Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: 2019

  • Salamanca Market’s Attempt to Silence Women’s Voices

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    On Saturday, 9 February 2019, Women Speak Tasmania (WST) held a media conference at Salamanca, just outside the market precinct, to launch our flyer outlining the impacts of proposed transgender law reforms on women’s human rights. Following the conference, volunteers handed out flyers inside Salamanca Market, speaking directly with the public. The response was mixed—many…

  • Open letter to Hobart City Council Aldermen Holly Ewin

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    Women Speak Tasmania is writing to you regarding the Salamanca Market Facebook posting on Sunday 10 February which stated, among other things, that … ‘The City of Hobart have been made aware of a group that were distributing anti-transgender materials yesterday at the Salamanca Market.’ We reject as false the characterisation of our pamphlet as…

  • Protect kids from gender reform

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    Tasmania’s children’s commissioner has intervened in the debate over sweeping transgender law reform, warning of the need for safeguards before children can change their official sex or gender. Leanne McLean has written to members of the state’s upper house, expressing concern about aspects of the controversial reforms that make it easier for people, including children,…

  • Anger at Hobart City Council Inquiry into ‘Anti-Transgender Material’

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    Hobart City Council has been accused of stifling free speech after launching an investigation into alleged “anti-transgender material” distributed by a feminist group at the city’s famous Salamanca Market. The group, Women Speak Tasmania, yesterday told The Australian the investigation, and a public apology ­issued by the council to those who might have been offended,…

  • Salamanca Market’s Attack on Women’s Freedom of Speech

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    Last Saturday Women Speak Tasmania held a media conference at Salamanca (outside the market precinct) to launch our flyer outlining our views on proposed transgender law reforms and their effects on women’s human rights.   The flyers were also distributed at Salamanca Market that day. Our flyers received both positive and not so positive responses but…

  • Protest Over Planned Transgender Laws

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    FEMINISTS opposed to proposed laws that would allow parents to choose whether their child’s sex was displayed on their birth certificate yesterday called for more community consultation before the Tasmanian Upper House votes on the Bill. The Legislative Council is expected to vote on legislation that would change laws in favour of transgender Tasmanians when…

  • Investigation into Former Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks

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    Women Speak Tasmania is disappointed that Anti-discrimination Commissioner Sarah Bolt has referred our complaint against former Anti-discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks to the Ombudsman for investigation. We submitted our complaint against Robin Banks when our organisation was no-platformed last year at a public forum in Human Rights Week organised by the Women’s International League for Peace…

  • Cassy O’Connor and Rebecca White must Explain How Sex Self-ID will Impact Women’s Human Rights?

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    Campaign group Women Speak Tasmania is calling on Greens’ leader Cassy O’Connor and Opposition leader Rebecca White to clarify how sex self-ID will impact the human rights of women and girls. Labor and the Greens bulldozed amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, and the Anti-discrimination Act, through the Tasmanian Lower House last…

  • Anti-discrimination chief handballs transgender ‘conflict’ case

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    In an article published in The Australian on 24 January 2019, titled “Anti-discrimination chief handballs transgender ‘conflict’ case”, journalist Matthew Denholm reported that Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Sarah Bolt had referred a complaint against her predecessor, Robin Banks, to the Tasmanian Ombudsman, citing concerns about a potential perceived conflict of interest. The complaint had been lodged…

  • A Response to Ruth Forrest on Self-ID and Birth Registration Changes – Letter to Ruth Forrest

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    Bronwyn Williams letter to Ruth Forrest in regards to her article in the Mercury on the 19th of December titled: “Politics of fear and prejudice” Dear Ruth, I refer to the opinion piece published under your name in the Mercury newspaper on 19 December 2018, titled ‘Politics of fear and prejudice’. In this article you…