Showing Up for Human Rights

Today, on the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I attended the launch of- ‘Showing Up: Islamophobia & Antisemitism Bystander Intervention Program’ at the Immigration Museum.’ Islamophobia and Antisemitism are prominent and serious...

Insights Into 2019 from Global Experts

Download this brilliant 24 page journal of 2019 Concordia Insights, curated by 10 Concordia Forum alumni with first hand expertise in their related fields. These Insights takes a deep dive into subjects, including: artificial intelligence, challenges facing Muslims in...

Acting Local to Fight the Global War on Women

In the space of a week I read of three cases of varying degrees of gender based discrimination and violence that typify why the #metoo and #violenceagainstwomenand children campaigns remain an intractable reality in 2018: Firstly, ABC journalist, Patricia Karvelas...

Failing Children the World Over

The world is failing these children, at chronic risk of sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking, as they lurch from one trauma to the next. This excerpt from the compelling report by the IFRC ‘Alone & Unsafe: Children, Migration, Sexual and Gender Based...

Virtual Spirituality- from Mecca to Marree

The Islamic Museum of Australia has launched an incredible new VR experience, ‘Mecca to Marree’. This virtual journey takes you from the site of Islam’s first mosque, in Mecca, to the first mosque constructed in Australia. Through incredibly realistic rendering of...