Tag: female sports
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Aligning Tasmanian Community and Grassroots Sports with the IOC’s new Science-based Policy – Letter to Nick Duigan
Letter sent to Minister for Sport Nick Duigan on 27.03.26 Dear Minister Duigan, Re: Aligning Tasmanian community and grassroots sports with the IOC’s new science-based policy protecting the female category We write as Women Speak Tasmania, a group of Tasmanian women committed to the protection of sex-based rights, fairness, and safety in sport. On 26…
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From Paris Punch to Policy Breakthrough: The IOC Finally Protects the Female Category in Sport
A Moment That Shocked the World It all happened almost in a flash. At the Paris Olympics in 2024, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif stepped into the ring against Italian female boxer Angela Carini. One powerful punch landed — and the match was over in what felt like seconds. Carini, tears streaming down her face, quit…
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IOC Bans Males from Female Sport: Tasmania Must Follow Suit
Women Speak Tasmania has welcomed the International Olympic Committee’s new policy protecting the female category in elite sport and is calling on Tasmanian Sport Minister Nick Duigan to adopt similar science-based rules for community and grassroots sport in Tasmania. On 26 March 2026, the IOC announced that eligibility for the female category at Olympic Games…
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A Wake-Up Call for Women’s Sex-Based Rights in Australia
Kirralie Smith’s legal case marks a turning point in how Australian law treats women who speak publicly about sex-based rights. Her prosecution and heavy penalties for online commentary about women’s sport raise profound questions about free speech, political communication, and whether women can still lawfully defend sex-based categories in public debate. While courts characterised Smith’s…
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Protecting Fairness, Safety and Opportunity in the Tasmanian Women and Girls Sport Strategy
Women Speak Tasmania has lodged a formal submission to the Department of State Growth on the draft Tasmanian Women and Girls Sport Strategy 2025–2032: “She Moves. She Leads. She Belongs.” We have also copied to the Minister for Sport, Hon. Nick Duigan, to ensure this vital issue receives the highest level of attention. Standing for…
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Department of State Growth: Tasmanian Women and Girls Sport Strategy 2025–2032 “She Moves. She Leads. She Belongs”
Women Speak Tasmania welcomes the Tasmanian Government’s commitment to increasing participation and leadership opportunities for women and girls in sport. However, we are deeply concerned that the draft strategy, as written, risks undermining the very group it seeks to support — females. Our submission draws on international and domestic legal frameworks, including: Key Concerns with…
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New UN Report Affirms Why Women’s Sport Must Remain Female-Only
Women Speak Tasmania has called on the Tasmanian Government to urgently address the growing impact of sex self-identification laws on women’s sport. Our concerns are backed by the latest report from Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, who has raised serious warnings about the erosion of safety and…
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The Impacts of Sex Self-ID on Women’s Sports in Tasmania – Letter to Nic Street
Dear Minister Nicholas Street, Re: Request for meeting to discuss the recently released Report by Reem Alsalem United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls in sport Women Speak Tasmania is an organization advocating for women’s sex based rights. We have received complaints about trans-identified males taking the place of women in 5…
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Call on Minister to act on UN Special Rapporteur Report on Women’s Sport
Women Speak Tasmania have called on the Minister for Sport to take action following UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls Reem Alsalem’s report on women’s sports. With consideration to Algerian professional boxer Imane Khelif Olympics boxing fiasco and numerous other cases of trans-identified males competing in women’s sports, Reem Alsalem has stated…
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Analysis of the UN Report by Reem Alsalem titled Sex-Based Violence Against Women and Girls in Sports: Causes and Consequences (A/79/325)
Overall Focus of the Report 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. Key Points on Men in Women’s Sports 1. Fairness and Safety Reem reported “the least powerful…