{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Feminist Acts","title":"#8 - Multicultural Australia. Monocultural law.","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4067,"description":"Australia is one of the most multicultural countries on earth. But our family law system isn't built for it.\nMost couples with kids who are in the process of separating are sent to mediation before court. \nMediation is grounded in cultural assumptions. \nMediators aren't trained to recognise culturally and religiously specific forms of coercive control, interpreters are an afterthought or too hard to get, and women from culturally diverse and faith-based communities are paying the price.\nSo how do we change a one-size-fits-all system in a country this diverse? \nIn this episode, you'll learn:\nWhy this is one of the easiest reforms to implement in this series (it could happen tomorrow).\nWhy \"neutrality\" in mediation often isn't neutral, and what that means for women from culturally diverse and faith-based communities.\nThe forms of coercive control that hide inside cultural shame and family structures, and why most Australian mediators are not trained to find them.\nGuests:\nDr Amira Aftab, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University\nDr Balawyn Jones, Senior Lecturer, La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University\nHosts:\nBecky Batagol, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University\nKate Seear, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University\n\nTake action today:\nThe book is free! The provisions are drafted. Take them to your parliament. Adapt them for another jurisdiction. Or start your own feminist legislation project.\nYou can find Amira’s full proposal to reform family mediation in Australia here, in Chapter 13 of our book, ‘Navigating Cultural and Religious Needs in Family Dispute Resolution’ by Amira Aftab\n\nYou can find Balawyn’s commentary on Amira’s proposal in Chapter Chapter 13A of our book, ‘Commentary on Navigating Cultural and Religious Needs in Family Dispute Resolution’ by Balawyn Jones\n\nDownload the full book for free (open access):...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9qpaPxX9PgYAW5RSDNWabBKNADT3ptoX-L5GcGDtzBg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yOWQ3/MzEzZTg5Yjg2ZGQ4/ZDU0YzIzZTdjMzRh/NDdlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}