Marketer. Skilled volunteer. Playing with her food. Jeanette Cheah is a marketer for an ASX-listed company by day, and working to raise funds for refugees by night (and sometimes during the day). She is also a driving force behind the Gingerbread Demolition — which is pretty much what it sounds like. What started as a fun Christmas partyContinue reading “Not so ordinary: Jeanette Cheah”
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Not so ordinary: Justine Webse
Foster parent. Difficult at times. Grateful. In this first ‘Not so ordinary’, Melburnian Justine Webse gives an insight into the world of foster parenting. What made you interested in being a foster parent? I grew up with a mother who’d been forced to give up her child to adoption. When the issue of parenting non-biologicalContinue reading “Not so ordinary: Justine Webse”
Consent? What consent?
Last year, in August, a wrote about ‘Danielgate’; and even contributed a comment about it on Al Jazeera English’s ‘The Stream’ program. Danielgate brought many issues about in Morocco to the fore — child abuse, paedophiles, poverty, monarchy, corruption, colonianlism, tourism, and freedom of speech. This past week, two other stories of child abuse caughtContinue reading “Consent? What consent?”
A victory for Morocco’s children
Following on from my post yesterday about #danielgate, in an unprecedented move, Mohammed IV, King of Morocco, has revoked his pardon of the Spanish pedophile Daniel Galvan. This Agence France-Presse alert, translated to English reads: ALERT – The King of Morocco cancels pardon the Spanish pedophile RABAT – Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has decided to withdraw the pardon grantedContinue reading “A victory for Morocco’s children”
#danielgate
Let’s start with these three things: I’m a huge fan of Morocco, and it is one of my favourite countries. I understand that generally, Moroccans like their king. Moroccans don’t protest easily. ‘#danielgate’ is the Twitter topic hashtag that has gained momentum in recent days due to a decision involving two kings, 11 children, andContinue reading “#danielgate”