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Student Blogs
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Adoption in Australia: The Ugly Truth
20 Mar 2012Women and men- take a minute to think about this statement.
Imagine if YOU were forced to give up your child for adoption.
Then think about this….
You were never able to see this child.... -
What do you know about human trafficking?
12 Jan 2012Human trafficking is something that we have all heard about but how much do we actually know?
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Let’s get drunk on confidence!
6 Jan 2012Smashed, hammered, legless, wasted. Did you know that binge-drinking is rising amongst young women?
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Sisterhood – it’s all about girl power!
22 Dec 2011Thanks to the Spice Girls, 1996 bought the phrase ‘Girl Power,’ into vogue. Girl power referred to the empowerment of women, an attitude fostered among girls that we could do anything if we worked together!
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16 Songs for 16 Days – a volunteer perspective
13 Dec 2011As a university student currently studying Nursing, Public Health and Health Promotion, it was an honour to be given the opportunity to participate in the 16 Songs for 16 Days event.
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Body Image – Imperfect SpeciWOMAN?
12 Jul 2011There is an ever increasing debate surrounding body image and the unhealthy effects that society and the media’s constructs of what it is to be beautiful can have on young women. The media is constantly bombarding us with images of stick-thin, perfectly symmetrical, perfectly primed women and girls.
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Dating and Relationship Violence: Physical bruises fade…but what about the emotional ones?
12 Jul 2011The issue of domestic abuse and violence has been widely discussed within society and throughout the media - we are all aware that physical and sexual abuse is illegal and unacceptable. Why then, are some women so willing to tolerate emotional or psychological abuse in relationships? Are we even aware of it when it is happening to us or to our friends and family?
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Feminism – A Dirty Word?
12 Jul 2011Feminism is defined in the dictionary as “the belief that women should be allowed the same rights, power and opportunities as men”, but with the evolution of feminism the word itself has become entangled with the mainly negative connotations that are stereotypically assigned to it.
