Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins has announced the MeToo Movement as the winner of the 2019 Sydney Peace Prize. Ms Jenkins said the global movement, which has had local and international impact in its call to action on sexual assault and
Tarana Burke, the US-based founder of the #MeToo movement, has been awarded the annual prize alongside Spicer, who helped spearhead award-winning investigations into sexual harassment in media workplaces in Australia. The author and broadcaster was part of a Walkley award-winning team behind
The founder of the #MeToo movement, New York-based activist Tarana Burke, has been awarded this year’s Sydney Peace Prize in conjunction with Australian journalist Tracey Spicer. The two recipients will receive the prize on behalf of the #MeToo movement on November
The Sydney Peace Foundation calls on the UK Government to refuse to extradite Julian Assange to the USA, where he is likely to face serious human rights violations in pre-trial detention. The allegations of rape and other sexual violence against Julian
2018 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Professor Joseph Stiglitz joined GetUp!'s Future To Fight For podcast for a chat about inequality, globalisation, and some of the myths that hold us back from great economic policy.
Join us for a special Sydney Peace Foundation screening of 2014 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Julian Burnside's new documentary Border Politics, including a live Q&A with Burnside himself! Border Politics follows Burnside as he travels the globe examining the harsh treatment of refugees at
Are you passionate about peace and justice? Great news! We are looking for two interns to join our small team for the next six months to assist with the 2018 Sydney Peace Prize events honouring Professor Joseph Stiglitz. You will be
Peter Dutton is arguably the most powerful person in the country. In his new ministry he has oversight for national security, for the Federal Police, Border Force and ASIO, for the law enforcement and emergency management functions of the Attorney-General’s
Nobel Prize winning American economist Joseph Stiglitz will receive the 2018 Sydney Peace Prize in recognition of contribution to tackling the global inequality crisis. The former economic adviser to the Clinton administration and Chief Economist at the World Bank will come
American economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz has been talking about the dangers of inequality since the 1960s. That a prime beneficiary of the growing chasm between rich and poor now occupies the White House is beyond galling to him.
Nobel prize-winning economist says the argument in favour of cutting company tax to increase wages is a spurious one sk Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz for his thoughts on the Turnbull government’s arguments that cutting the company tax will lead to strong investment
This article is written by 2014 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Julian Burnside AO QC. It appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald of 25 March 2018. What does it say about the state of our democracy when it falls upon everyday people
We are pleased to support the upcoming launch of Dr Lydia Gitau's new work Trauma-Sensitivity & Peacebuilding. Richard Ackland AM, former host of Media Watch, diarist and legal affairs editor of The Saturday Paper, will launch Dr. Lydia Gitau's 'Trauma-Sensitivity and Peacebuilding,'
This talk was presented by 2016 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate Naomi Klein, at an official TED conference in September 2017. Things are pretty shocking out there right now -- record-breaking storms, deadly terror attacks, thousands of migrants disappearing beneath the waves
This interview, conducted by Janice Petersen , appeared on SBS on Wednesday 23 November. In the wake of the a military coup in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe's resignation, 2012 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Sekai Holland has spoken out about the possibility of a
By Emelda Davis Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder Patrisse Cullors along with co-founders for Toronto chapter - Rodney Diverlus and Longbeach chapter Dawn Modkins were in Sydney to accept the Sydney Peace Prize on the 2nd November at the Sydney Town Hall. The Sydney Peace Prize
This article, written by Jack Latimore, appeared on the Guardian Australia on Friday 3 November. Jack Latimore is a writer and journalist. His work also appears regularly in Guardian Australia and Koori Mail. He is a proud Birpai man. Photo: Organisers from
The founders of the global civil rights movement and young black Australians talk about what Black Lives Matter means to them. By Indigenous affairs reporters Isabella Higgins and Bridget Brennan Four years ago, three American women started a hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, after a white neighbourhood
SYDNEY (AP) — A Black Lives Matter co-founder called on Australians to make a courageous stand and heal the nation’s racial problems and said Wednesday the U.S.-based movement was committed to the global struggle of the black race and solidarity
This article, written by Patrisse Cullors and Rodney Diverlus, appeared on the Guardian Australia on Wednesday 1 November. The government must stand on the side of the original people of this land, and challenge the idea that their lives don’t matter Of
The co-founders of the global movement say there are parallels between the US and Australian experiences. By Abbie O'Brien, SBS News The co-founders of the global Black Lives Matter movement have met with Australia's Indigenous community and say there are parallels between
Black on Black talks on Tuesday 31 October hosted by Australian South Sea Islanders (Port Jackson) will include a meaningful discussion with Black Lives Matter Global Network leaders and the families of 'Black Murders in Custody'. Supported by Australian South Sea Islanders
This article is written by Chelsea Bond, Senior Lecturer at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit (ATSIS Unit) of The University of Queensland. It is the second in the Black Lives Matter Everywhere series, a collaboration between The Conversation, the Sydney
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This article is written by Melina Abdullah, #BLM Organizer and Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies, California State University, Los Angeles. It is the first in the Black Lives Matter Everywhere series, a collaboration between The Conversation, the Sydney Democracy Network and