' are often mentioned. But what are they? In this podcast, Race and Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, talks to Professor Jane McAdam about what Australia's international obligations are at law. Jane is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at UNSW and Director of the International Refugee and Migration Law Project at the Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law.

Pod Rights - Episode 6

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:54:05 +1000

Sixth episode of Pod Rights, presented by Graeme Innes AM, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner.

In this installment of Pod Rights, Disability and Race Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, looks at a joint Commission and Pacific Disability Forum project, which is funded by AusAID.. This project focuses on building the knowledge and capacity of national disabled people's organisations (NDPO's) and governments in nine Pacific Island countries and reinforcing the importance of these organisations and governments working together to progress disability issues. The project aims to help the governments in these nine countries to better understand the rights of people with disability with a view to signing, ratifying and implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Pod Rights - Episode 5

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Thu, 1 Apr 2010 13:29:48 +1100

Fifth episode of Pod Rights, presented by Graeme Innes AM, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner.

Commissioner Innes speaks with four people from the Symposium to gain wide-ranging consideration of current race and cultural diversity issues.

Pod Rights - Episode 4

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:19:21 +1100

Forth episode of Pod Rights, presented by Graeme Innes AM, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner.

Commissioner Innes speaks to Robin Banks, CEO of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), about assisting complainants in human rights complaint processes.

Pod Rights - Episode 3

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:50:04 +1100

Third episode of Pod Rights, presented by Graeme Innes AM, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner.

Commissioner Innes speaks to Susan Roberts, Executive Director of the Australian Human Rights Commission

Pod Rights - Episode 2

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:28:09 +1100

Second episode of Pod Rights, presented by Graeme Innes AM, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner.

Commissioner Innes interviews disability rights advocate, Maurice Corcoran.

Pod Rights - Episode 1

webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au (Australian Human Rights Commission) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:05:14 +1100

First episode of Pod Rights, presented by Graeme Innes AM, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner.

Commissioner Innes interviews the outgoing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma