Different standards in sport and online: Protecting women and girls
Women’s protection should survive a portfolio change. At the National Press Club, Anika Wells argued that institutions must take responsibility for preventing online harm and recognised that online en...
15 Okt 11min
Surrogacy laws and parliamentary process: An interview with Hon Michelle Hofmann MLC
The Hon Michelle Hofmann MLC, member of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Western Australia, speaks to Amber from The Women's Advocate about Ms Hofmann's fight against the Assisted Reproduc...
8 Okt 15min
Female association depends on naming sex: The question now before the UN
In this episode, Emma and Lucy discuss AAWAA's submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on its draft General Comment on freedom of association. They cover why women's associations depend on organis...
1 Okt 11min
Why sex-neutral language fails family violence policy
In this episode, Emma and Lucy discuss two recent submissions on family violence, one to the Tasmanian Government, one to the federal Second Action Plan consultation, both built on the same argument: ...
27 Sep 12min
TUF. Be kind, part I: An instruction, not a virtue (The Unmoved Feminist)
In this episode of The Unmoved Feminist, Martine and Liv take apart the idea that 'be kind' is a harmless, universal instruction. Drawing on Robin Lakoff, Dale Spender and Sandra Lee Bartky, they trac...
24 Sep 13min
Women, structural harm, and where a digital duty of care needs to begin
Emma and Lucy unpack a gap in the Digital Duty of Care Bill: harms from pornography and misogynist material are fixed directly into law for children, but for adult women, the same harms are left to a ...
17 Sep 10min
What a new FOI release reveals about the ALRC surrogacy laws review
Emma and Amber unpack a newly released Freedom of Information document showing how the Attorney-General's Department and the Australian Law Reform Commission negotiated the terms of reference for the ...
16 Sep 9min
Women are not for use and children are not for transfer: The Melbourne Declaration to Abolish Surrogacy
As the Australian Law Reform Commission prepares to provide its report on surrogacy laws, Megan and Amber read the Melbourne Declaration to Abolish Surrogacy in full. The Declaration emerged from the ...
10 Sep 14min
