ACTivate - Help Keep our Young New Zealanders Safe Online - join Amnesty Aotearoa's Online Harm Campaign calling for Regulation
Listen to Lisa Woods, Amnesty's Movement building and Advocacy Director tell us that if the government is serious about addressing the real harms young people face online, banning under 16s is not the solution. Regulating tech companies is. Lisa tells us how the proposed ban misdirects attention from the systemic drivers of online harm and places the burden of online safety on young people and parents. Instead the burden needs to be firmly on the social media companies to ensure user safety, just like for other products we consume. As Parliament's inquiry into the online harm encountered by young New Zealanders is under way, now is the time to campaign for a digital environment that is safe, inclusive and empowering. The government needs to stop social media companies putting profit before the health and wellbeing of our young people.
For Amnesty's research into Meta's algorithms and Myanmar military atrocities , go to: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/
Also listen out for petitions to sign: https://www.change.org/p/please-tell-gao-zhisheng-s-family-if-he-s-still-alive-453-signatures-submitted-to-date?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=750cd900-981a-11eb-8f9f-172775255d73
https://amnesty.org.nz/make-community-sponsorship-of-refugees-programme-permanent/
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ACTivate - Gaza: Is it Genocide? Professor of Peace Studies, Dr Richard Jackson says: Yes It Is and explains What Can Be Done.
Listen to part 2 of Catherine's interview with Professor Richard Jackson from Otago University (Part 1, 16 June) where he lays out the case for genocide and discusses how international institutions lack teeth, but explains that we, the people, are not helpess - there has never been a greater protest movement than right now, "we have a lot more power than we think... if we all diligently protest...and practice Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), this can have an effect".
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ACTivate - The Otago Declaration on the Situation in Palestine": How staff, students and graduates at Otago University are taking a stand for the people of Palestine
Listen to Dr Richard Jackson, Professor of Peace studies, explain how hundreds of members of Otago University have signed a declaration recognising that Israel is: committing a genocide against the Palestinian nation, operating a system of apartheid and committing scholasticide. Hear about academic boycotts against Israeli institutions and the devastating effects of scholasticide for future generations of Palestinians.
"It doesn't matter if the institute you're a part of doesn't want to do something, you can do it yourself...we the people can make our own declaration, we can take our own stand and outline our own values and priorities." "Right at this moment (the situation in Palestine) is the big issue, it's the moral test of our time."
And, later in the show, listen out for good news about pay equity - Former National MP Marilyn Waring is assembling a "people's select committee" to hear the evidence Parliament should have heard on recent pay equity changes.
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ACTivate - If I was Prime Minister: Instances and Experiences of Rangatahi in the Aotearoa New Zealand justice system.
This month Catherine speaks with Anna Cusack, Advocacy and Policy Manager at Amnesty International Aotearoa about fresh new research sharing stories of young people's experiences in the criminal justice system.
Youth offending doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Many concerns as well as opportunities were raised; from poverty, hunger, homelessness, family-life hardship and disengagement from school to peers and the importance of relationships.
The research was initiated after the last election campaign, where political rhetoric and media reports on ram raids often failed to include experiences and insights from the young people involved.
Read a summary of the report here: https://amnesty.org.nz/rangatahi-justice-system-summary/
Read these amazing resources referred to by Anna:
https://nwo.org.nz/resources/report-of-matike-mai-aotearoa-the-independent-working-group-on-constitutional-transformation/
https://www.inaiatonunei.nz/resource-documents
Take action and sign this petition to halt the execution of Pakhshan Azizi: https://amnesty.org.nz/pakhshan-azizi/
Protest against the Government amending the Equity Pay Act under urgency: https://union.org.nz/pay-equity-events/
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ACTivate - Meet Jacqui Dillon, Amnesty Aotearoa's new Executive Director
Catherine chats with Jacqui Dillon 8 weeks into her role as Kaiwhakahaere Matua. As the international winds of uncertainty blow over the world, Jacqui grounds us by speaking about ripples of change, cultural shifts, and people power. Jacqui shares her vision for humanity as part of Amnesty's 60th birthday celebrations (https://amnesty.org.nz/60th-bday/). And guess what? Jacqui is also a psychotherapist; hear how that work connects with human rights and global systems.
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