Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: Tasmania

  • Out and About at Salamanca Market

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    This morning, Elizabeth and Isla spent time at Salamanca Market in Hobart, walking through the stalls, meeting locals, and sharing conversations about our advocacy work. Our T-shirts sparked many discussions. Some people stopped to chat, with overwhelming support expressed for protecting children in schools and upholding parents’ rights. Many were appalled at what is happening…

  • Advocating for Girls: WST’s Submission to the Inquiry into Discrimination & Bullying

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    Women Speak Tasmania is a non-profit dedicated to protecting the rights of women and girls—has welcomed the Tasmanian Government’s inquiry into discrimination and bullying in schools. We hope that our submission points to a deeply worrying trend: the infusion of gender ideology into teacher training, posing risks to students and educators alike. Key Highlights from…

  • Inquiry into Discrimination and Bullying in Tasmanian Schools

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    Dear Committee Members, Women Speak Tasmania is a non profit organization advocating for women and young girls rights in the state of Tasmania, we welcome the government Inquiry into Discrimination And Bullying in Tasmanian schools. We want to use this opportunity to inform you that recently WST was alerted to the content of a program…

  • Safer Student Bathrooms in Tasmania: A Step Forward, But Are There Hidden Risks?

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    What is the Safer Student Bathrooms Program? The Tasmanian Government’s Safer Student Bathrooms Program was announced in the 2021 election commitments. Launched with the goal of making school toilets safer, reduce bullying, and improve student wellbeing. Backed by a $6.3 million investment, the program has already been rolled out in several schools including Huonville High…

  • Education Minister Jo Palmer should axe political lobby group’s teacher training program– leaked documents.

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    Women Speak Tasmania have called on the Minister for Education Jo Palmer to immediately axe a teacher training program being delivered to all Primary and Secondary Teachers by political lobby group Working It Out on behalf of the Department of Education, Children and Young People. ‘Leaked documents show the training program “Supporting Sexuality, Sex and…

  • Pseudoscience & the Olympic fiasco

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    Before the Sydney Olympics in 2000 athletes underwent genetic testing. A simple cheek swab would ensure everyone was competing in their respective male and female categories. Any issue with intersex athletes was dealt with on a case to case basis. This was done to ensure fairness and safeguarding of all athletes.  Somehow the International Olympic…

  • Leaked Training Materials: A Closer Look

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    Women Speak Tasmania (WST) has uncovered concerning information regarding the content of teacher training programs delivered in Tasmanian schools. These programs, provided by the Department for Education, Children and Young People in collaboration with the political lobby group Working It Out, raise significant concerns about the rights and safety of women and girls in educational…

  • Push for Parliamentary Inquiry into Sex Self ID Laws following Olympics Fiasco

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    In the last few days the world has been witness to the disastrous result that sex self ID laws have had on women’s sports. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has failed to protect female athletes by allowing men who identify as women, whether intersex or transgender, to compete against women. Dr Elizabeth Caballero Pastor said…

  • Support Sexuality, Sex and Gender Diversity in HPE Training Program – Letter to Jo Palmer

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    Letter from Emma Shaw 06.08.24 Good afternoon Ms. Palmer, We are writing to draw your attention to the extremely disturbing content of a teacher training program being delivered to Tasmanian primary and secondary school teachers by the organization Working It Out on behalf of your department, the DECYP. Women Speak Tasmania has recently been alerted…

  • Inquiry Into Sex Self ID after Olympics Fiasco

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    Tasmanians will no doubt be interested in the IOCs turning a blind eye to the International Boxing Organisation’s warning about the serious problems with allowing males to compete in women’s sports. While the Olympics fiasco concerns a person with a Disorder of Sex Development, DSD, and not a trans identified male competing in women’s sports,…