Tag: law
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Input to the report of the Special Rapporteur on sex-based violence against women and girls: new frontiers and emerging issues
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in SubmissionsAbout Us Women Speak Tasmania (WST) is a women-led and women-centered grassroots advocacy organization. We campaign for the sex-based rights of women in Tasmania and collaborate with other advocacy groups across Australia to advance these rights. Australia National Policy Australian women are experiencing a new form of sex-based discrimination: the erosion of hard-earned rights in…
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A group of women wanted to ban trans people from their public meet-ups… their two-year battle has come to a ‘devastating’ end
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A lesbian group has lost its battle to ban transgender and bisexual women from its public events following a two-year legal battle. Lesbian Action Group wanted a five-year exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act and made an application to the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2023. The Victorian-based group lost its bid and attempted to appeal the…
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Barnett meets with group seeking end to optional sex on certificates law
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in NewsAttorney-General Guy Barnett has met with a feminist group that is calling for the repeal of the state’s sex self-ID legislation. Parliament passed the amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act in 2019, making the listing of babies’ gender optional on birth certificates and allowing any individual over 16 to change their listed gender on the…
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Deeming vs Pesutto: An Analysis
by Sarah Kingsley THE CASE Ms Deeming alleged that Mr Pesutto had defamed her on five occasions, causing injury to her and her reputation, by referring to her as a Nazi sympathiser. Mr Pesutto denied this. Defamation is when a person publishes material that injures another person’s reputation. Defamation law gives a person whose reputation…
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Health Minister Jacquie Petrusma must conduct independent review into off label puberty blockers
Women Speak Tasmania are calling on the Minister for Health Jacquie Petrusma to conduct an independent review into the Tasmanian Gender Service use of off label puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria. WST’ call today comes on the back of the NZ Ministry of Health’s release this week of their review into puberty…
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Impacts of Trans activism on the Human Rights of Women and Girls
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Below is an interesting paper prepared by the Feminist Legal Clinic detailing the impacts trans activism had on women’ rights, safe spaces, participation on sports and the erasure of the lesbian community
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Policies of Sports Governing Bodies on Inclusion of Transgender Athletes
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by Sarah Kingsley OVERVIEW There is considerable disjunction in the attitudes of various organisations to the essential question of whether biological sex confers significant difference in performance between male and female athletes: and if there are such differences, whether hormone treatments are sufficient to create the required level playing field. At the beginning it was…
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‘Pedophile’ TikTok star Rachel Queen Burton faces sentencing submissions in District Court
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in NewsA TikTok influencer who amassed a large following sharing her experiences as a trans woman has faced a sentencing hearing. A TikTok star who abused two children told her mother she’s still “the queen” and planned to become famous once released from custody, a court has heard. Rachel Queen Burton, who victims called a pedophile,…
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Human Rights relating to Women
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By Sarah Kingsley United Nations Documents There is a range of legislation including international covenants and Australian law that governs human rights. The base document that outlines all human rights is the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There is also the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The most important relating specifically…