Today's episode of Women On The Line commemorates May Day, international workers day, and in so doing, we look at the No Profit from Rape campaign, run by the 1800RESPECT telephone workers to defend their jobs.

In Melbourne Australia, a socialist organisation called Socialist Alternative organises an annual Marxism Conference over the Easter long weekend. This year, they invited special guest Haley Pessin from the International Socialist Organisation and the Black Lives Matter Movement. She gave a keynote address at the conference, which we broadcast for you now.

The bodies and stories of Muslim women in Australia and around the world have been on high rotation in the media for the last decade at least.As part of a partnership with the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights, 3CR  facilitated a podcast training program for young Muslim women to equip them with the skills to both define and publish their own stories. We hear from three participants of the program- Idil Ali, Anna Elsamad and Farhana Sanif discussing the the program and the importance of disctating their narratives. Nneka - Soul is Heavy

The recent Fair Work Commission decision to cut penalty rates for workers in the retail and hospitality sectors raises serious questions about the future of work and our priorities around protecting the wages some of our lowest income earners. This week on Women on the Line we discuss the penalty rates decision and its impact on women who will be affected. First we’ll speak with Lisa Heap, Women’s Lead Organiser at the Victorian Trades Hall Council, and then we’ll hear from Sara Charlesworth, Professor in the School of Management at RMIT University and who gave expert evidence in the penalty rates case that went before the Fair Work Commission.

Kalpona Akter is the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity, a labour NGO in Bangladesh. She is a former child worker who started work in garment factories when she was twelve. Kalpona set up the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity in 2001 to campaign for improved conditions in the garment industry. Like many labour organisers in developing countries, Kalpona and her colleagues have experienced significant repression for the work that they do. In 2012, unknown assailants abducted, tortured, and killed Kalpona's colleague, labor union organizer Aminul Islam. April 4 is the 5 year anniversary of his death.

The side wall of 3CR has been a beautiful and collaborative mural since I can remember. A new edition to our mural is Ms Saffaa's beautiful collaborative paste up project. On today's show I chat with Ms Saffaa about her activism and the poltiics of her art. We also hear a poem by the spectacular Mahogany L. Browne who was in Melbourne for the Women of the World festival at Footscray Community Arts Centre. Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh - Shadia Mansour

Mid last year, I visited my old share house in Petersham, in Sydney’s inner west. It was the night of the Federal election, but the occasion was in fact an eviction party for the house, which at the time of its ending had been a share house for 11 years. So, after a little processing time, this week on Women on the Line we bring you an episode that’s a bit more personal for me than usual, featuring voices and stories from the house at Middleton Street and hopefully some insight into the shared project of living that it entailed.

On the program today we replay some of the speeches from this year's International Women's Day march in Melbourne Australia.International Women's Day has an extraordinary history, and one very much routed in the labour movement. In fact, it's original name is International Working Women's Day.

Be Bold for Change, with me  Women on the Line celebrates International Women’s Day with a collage of women talking about a woman or gender diverse person in their lives who has taught them what it means to Be Bold for Change. Maybe it's a seasoned campaigner whose skillful wisdom teaches how to make the world a better place, or someone so loved they make us want to.

This week on Women on the Line we hear from Madhuni from RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees discussing the experiences of women in detention. We also hear from Aboriginal spiritual healer Miliwanga Wurrben about the importance of spirituality.This episode was co-produced by Ayan Shirwa.Black Smoke - Emily Wurramara