Title: News

Grave risks for female prisoners

Warning: this blog contains content that may be particularly distressing to survivors of sexual assault.

24 August 2021

Speaking up for women being silenced

Over the past couple of months, we have been working hard to raise awareness about the injustice done to the Feminist Legal Clinic (FLC), a charity providing legal assistance to disadvantaged women.

23 August 2021

The terrifying plight of women and girls left behind in Afghanistan

If there’s one person who knows first hand the horrors of finding themselves on the wrong side of the Taliban regime, it’s Malala Yousafzai.

20 August 2021

Victorian government to sanction the sexual exploitation of women as ‘work’

Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the full decriminalisation of prostitution in Victoria, legitimising the sexual abuse of women as “work”.

17 August 2021

Sex-selective abortion and the eradication of girls

“More lives are lost from violence against women, sex-selection abortion and female infanticide than were lost in all the wars of the 20th century.”

15 August 2021

Faster onset of mental health impacts from screen time for girls than boys

A study of more than 577,000 school-aged children across 42 countries examines how screen time and inactivity affect adolescent mental wellbeing.

13 August 2021

Chinese medical company used as a front for selling baby girls

A sting operation in China has led to the arrest of a woman accused of using her medical technology company as a front for selling baby girls.

12 August 2021

As more girls and young women present to clinics with gender dysphoria, serious legal questions are being raised about the medical interventions prescribed

As more girls and young women present to gender clinics with gender dysphoria, serious legal questions are being raised about their treatment.

6 August 2021

Women’s sport undermined by unfair trans inclusion guidelines

The world watched this week as transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard ‘made history’ by competing in the women’s weightlifting category at the Tokyo Olympics.

5 August 2021