Women’s Health

“Women Speak Tasmania campaigns to reaffirm motherhood as an exclusively female status. We uphold the rights of women and girls to physical and reproductive integrity and firmly oppose their exploitation through surrogacy and related practices. Our commitment is to protect women’s unique experiences and ensure that their bodies and reproductive roles are never commodified or undermined.”

• Surrogacy in Tasmania and the National Push for Abolition: Our Voice in the ALRC Review29/04/2026
  Tasmania’s Surrogacy Act 2012 was designed with the best interests of the child in mind. It permits only altruistic (non-commercial) gestational surrogacy, requires written agreements, judicial oversight through parentage orders, and residency rules for both surrogates and intended parents. Yet… Read more: Surrogacy in Tasmania and the National Push for Abolition: Our Voice in the ALRC Review
• Tasmania’s Mental Health Strategy Must Put Women and Girls First27/04/2026
  The Tasmanian Government is currently developing its new mental health strategy, Rethink and Beyond 2026–2031 — an opportunity to build a system that is genuinely trauma-informed, evidence-based, and responsive to the needs of vulnerable Tasmanians. Women Speak Tasmania has made… Read more: Tasmania’s Mental Health Strategy Must Put Women and Girls First
• The Hidden Dangers of Breast Binding for Young Girls15/08/2024
  Recently, Women Speak Tasmania uncovered concerning information within a teacher training program delivered in Tasmanian schools, including the promotion of so-called “safe binding”—the practice of compressing female students’ breasts with tight garments to create a flatter chest. This practice, has… Read more: The Hidden Dangers of Breast Binding for Young Girls
• Is Terry White Pharmacy Excluding Mothers?30/06/2023
  In June 2023, a catalogue from Terry White Chemmart (covering items on sale from 1–20 June) included a page titled “A family affair” promoting vaccination. The text stated: “The birthing parent is the most important person in the family to… Read more: Is Terry White Pharmacy Excluding Mothers?