Mudgin-Gal Yarns
What happens when Aboriginal women seek help with domestic and family violence? Who do we turn to? What works? Who fails us and why? What do us inner city Aboriginal women think could work better? In this 5 part podcast series, a group of inner city Aboriginal women from Sydney, Australia, yarn about domestic and family violence. You won't hear about the violence itself. You'll hear what happens when our women try and get help for themselves and their families. In episodes 1, 2 and 3, you'll be inside the yarning circles, hearing our women's stories and experiences. In episodes 4 and 5, you'll go on a tour inside Mudgin-Gal to visit the playgroup and weaving session, and hear an interview by Larissa Behrendt with Ashlee Donohue and Jane Wangmann about their research. HOST Host Ashlee Donohue is a proud Dunghutti woman, born and raised in Kempsey on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Ashlee is the current CEO of Mudgin-Gal Women's Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal led and run women's centre in Redfern, Sydney. VOICES You'll hear the voices of inner city Aboriginal women in Sydney, between 18 and 65, who shared their stories over four yarning circles: Debbie, Donna, Jamie-Lee, Jess, Kowana, Lucy, Selena, Stacey, Tahlia, Tanay and Tracy. There were other women who generously shared their stories in the yarning circles and chose not to be in the podcast. These yarning circles took place at Mudgin-Gal Women's Place in 2023 and 2024. As well as host Ashlee Donohue, you'll hear Jane Wangmann, family violence researcher and Law professor at the University of Technology Sydney. CREDITS These yarning circles were part of social impact research by Ashley Donohue and Jane Wangmann. Artwork by Vicki Golding. The podcast is produced by Jane Curtis of UTS Impact Studios. Impact Studios Executive Producer is Sarah Gilbert. Our theme music is Intertwined, written by Nardi Simpson and performed by The Stiff Gins.
Episodes
What makes a yarning circle different from a typical research interview?
Why does it change what we hear?
How do Indigenous research principles transform universities and policy systems?
Larissa Behrendt joins Ashlee Donohue and Jane Wangmann for a powerful conversation about yarning circles, deep listening, and what happens when Aboriginal women lead the research about their own lives.
Voices in this episode
What really happens inside Mudgin-Gal Women’s Centre in inner city Sydney?
Who walks through its doors? What do they find when they do?
Host Ashlee Donohue takes you on a tour: from the reception area, to the women's weaving group upstairs, and the First 1000 Days program and playgroup for new mums.
Meet the women who drop in, hear how Mudgin-Gal’s programs work day to day, and how this community organisation keeps Aboriginal women ...
What happens when Aboriginal women seek help with domestic and family violence?
How can counselling be used against you?
What happens when court or government staff make racist assumptions?
Mudgin-Gal Yarns is a 5 part series releasing weekly. It's hosted by Ashlee Donohue, a proud Dunghutti woman, born and raised in Kempsey on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Yarning Circles 4
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What happens when Aboriginal women seek help with domestic and family violence?
How easy was it to get housing?
How did Corrections, who looks after prisons, work with women when perpetrators are released from jail?
What was their experience with DCJ, the NSW Department of Communities and Justice?
Mudgin-Gal Yarns is a 5 part series releasing weekly. It's hosted by Ashlee Donohue, a proud Dunghutti woman, born and raised in Kempsey on...
What happens when Aboriginal women seek help with domestic and family violence?
When an Aboriginal woman phones for help or walks into a police station, how do police respond?
What's the role of DCJ, the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, when family violence is reported by a mum?
What does healing mean for Aboriginal women?
Mudgin-Gal Yarns is a 5 part series releasing weekly. It's hosted by Ashlee Donohue, a proud Dunghutti w...
In Australia, there's a long history of making policy that affects Aboriginal people without involving us or really listening to our voices.
In this 5 part podcast series, a group of inner city Aboriginal women yarn about domestic and family violence.
You won't hear about the violence itself. You'll hear what happens when our women try and get help for themselves and their families.
- Who do we turn to?
- What works?
- What fails us and...
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