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Pages tagged "prisons"


Victorian election: Where do the parties stand on women’s sex-based rights?

Posted on News · November 22, 2022 1:30 PM

Victorians will vote in the state’s election this coming Saturday 26 November. There are many important issues to consider in terms of parties’ policy positions, but key on our radar is the question: Where do the parties stand on women’s sex-based rights?

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Open letter to Australian authorities: Why don’t you care about the rights and safety of imprisoned women?

Posted on News · November 10, 2022 4:49 PM

Dear Premier of Victoria, Leader of the Opposition, Ministers, Shadow Ministers and Commissioners,

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Men in women’s prisons is a human rights violation

Posted on News · October 21, 2022 9:45 AM

By Stassja Frei

On Sunday September 11, I – and around 30 other Victorian women – gathered on Parliament steps in Melbourne to protest one of the most abhorrent consequences of Victoria’s transgender laws: the housing of violent male sex offenders in women’s prisons.

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Women’s advocates call on UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture to protect female prisoners

Posted on News · October 16, 2022 4:37 PM

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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Campaign to remove male sex offender from women’s prison heats up

Posted on News · September 29, 2022 1:56 PM

Our campaign to remove a violent male sex offender from the Dame Phyllis Frost women’s prison in Victoria is heating up.

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Magistrate indicates man charged with 72 child sexual abuse offences should be housed in women’s prison

Posted on News · September 11, 2022 1:30 PM

Last week, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Magistrate Jane Campbell indicated that a man facing 72 charges related to child sexual abuse should be housed in a women's prison if convicted, due to his transgender identity.

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Women’s advocates launch petition to remove male sex offender from women’s prison in Victoria

Posted on News · August 23, 2022 1:40 PM

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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Alarming reality for women in Victorian prisons

Posted on News · July 28, 2022 5:13 PM

A response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the Department of Justice and Community Safety shows just how bad things are for women in Victorian prisons.

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Housing transgender women in female prisons is not the solution

Posted on News · July 03, 2020 5:29 PM

By Rachael Wong

 

ABC’s Background Briefing has done an investigation on transgender women in men’s prisons. According to the investigation:

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