Title: News

Open letter to Australian authorities: Why don’t you care about the rights and safety of imprisoned women?

Dear Premier of Victoria, Leader of the Opposition, Ministers, Shadow Ministers and Commissioners,

9 November 2022

Facing unthinkable challenges about the meaning of “love”

The Sydney Morning Herald recently published one of the saddest abortion stories I’ve ever read. It is the kind of story that unsettles you, whether you regard yourself as “pro-choice” or “pro-life”.

6 November 2022 · Dr Emma Wood

Men in women’s prisons is a human rights violation

Around 30 Victorian women gathered on Parliament steps in Melbourne to protest the housing of violent male offenders in women’s prisons.

20 October 2022 · Stassja Frei

Women’s advocates call on UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture to protect female prisoners

The United Nations (UN) Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) begins its first visit to Australia today, which will last for 12 days from 16 Oct 2022 – 27 Oct 2022.

15 October 2022

Australian journalist told to ‘do the world a favour’ and go get an abortion

An Australian journalist has been told by an Instagram user to ‘go get an abortion’.

9 October 2022

Outrage as media calls alleged male sex abuser a ‘woman’…AGAIN

Journalist Sean Fewster faced backlash for reporting that an alleged male child sex abuser is a woman — again.

7 October 2022

There is a lot to be learnt from Iran’s “Feminist Revolution”

Three weeks ago, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini sparked nationwide protests across Iran.

6 October 2022 · Rachael Wong

Hawthorn Football Club scandal: We need to talk about abortion coercion

A review into the culture of AFL Hawthorn Football Club, which surfaced a couple of weeks ago, has raised serious allegations of bullying, abuse and racism from the club's hierarchy.

4 October 2022 · Stephanie Bastiaan

Campaign to remove male sex offender from women’s prison heats up

Our campaign to remove a violent male sex offender from the Dame Phyllis Frost women’s prison in Victoria is heating up.

29 September 2022