Planting the seed: Ballarat Community Garden
Meet some of the people helping to grow the Ballarat Community Garden into a thriving centre for homegrown produce, gardening education and inter-generational co-operation.
View ArticleRegional program a UN Media Peace Award finalist
ABC Statewide Drive is a finalist in this year's United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Awards, in the "Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Women's Rights and Issues" category.
View ArticleJam along to a scrimmage.
Katrina 'Mad Mac' McDonald joined Dominic Brine on his breakfast program this week to talk about the Ballarat Roller Derby...
View ArticleBeach holiday for bushfire affected women
Bushfire affected women talk about what they hope to gain from a weekend retreat in Lorne.
View ArticleAnglican Bishop Michael Hough speaks out
Anglican Bishop Michael Hough speaks out for the first time about an attack against his leadership from within his diocese.
View ArticleAction on domestic violence
More than 250 experts from Victoria and overseas have met in Melbourne to discuss the problem of domestic violence towards women.
View ArticleLeading man leaves the ladies
Despite a successful tenure as Coach of the Lady Devils since 2008 David Broadbent will not coach the team in 2011.
View ArticleVic Govt pledges $1.1m for rural women's leadership
The Victorian Government will put more money into encouraging rural women to take up leadership roles, if it is re-elected next month.
View ArticleConvict City Rollers to shred the Rat Pack
A warm muggy evening in Hobart and a group of women are training for a long-anticipated event: their first roller derby bout against an interstate team. There's strategy, skating, and a whole lot of...
View ArticleVale Tricia Walsh
The Teachers 4 Timor program in East Timor has lost one of it's most passionate volunteers.
View ArticleWomen and technology an untapped part of economy
Ada Lovelace is often referred to as the first computer programmer. More than 150 years after Ada paved the way for the world's first computer program, Dr Patrice Braun is working on the international...
View ArticleRunning for her life
Kim Stephens successfully completed a half marathon as part of the Great Ocean Road Marathon last Sunday to purely celebrate her ability to compete and be strong again.
View ArticleDomestic violence support service inundated
A Ballarat support service for women experiencing domestic violence says it has been overwhelmed by an increase in client numbers during the past year.
View ArticleComing ready or not
First time mum Katie Gleisner of Waterloo, a sleepy hamlet 10 kilometres north of Beaufort in Western Victoria, had enjoyed an uneventful pregnancy so she assumed the stomach pains she was feeling...
View ArticleAnglican Bishop of Ballarat welcomes green light for female priests
The Anglican Bishop of Ballarat says he is looking forward to ordaining women as priests now that the diocese has decided to allow it.
View ArticleBallarat Anglican church votes to allow ordination of women
The Anglican Synod of Ballarat votes to allow the ordination of women as priests.
View ArticleBallarat diocese women poised for priesthood
The first Anglican female priests in the Ballarat diocese will be ordained in December.
View ArticleBallarat Anglican diocese ordains female priests
The conservative Anglican diocese of Ballarat has ordained its first two female priests.
View ArticleDragons Abreast Ballarat: paddling for health, fun and friendship
There are 12 women and one man paddling a long thin craft with vigour across Lake Wendouree. At the back of the boat stands the sweep - it's his job to steer the boat and shout instructions to the crew...
View ArticleStrong women on the frontline of CFA
A CFA volunteer honoured ahead of International Women's Day told ABC Radio one of the toughest days at work was being called to a scene where she fought to save the life of a friend.
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