Tag: 2024
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on – Violence against women and girls in sports
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In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, explores the various forms, causes and consequences of violence against women and girls in sports. Reem Alsalem has stated ‘female athletes are more vulnerable to sustaining serious physical injuries when female-only sports spaces are opened to…
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Gender Toolkit – An Urgent Conversation
A group in the USA called Restore Childhood has just released a PDF for parents titled ‘An Urgent Conversation’. We hoped that this resource will be of use to Australian parents trying to navigate ‘gender ideology’ with their kids Restore Childhood is a national nonprofit founded to protect children from governmental overreach in health and education. We believe…
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Self ID in the Misinformation Era
by Dianna T. Kenny PhD Several key medical journals (e.g., JAMA) have identified the profound harms caused by medical and health misinformation. They assert that health misinformation on social media disproportionately harms female adolescents, racial and ethnic minority youth, LGBQT+ youth, and other marginalized groups. The recent conference of the American Psychological Association in Seattle,…
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Genspect Conference – Reflections on Lisbon
Carl Jung tells us that “Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.” People who have been touched by the trans phenomenon often feel isolated in their own communities, separated by…
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Female-Only App Founder to Appeal Court’s Ruling in Favour of Trans Woman
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The woman behind a female-only app says she will appeal Federal Court decision ruling sex is ‘changeable.’ Giggle for Girls app founder Sall Grover has launched an appeal against a Federal Court decision ruling sex is “changeable.” The appeal resulted from Grover banning trans woman Roxanne Tickle from the female-only app and a subsequent successful…
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Athletes not born female shouldn’t be able to compete in women’s sport, UN human rights expert says
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Only athletes who were female at birth should be allowed to compete in women’s sport, a United Nations-appointed human rights expert will tell the UN General Assembly next week. Reem Alsalem, the UN’s special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, told Sky News she hopes the recommendations will influence the policies of states and…
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Sexual assault in Australia
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in ResourcesAustralian Government – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Published August 2020 Click on the link to view
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Ivan Dean Bill – Alternate Bill for Gender Reforms
Attached below is the alternative legislation that Women Speak Tasmania member Bronwyn Williams drafted for Ivan Dean
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Statistics Show That HALF of Trans-Identified Men in Prison Are Sex Offenders
Eva Kurilova’s excellent article detailing prison data from different countries, including Australia. The justice system has fail vulnerable women by allowing men who identify as women to enter female prisons. Many Western countries are transferring men into women’s prisons and calling this violation of women’s human rights “progress.” Eva wrote. Fair Go for Queensland Women…
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It’s time to re-evaluate the ABC’s ties with ACON
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in Media BiasA non-partisan coalition of feminist and LGB groups has written to Kim Williams, ABC Chair, to express our concerns about the ABC’s relationship with the advocacy group ACON. We are especially concerned that the ABC’s membership of ACON/Pride in Diversity and its participation in ACON’s Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) compromises the ABC’s independence and undermines the…