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Women’s Forum CEO talks about how porn is normalising violence against women on BBC

April 08, 2021

Women’s Forum Australia CEO, Rachael Wong, was recently invited to join a discussion on BBC Global Questions about ‘Sexism and...
Politics

Negative messages for aspiring female politicians

April 07, 2021

“Women are hard on women. Women dislike women.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own.
Pregnancy / Surrogacy /

Renewed calls for legalised commercial surrogacy in Australia

April 04, 2021

An Australian surrogacy lobby group has seized on statistics released by the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs to renew calls...
Motherhood

Miscarriage bereavement law unanimously passes NZ Parliament

March 26, 2021

The New Zealand Parliament has unanimously passed a bill that will give mothers and their partners three days of bereavement...
Ukraine / Child Exploitation /

Eight-year-old Instagram influencer moves in with boyfriend

March 24, 2021

News this week from Ukraine that an eight-year-old child model and her thirteen-year-old social media influencer boyfriend had staged a...
Domestic Violence / Sexual Assault /

Risk of sexual violence double for disabled women

March 18, 2021

A research report released by the Disability Royal Commission examines the nature and extent of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation...
Sex

The significance of sex — can it be recovered through consent alone?

March 18, 2021

By Emma Wood Responding adequately to the sad news of the Kambala sexual assault petition — the latest spotlight on the sexual...
Surrogacy

Polyamorous throuple makes history by listing three dads on birth certificate

March 03, 2021

A California polyamorous throuple has made history in the state by becoming the first to list all three men as...

Empowering photography book smashes Down Syndrome stereotypes

February 26, 2021

The ABC has published an uplifting piece titled Down Syndrome portrait book aiming to ‘smash old stereotypes’ and celebrate condition....