Victorian election: Where do the parties stand on women’s sex-based rights?
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?
Read moreOpen letter to Australian authorities: Why don’t you care about the rights and safety of imprisoned women?
Dear Premier of Victoria, Leader of the Opposition, Ministers, Shadow Ministers and Commissioners,
Read moreMen in women’s prisons is a human rights violation
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.
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.
Read moreCampaign to remove male sex offender from women’s prison heats up
Our campaign to remove a violent male sex offender from the Dame Phyllis Frost women’s prison in Victoria is heating up.
Read moreMagistrate indicates man charged with 72 child sexual abuse offences should be housed in women’s prison
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.
Read moreWomen’s advocates launch petition to remove male sex offender from women’s prison in Victoria
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.
Read moreAlarming reality for women in Victorian prisons
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.
Read moreHousing transgender women in female prisons is not the solution
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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