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 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 moreMother pens powerful letter slamming Victoria’s harmful approach to gender confused teens
We recently had a distressed mother from Victoria write to us about her gender confused teenage daughter and her school’s policy which would allow her to see a doctor about transitioning without parental consent or even notification.
Read moreFirst single man has a baby through surrogacy in Victoria
44-year-old Shaun Resnik has become the first single man to have a baby through surrogacy in Victoria, in what is being celebrated as “history-making”, “a beacon of hope for other singles”, and “a dream come true”.
Read moreWho are the big winners of the Victorian government’s prostitution laws?
Did the Andrews Government consult with sex industry survivors before enacting laws to decriminalise prostitution in Victoria?
Read moreVictorian government to sanction the sexual exploitation of women as ‘work’
Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the full decriminalisation of prostitution in Victoria, meaning that women’s bodies can be bought and sold with impunity and the sexual abuse of women is legitimised as “work”.
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