NO PROFIT FROM RAPE!

Six years ago, the 50-year-old Sydney Rape Crisis Centre was given a government mandate to have its counselors answer national calls at 1800RESPECT, but no increase in funds to handle the tripling work load. Recently the government announced a vast increase in funds but gave it all to a for-profit insurance company to run a triage service using answerers working from home. Complaints, unionization, and a campaign called No Profit from Rape have ensued. Program has two speeches by Simone White, one about the government’s neoliberal approach to social services generally, and one, on International Women’s Day, about the specific case of 1800RESPECT.

Featuring:

Simone White, telephone trauma counsellor for the Sydney Rape Crisis Centre, and union organizer.

Credits:

Originally produced by Jiselle Hanna for Women on the Line; adapted for WINGS by Frieda Werden, Series Producer.


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