Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ROSS Liz
The chants rang out through cities and towns around the world as protesters defiantly challenged the US Supreme Court’s 1 July decision to end national access to abortion: “We won’t go back!” and “Our bodies! Our lives! Our right to decide!”
The decision has encouraged bigots everywhere, including (...)
, by GILMORE Jane
A year after Jill Meagher was murdered, Tracy Connelly was too. The different ways each crime was reported speaks volumes
In July 2013 a woman called Tracy Connelly was murdered in Melbourne. It made headlines in most of the national newspapers, all of which used some variation of the phrase (...)
, by Australian Associated Press
ACTU application denied, but commission leaves open door to unpaid leave and possible future paid leave
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a union bid for 10 days paid domestic violence leave in all modern workplace agreements but has left the door open on unpaid leave.
In a decision (...)
, by Socialist Alliance (Australia)
No to sexual assault! Socialist Alliance statement in solidarity with the international movement against violence against women.
January 5, 2013 — The Socialist Alliance (Australia) stands in solidarity with the growing movement in India fighting violence against women. Progressive forces in (...)
, par BENEDEK Paul, ESCAURIAZA Marcela
Many Queenslanders assume abortion is legal, since 14,000 terminations occur every year in the state.
However, the charges laid against a Cairns couple for procuring an abortion in April, and the recent refusal of some doctors to perform abortions in Queensland for fear of legal repercussions, (...)
, by ARTHUR Joyce, HAWKINS Trent, OLIVER Karly, YU Kimberly
Is the abortion law reform in Victoria enough?
The Victorian Abortion Law Reform bill was passed by the parliament’s lower house on September 12 after more than 70 hours of debate. This may finally mean that abortion is removed from the state’s Crimes Act dating back to 1958. Until the bill is (...)
, by JARVIS Helen
September 7 marks the 40th anniversary of the event that put on the front pages of the world’s press the feminist movement, or more precisely its “second wave” (following the long lapse since the strong campaigns of the early 20th century for women’s suffrage and emancipation). The newsletter (...)
, by BOLTON Sue, ROBERTS Fiona
The act of a doctor performing an abortion in Victoria has been listed as a crime in the Crimes Act since 1958.
On August 19, Victorian women’s affairs minister Maxine Morand tabled the Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008 on behalf of the state Labor government.
The legislation fully decriminalises (...)
, by BOLTON Sue
The federal Coalition, some state Labor governments and the corporate media have been justifying racist policies by claiming they are defending women’s rights. This argument has been one of several “justifications” for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and for why we should all be worried about (...)
, by VERNON Kerry
Despite increasing recognition about the problem of violence against women, most refuges, community and non-government organisations devoted to helping women and children in crisis, allocate a good deal of their stretched resources to writing submissions for limited funding. This is because (...)
, by VICK Lesley
“Reproductive rights embrace certain human rights that are already recognised in national laws, international human rights documents and other consensus documents. These rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, (...)
, by ZIRNGAST Natalie
In a victory for women’s right to choose not only abortion, but also the method of a termination, the bill to remove responsibility for the abortion drug RU486 from the federal health minister and return it to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) was passed in the House of Representatives (...)
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