Dimity Hawkins – Politics & History

Queen’s Birthday Honours

We are very proud to announce that Dimity Hawkins, Swinburne graduate and PhD candidate, has been awarded an AM. Congratulations Dimity! “Dimity Hawkins, who founded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), has been appointed a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia forContinue reading “Queen’s Birthday Honours”

3CR’s Radioactive interviews Dimity Hawkins

ICAN campaigners in front of the Central Park skyline in New York | Photo: Ralf Schlesener

3CR community radio station in Melbourne started broadcasting in 1976. The Radioactive Show has been produced at the station for over 20 years and broadcast nationally through the national Community Radio Network. Dimity spoke with the Radioactive Show on 16 February to discuss recent events surrounding nuclear weapons diplomacy, disarmament and disagreement, including the USAContinue reading “3CR’s Radioactive interviews Dimity Hawkins”

3CR’s Radioactive & Dimity Hawkins

Think you can’t make a difference? How Melbourne activists launched a campaign for nuclear disarmament and won a Nobel prize

Dimity Hawkins, a PhD student at Swinburne University, together with Tilman Ruff from Melbourne University, are both founding members of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Here they write about the creation of ICAN, which last week was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. First published in The Conversation, this article it is republished here with permission. HowContinue reading “Think you can’t make a difference? How Melbourne activists launched a campaign for nuclear disarmament and won a Nobel prize”