We reaffirm the need to end violence against women and girls
- The Amnesty DossierBy Isla MacGregor All you need to know about the corrupted process that led to Amnesty International branch stacking meetings and writing biased reports… Read more: The Amnesty Dossier
- Couple fined after police find both with child exploitation imagesA 30-year-old woman going through a gender change and her 23-year-old male partner have each been convicted of possessing child exploitation material. Anna… Read more: Couple fined after police find both with child exploitation images
- Outrage over Oxfam investigations into paedophiles, sexual misconduct …By Isla MacGregor Yesterday’s news about NGO Oxfam’s 2011 internal investigation into allegations against some staff over sexual abuse, harassment and illegal use… Read more: Outrage over Oxfam investigations into paedophiles, sexual misconduct …
- Funding cuts to Scarlet Alliance: Michael Keenan gets it right …By Isla MacGregor I can only congratulate Justice Minister Michael Keenan for not allocating funding to the Scarlet Alliance in the 2017/18 round… Read more: Funding cuts to Scarlet Alliance: Michael Keenan gets it right …
- Amnesty International’s capitulation to women’s increasing poverty and subordination to menBy Isla MacGregor “We need to eroticise equality. Prostitution is about buying a body, not mutual pleasure and free choice”, says Gloria Steinem… Read more: Amnesty International’s capitulation to women’s increasing poverty and subordination to men
- It’s bad news from New Zealand’s Survivors …By Isla MacGregor First published April 27 Survivors from the sex trade in New Zealand are speaking out about the tragic failure of… Read more: It’s bad news from New Zealand’s Survivors …
- Thomas Kent and the Sex Party propaganda machine …By Isla MacGregor Thomas Kent, in recent comments on an article in Overland journal Sex work and silence by Celeste Elizabeth, member of… Read more: Thomas Kent and the Sex Party propaganda machine …
- Young Labor Didn’t Do its HomeworkBy Isla MacGregor Tasmanian Labor’s agenda for its conference in Queenstown this weekend has promised an opportunity for ‘robust and spirited debate’. While… Read more: Young Labor Didn’t Do its Homework
- Sex industry lobby group disrupts Survivor book launchBy Isla MacGregor On Sunday 21 August, sex trade advocates tried to derail the launch, in Townsville, Queensland, of Prostitution Narratives, a recently published… Read more: Sex industry lobby group disrupts Survivor book launch
- Melbourne Writers’ Festival Panel Dispute Exposes Anti-Survivor AgendaBy Isla MacGregor In the spirit of the popular ‘sex workers are under-represented’ stance, repeated by liberal media and prostitution advocates, ad-nauseum, Daily… Read more: Melbourne Writers’ Festival Panel Dispute Exposes Anti-Survivor Agenda
- Prostitution – the global humanitarian disaster of the 21CBy Isla MacGregor Amnesty International’s Sex Trade Policy – Rights for Whom? Talk by Isla MacGregor Parliament House, Hobart, Tasmania Introduction Thank you,… Read more: Prostitution – the global humanitarian disaster of the 21C
- NorMAC Nastiness in Hobart: A responseBy Isla MacGregor Crikey! The pro-sex trade lobby have been misrepresenting Nordic Model supporters with a renewed vigour. The “Why be poor?” brigade… Read more: NorMAC Nastiness in Hobart: A response
- Opinion: A reality check on sex workBy Isla MacGregor Recent articles have argued for and against decriminalization of prostitution. It’s an emotive subject, likely to raise strong commentary, so… Read more: Opinion: A reality check on sex work
- Why France Is Adopting A New Law That Criminalizes The Clients, Not ProstitutesOn April 6, 2016, France adopted a new law in the country’s fight against prostitution ( HERE ), inspired by the so-called “Nordic Model” —… Read more: Why France Is Adopting A New Law That Criminalizes The Clients, Not Prostitutes
- Van Badham’s freedom of speech for some?Recent twitter comments on 6th April from Guardian Australia columnist Van Badham in support of the sex trade’s campaign to derail the World’s… Read more: Van Badham’s freedom of speech for some?
- Amnesty International condemned over fast-tracking of sex laws policyBy Isla MacGregor Human Rights and Women’s groups along with Survivors have been outraged over the continued attempt by Amnesty International to rail… Read more: Amnesty International condemned over fast-tracking of sex laws policy
- Amnesty Members put No Confidence motion in Amnesty Australia Board at Hobart AGMBy Isla MacGregor Members of Amnesty International Australia last Saturday (16th May), put a [i]No Confidence Motion[/i] in the [i]Amnesty International Australia Board[/i]… Read more: Amnesty Members put No Confidence motion in Amnesty Australia Board at Hobart AGM
- Scarlett Alliance Fails in Bid to Gag ProfessorPreamble by Isla MacGregor While Women Speak Tasmania only officially started in 2018, members previously had primarily worked on issues concerning sexual exploitation and… Read more: Scarlett Alliance Fails in Bid to Gag Professor