Discover how ‘Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection' has opened the door to community organisations investing towards queer art, and the wider celebration of artists in the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Thriving with Youthrive: Young Rural Victorians Embracing Leadership Opportunities With Non-Profit
Journalist Demi Ball explores how non-profit Youthrive is shaping the next young leaders in sustainability from rural and regional Victoria.
Australian Literacy Events You Need To Know About
Writer Demi Ball summarises the country’s best literary events, and how they work to help Australians develop better literacy skills.
Pyjama Angels
We sit down with Pyjama Foundation Founder & Director, Bronwyn Sheehan, on her heart-driven mission to elevate children that are placed in the foster care system, supporting them to thrive to their fullest potential.
Trans Allyship 101 - Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
TRANS VISIBILITY DAY - 31 MARCH 2021
If you know someone who is transgender, and you want to celebrate them as they are, then it’s important to learn how to be an effective ally. Welcome to Trans Allyship 101.
Spher App: For A Better Womorrow
Entrepreneur Jitte Sjösäter shares with KOS the story behind Spher App’s creation, in a time where womxn’s safety should be everyone’s concern.
#SuperStraight - The new guise for transphobia
#SuperStraight has been taking social media platforms by storm, and has opened further conversation about transphobia and sexuality. What is the origin of the term? Read to find out why Super straight doesn't mean Super simple.
Janelle Weissman: Gender equality in a COVID-19 world
We spoke with Executive Director of UN Women Australia, Janelle Weissman, to discuss gender equality in a COVID-19 world and UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day 2021 key initiatives to create change.
Resilience Unexpected
“The poem tells my tale of struggle, as I do my best to get better instead of worrying about what's next. It is about being resilient. To keep fighting and to continue even when things get hard. Resilience is to keep on going on because life gets better” - Maya.
SisterWorks - Givemas Day Eleven
“We call all our women ‘Sisters.’ Our community is a family – not bonded by blood, but bonded by a belief in the power of women supporting women.” Sisterworks speaks to KOS for the eleventh day of Givemas.
Tahui Active - Givemas Day Nine
Tahui Active is an online clothing brand hoping to change the way we perceive fitness and make every woman feel comfortable in her body and her fitness goals. Founder Ani Tumai-Crawford chats to KOS for day nine of the 12 Days of Givemas.
Water for Good - Givemas Day Five
Water: the foundation of life. Access to clean water has increased considerably in the last 35 years, but the struggle for many communities continues. While this crisis is enormous and multilayered, work by not-for-profit organisations like Waterforgood is uplifting in understanding how empowering local communities to build and maintain their own water structures can have a positive and lasting impact.
Sex work during COVID-19
Spokesperson for the English Collective of Prostitutes speaks to KOS about how sex workers across the UK have been drastically impacted by the pandemic this year.
Consent Patches - Em Readman
For those in lockdown, many have found creative and innovative ways to channel isolation boredom into proactive ways to engage with different communities. For Brisbane based writer and editor Em Readman, turning her embroidery hobby into a vehicle for awareness on consent and sexual violence felt like a natural transition. She chatted to us recently about her new business, Consent Patches and how they’ve impacted both her, the organisation proceeds are being donated to, and her audience online.
Homelessness Week 2020: Y-Change’s submission to the Inquiry into Homelessness
It’s about more than just homelessness. It’s about everything that happened and didn’t happen before it, and what came after as a result.
The Curtain Falls on Australia's Art Scene
The streets have gone quiet in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD.
It’s an eerie metropolitan landscape as music has disappeared from busking Bourke Street and the lights have gone out on cherished theatres and cinemas across the city. Ghost lights illuminate empty dressing rooms and the wind whistles through the empty seats of stadiums.
From Vulnerable to Empowered: A Conversation with Flourish Girl
Mandy Dante is the CEO and Founder of Flourish Girl, a program that focuses on mental health and the empowerment of teenage girls.