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Transgender / sex-based rights / prisons /

Is the NSW Government trying to whitewash its policy on housing men in women’s prisons?

July 10, 2025

By Rachael Wong Is the NSW Government trying to cover up – or at least minimise or deflect from –...

Transgender / Victoria / Election / sex-based rights / prisons /

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

November 22, 2022

Victorians will vote in the state’s election this coming Saturday 26 November. There are many important issues to consider in...

Transgender / Victoria / prisons / self-ID / human rights /

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

November 10, 2022

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

Transgender / Victoria / prisons / self-ID / Stassja Frei /

Men in women’s prisons is a human rights violation

October 21, 2022

By Stassja Frei On Sunday September 11, I – and around 30 other Victorian women – gathered on Parliament steps...

Transgender / prisons / human rights / torture / rape / UN /

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

October 16, 2022

The United Nations (UN) Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) begins its first visit to Australia today, which will...

Transgender / Victoria / prisons /

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

September 29, 2022

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

Transgender / ACT / prisons / self-identification /

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

September 11, 2022

Last week, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Magistrate Jane Campbell indicated that a man facing 72 charges related to child sexual...

Transgender / Sexual Assault / prisons / human rights /

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

August 23, 2022

In August 2022, it was revealed by the Herald Sun that a man convicted of serious sexual offences against women...

Transgender / sex-based rights / prisons /

Alarming reality for women in Victorian prisons

July 28, 2022

A response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the Department of Justice and Community Safety shows just how...

Trans / Legal / Transgender / prisons / Rachael Wong /

Housing transgender women in female prisons is not the solution

July 03, 2020

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

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