Title: News

Outcry as Somalia attempts to pass law allowing child marriage

The Somalian parliament is considering a bill that would allow child marriage once a girl's sexual organs mature and her family gives consent.

17 August 2020 · Rachael Wong

Prostitution harms all women

Canadian sex trade survivor Andrea Heinz has made poignant comments as activists continue to call for the liberalisation of prostitution laws in Australia.

11 August 2020 · Rachael Wong

Sexist study rating attractiveness of women with endometriosis retracted by medical journal

An objectifying and offensive study measuring the attractiveness of women with endometriosis has finally been retracted from the medical journal Fertility and Sterility.

7 August 2020 · Rachael Wong

New research highlights risk of homelessness faced by older women in Australia

Two new reports highlight the risk of homelessness faced by older women in Australia.

5 August 2020 · Rachael Wong

NSW’s first public mother-baby unit for severe mental illness announced

Postnatal psychosis affects 1 to 2 women in every 1000 after childbirth. NSW has announced its first public mother-baby unit for severe mental illness.

3 August 2020 · Rachael Wong

Why have over 900 women and girls gone missing in Peru since coronavirus lockdowns began?

Peru is the third-hardest hit country in Latin America, and the pandemic has had particularly alarming consequences for the country's women.

31 July 2020 · Rachael Wong

Victorian doctor who raped daughter and forced her to have an abortion jailed for 16 years

A 74-year-old Victorian doctor, who was still working until last year, has been sentenced to 16-and-a-half years in prison, after sexually abusing his daughter for a decade.

27 July 2020 · Rachael Wong

Pregnancy alcohol warning labels now mandatory

Tri-colour pregnancy warnings on alcoholic drinks will be mandatory in Australia after new standards were accepted by the Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation.

24 July 2020 · Rachael Wong

The celebrity baby market puts women at risk

I have lost count of the number of celebrities hiring women to gestate their babies.

23 July 2020 · Jennifer Lahl