Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast

As the war in Gaza continues, Egypt faces a dilemma over how to deal with the humanitarian disaster, and the pressure to accept Palestinians fleeing the fighting.

As Iran prepares for the first elections since the mass protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, the majority of Iranians have indicated they intend to boycott the vote, according to a survey by the Gamaan Institute.

There are women choosing to “freebirth” completely outside the medical system.

Here's another guest who chose 2007 for The Year That Made Me

Can you guess this week's tweeter?

From apprentice carpenter to general manager, Jo Farrell has had to build her own path in the very blokey world of construction.

So, in 2020 Jo set up ‘Build Like a Girl’ to help girls and women get an easier start in trades than she had.

Guest: Jo Farrell, General Manager of Kane Constructions ACT, and the ACT’s Australian of the Year for 2024

Producer: Margie Smithurst 

Forbidden Stories is a network of journalists who pursue and publish the work of other journalists facing threats, prison, or murder

Indigenous school students Aroha Parkinson and Reuben Simpson are this year's winners of the 'If I was Prime Minister' competition

Since the International Court of Justice was created in 1945, only five women have ever served on its judging bench

Shahnaz Habib’s book 'Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel' is billed as a “witty personal and cultural history of travel from the perspective of a Third World-raised woman of color”.

Guest: Shahnaz Habib, author