Women’s Forum Australia maintains a strong commitment to life-affirming cultural change for women’s wellbeing and freedom. Our vision is for women to be given real choice – no woman should have to choose between her own welfare and that of her unborn...

In 2012-13 there were 339 adoptions in Australia with more than a third of these adoptions from overseas. In 1971-72 there were 9,798 adoptions. That is a decline of 96.6% in the number of adoptions in the last 40 years....

Women’s Forum Australia is deeply concerned that young girls and women are objectified and sexualised. Public images of women heavily focus on women’s sexual features rather than other attributes such as intelligence or work capacity. Women’s Forum Australia rejects the message...

Women’s Forum Australia rejects the idea that gender trumps biology and maintains that the reality of biological sex must be preserved in law and policy so as to protect the rights and safety of women and girls. By corroding biological...

Women’s Forum Australia is opposed to the practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide, and any legislation that legalises such practices. Autonomy is often the principal argument used for legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide. However, the literature suggests that “gendered risks”...

Women’s Forum Australia is deeply concerned about the damaging impact of pornography on women, as well as on men, children and society. Women’s Forum Australia considers that while the pornography industry is exploitative of both women and men, it is...

Women’s Forum Australia believes that prostitution and sex trafficking are two of the most serious threats to equality and the rights of women and girls to live lives free of violence in today’s society. Women’s Forum Australia challenges the rhetoric that legalisation,...

Women's Forum Australia is opposed to all forms of surrogacy, whether commercial or altruistic. Women’s Forum Australia commends the Parliamentary Committee’s decision to reject the legalisation of commercial surrogacy in Australia, but maintains that its recommendation to facilitate and regulate...

Women’s Forum Australia is deeply concerned about the high rates of violence against women and children in Australia. Women's Forum Australia is particularly concerned about the prevalence and sex-specific nature of domestic violence in Australia. While men are also affected by domestic...

Women's Forum Australia maintains that while there has been a great improvement in workplace practices that support work life balance, women are still struggling to juggle their multitude of roles, from paid work to domestic work to child rearing and...