Women's Forum Australia

Title: News

Queensland’s bid to decriminalise prostitution fails women

Queensland’s bid to decriminalise prostitution fails women

Jurisdictions that have decriminalised prostitution show it does very little to reduce stigma, harm or violence for the women caught up in the industry.

27 April 2022

Aussie women launch ‘Respect My Sex’ campaign

Aussie women launch ‘Respect My Sex’ campaign

The media pile-on against Katherine Deves has put sex and gender front and centre of public discourse. Australian women have launched ‘Respect My Sex’.

26 April 2022

Shutting down dialogue about abortion is contrary to women’s welfare and freedom of expression

Shutting down dialogue about abortion is contrary to women’s welfare and freedom of expression

Last month, the Northern Ireland Assembly passed a bill making it a criminal offence for anyone to engage in “influencing” women inside “safe access zones” (100m) around abortion clinics.

19 April 2022

Trans visibility should not be an invisibility cloak for women

Trans visibility should not be an invisibility cloak for women

For ‘International Day of Transgender Visibility’ on 31 March, online publication Mamamia published a series of articles examining the reality of the trans experience in Australia.

14 April 2022

16-year-old girl victim of England's now permanent at-home abortion scheme

16-year-old girl victim of England's now permanent at-home abortion scheme

A sixteen-year-old girl in the UK has described the horror of at-home abortion after a telehealth consultation miscalculated her gestation by 12 weeks.

13 April 2022

Hannah Clarke inquest concludes awaiting findings

Hannah Clarke inquest concludes awaiting findings

The inquest into the death of domestic violence victim Hannah Clarke and her children ended in Queensland on 31 March.

12 April 2022

Left-wing gender critical women are finding themselves politically homeless

Left-wing gender critical women are finding themselves politically homeless

Gender critical women who have always voted left are finding themselves politically homeless as their parties shut down debate on gender ideology.

11 April 2022

First single man has a baby through surrogacy in Victoria

First single man has a baby through surrogacy in Victoria

Shaun Resnik, 44, has become the first single man to have a baby through surrogacy in Victoria — celebrated as “history-making”.

7 April 2022

Prostitution, surrogacy and people trafficking in Ukraine

Prostitution, surrogacy and people trafficking in Ukraine

Countless media stories have been shining a spotlight on the dangers facing vulnerable women and children as they flee Ukraine to neighbouring countries in search of safety and refuge.

5 April 2022