Tickle v Giggle: Women’s Rights on Trial
By Stephanie Bastiaan
This week women’s sex-based rights are going on trial in the Federal Court of Australia with the landmark case Tickle v Giggle.
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Dear Premier of Victoria, Leader of the Opposition, Ministers, Shadow Ministers and Commissioners,
Read moreWomen’s advocates call on UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture to protect female prisoners
The United Nations (UN) Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) begins its first visit to Australia today, which will last for 12 days from 16 Oct 2022 – 27 Oct 2022. As part of its visit, Australian women’s advocates are calling on the SPT to investigate the human rights risks facing women when men who identify as women are allowed entry to female detention facilities.
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In August 2022, it was revealed by the Herald Sun that a man convicted of serious sexual offences against women and children, who now identifies as transgender, is being housed in the Dame Phyllis Frost Correctional Centre for women.
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