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  • Women Speak Tasmania Conference 2024 – Westbury

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    Women Speak Tasmania held its three-day conference in Westbury from 20–22 November 2024, bringing together members and allies for planning, reflection, and fellowship. This year’s conference was both enjoyable and productive, with forward planning for 2025 as a major focus. Delegates also took time to celebrate the hard work of the committee, particularly the completion…

  • Gender and Sexuality Inclusive Language – UTAS Ethics Committee

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    In October 2024, members of the University of Tasmania’s Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) received an email titled “Gender and Sexuality Inclusive Language – Guidelines.” The email, sent by Cynthia A. Awruch (Manager Research Ethics), was blunt: “It is the University of Tasmania’s policy for all researchers to use inclusive language in their research and…

  • Analysis of Year 11–12 “Respectful Relationships Education: Teaching and Learning Package”

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    Analysis and summary of the Year 11–12 “Respectful Relationships Education: Teaching and Learning Package,” with a focus on content involving sexuality and porn that could raise safeguarding concerns for this age group. Summary of contents Where “gender ideology”–adjacent content appears Scenarios and role-plays involving sexuality/porn These activities are explicit and may warrant careful safeguarding controls:…

  • Analysis of Year 7–10 “Respectful Relationships Education: Teaching & Learning Package”

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    Analysis and summary of the Year 7–10 “Respectful Relationships Education: Teaching & Learning Package” with a focus on content related to gender ideology–adjacent content, any porn/sexting material, and specific role-plays/scenarios that could raise child-safeguarding issues. Summary Where gender ideology–adjacent content appears Pornography/sexting content (with concrete classroom examples) Role-plays and scenarios that may challenge safeguarding Safeguarding…

  • Analysis of Foundation to Year 6 “Respectful Relationships Education: Teaching & Learning Package”

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    Analysis and summary of Foundation to Year 6 “Respectful Relationships Education: Teaching & Learning Package” with focus on any safeguarding risks for children. What the document does well Where the document goes wrong / risks Overall Evaluation Conclusion: This document succeeds when it focuses on respect, empathy, and dismantling harmful stereotypes. It fails when it drifts…

  • Analysis of the Respectful Relationships and Consent in the Early Years Package

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    Analysis and summary of the “Respectful Relationships and Consent In the Early Years Package”, with a focus on gender ideology content, where it conflicts with established child development theory (like Piaget), and the use of neutral or scientifically inaccurate language. Summary of Content Analysis of Gender Ideology in the Resource 1. Gender identity as fact…

  • Women Speak Tasmania Launches Our Official Website

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    Women Speak Tasmania is proud to announce the launch of our official website! Since our founding in 2018, our mission has been clear: to protect, defend, and restore the sex-based rights of women and children in Tasmania. Over the years, our members have worked tirelessly—through submissions, advocacy, public events, and community outreach—to hold governments and…

  • New UN Report Affirms Why Women’s Sport Must Remain Female-Only

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    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…

  • The Impacts of Sex Self-ID on Women’s Sports in Tasmania – Letter to Nic Street

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    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…

  • Call on Minister to act on UN Special Rapporteur Report on Women’s Sport

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    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…