Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: 2015

  • Germaine Greer and the scourge of ‘no-platforming’

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    The “no-platforming” campaign against Germaine Greer reflects a deeper sickness afflicting Western universities. While the stated aim is to reduce harm, the end result is enforced ignorance, writes Claire Lehmann. Australian intellectual Germaine Greer is the latest person to fall victim to the “no-platform” movement. It is a movement plaguing Western universities, where students seek…

  • UTAS Women’s Collective: A new meaning for inclusive?

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    By Isla MacGregor In six decades of life as a woman, I’ve seen countless expressions of patriarchy. From the family favouritism shown to my brothers, to the societal and workplace inequities of single parenthood, and now the creeping social oblivion of female middle age. I’ve studied and worked in the male dominated professions of accounting…

  • Amnesty International condemned over fast-tracking of sex laws policy

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    By Isla MacGregor Human Rights and Women’s groups along with Survivors have been outraged over the continued attempt by Amnesty International to rail road through their policy on prostitution after being exposed for failing to properly consult with their international membership base and stakeholders. The proposed Amnesty International International Council policy calling for the decriminalisation…

  • Amnesty Members put No Confidence motion in Amnesty Australia Board at Hobart AGM

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    By 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] over their actions on Amnesty’s proposed new sex law policy. Two resolutions were put before the Tasmanian Amnesty AGM including a [i]No Confidence Motion[/i] in the AIA Board and a resolution on…

  • Rodney Croome OAM out of order on surrogacy

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    Rodney Croome’s recent statement questioning the legal requirement that altruistic surrogates be at least 25 years of age and have already given birth, exposes his poor judgement in commenting on matters about which he is ill informed – namely women’s rights and reproduction https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-29/parents-of-tasmania27s-first-surrogate-baby-call-for-more-supp/6355392 The Nordic Model Australia Coalition (NorMAC) expressed their deep concern that…