*BRISSC celebrated 40 years of ongoing work and support for victims of domestic violence, sexual violence and incest along with Women’s House in Brisbane in 2015, with their work extending into the community. We would also like to thank BRISSC for:
- Running safe, women-only events including Reclaim Activism 2015; Community responses to end sexual violence, and hosting workshops and safe creative spaces for female survivors
- Hosting events for other women‘s and Indigenous groups at BRISSC
- And their continued support of other feminist actions to end MVAW, and liberate women, including the Wicked Pickets campaign, Reclaim The Night Brisbane, SOS womensservices and Warriors of the Aboriginal resistance to name just a few.
*Caroline Norma, lecturer in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University. Many thanks for:
- Her submission on behalf of Collective Shout to the Inquiry Into The Regulation Of Brothels, by the NSW government.
- Writing about this inquiry: It’s time to clean up prostitution in NSW
- Writing in defense of women’s human rights not to be prostituted, regarding AI’s 2015 ‘sex work’ policy: A Right to Prostitute Others? Amnesty International and the Privileging of the Male Orgasm
- Critiquing the recent witch hunt of Germaine Greer: Transgenderism: The Latest Anti-Feminist Wedge of the Left
- Critiquing the agenda of male run media: Dirty Business: Why is the Porn Industry Getting a Platform on your ABC?
- Publishing The Japanese Comfort Women and Sexual Slavery during the China and Pacific Wars 2015
*Celeste Liddle, “Arrernte, feminist, hard left, trade unionist, with a taste for protopunk”, a big thank you for:
- Highlighting the over-representation of Indigenous women murdered in Australia this year at Counting dead Aboriginal women 2015,
- Highlighting the institutional racism that lead to the death in custody of Ms Dhu: What the final hours of Ms Dhu’s life tell us about our broken justice system
- Articles and speeches dissecting male violence, racism and culture, including:
- Her keynote speech from the Putting Gender on the Agenda conference in Alice Springs, October 2015 – an extraordinary first gathering of women; majority Aboriginal; to discuss violence against women in a culturally-appropriate and safe space, free from the scapegoating of the media and govt. This conference was a collaboration between Tangentyere Council, Our Watch and the Alice Springs Women’s Shelter.
- And follow up piece, Empowering Aboriginal women is the key to eliminating gendered violence,
- Fighting domestic violence shouldn’t mean revoking Aboriginal rights and She is Someone, plus many more
- This roundup of “wonderful Aboriginal women smashing the mould” in 2015 (published Jan 1st 2016)
- And her continued support of other feminist actions to end MVAW and liberate women, as well as her butt-kicking attendance at anti-racism rallies.
*Collective Shout, grassroots campaigns movement mobilising and equipping individuals and groups to target corporations, advertisers, marketers and media which objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products and services. Many thanks for:
- These achievements listed here: 2015 Wins and Highlights
- Making this submission with Dr Caroline Norma in relation to the Inquiry into the Regulation of Brothels, received on 19/08/2015 by the Regulation of Brothels Committee.
- Working and writing in defense of women’s human rights not to be prostituted, regarding AI’s 2015 ‘sex work’ policy:
- Social media campaigning and community on Facebook and Twitter
- And their continued support of other feminist actions to end MVAW, and liberate women.
*Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence celebrated 25 years of service in 2015, a big thank you also this year for:
- Providing a social media community for support, information and awareness via their Facebook page
- And their continued support of other feminist actions to end MVAW, and liberate women, including commenting on public opinion in our society versus the realities.
*Janet Fraser, National Convenor of the Australian Homebirth Network, Joyous Birth, committed to community birth education, birth activism, supporting women and families in healing from birth trauma, blogger and feminist activist, big thanks for inspiring #ThankaFeminist 2015 and many blessings for:
- Her social media campaigning, writing and feminist analysis
- Her home birthing advocacy and Anti-obstetrics violence campaigning, including being a speaker at the Mother of all Mothers of Rallies in Canberra in June 2015
- Speaker and attendee of grassroots protests for women’s liberation, including the Sydney leg of the global women-led protests against AI’s ‘sex work’ policy, October 2015.
- Her continued support of other feminist actions to end MVAW, and liberate women, including being feminist queen of the sharpie pen.
*Laura McNally, a psychologist, researcher, author and PhD candidate, chair of the Australian branch of Endangered Bodies and provides social commentary on issues related to gender inequality, many thanks for:
- Critiquing the Safe Schools initiative in this opinion piece : Gender Neutrality or Enforcement? ‘Safe Schools’ isn’t as Progressive as it Seems
- Writing in defense of women’s human rights not to be prostituted, regarding AI’s 2015 ‘sex work’ policy:
- Taking part in this ABC podcast: The link between pornography and domestic violence
- Critiquing the agenda of male run media: Inconvenient Facts: Why Would the ABC Airbrush Porn’s Complicity in Sexual Violence? and Pornography, Violence and Sexual Entitlement: An Unspeakable Truth plus more.
- Critiquing the focus of Liberal Feminism and the fallout for women:
- Supporting and attending grassroots protests for women’s liberation, including the Sydney leg of the global women-led protests against AI’s ‘sex work’ policy, October 2015.
- Supporting other feminist groups and actions to end MVAW, and liberate women.
*Liz Waterhouse, founder of listeningtolesbians, member and contributor of Women Shout Out Australia and Reclaim The Night Perth. A big thank you for:
- Publishing roundups of Lesbians In the News from around the world, and running listeningtolesbians
- Writing about the misogyny directed at lesbians from the LGBTI community:
- Organising against male violence with Reclaim the Night Perth, and continually supporting other feminist groups and actions to end MVAW, and liberate women.
*Mairi Voice, writing and sharing articles and interesting news with radical feminist analysis, a big thank you for:
- Writing and advocacy for the Nordic model of prostitution, including: Why the Nordic Model is Safest for Women, addressing a number of issues raised in the ‘prostitution debate’.
- Critiquing the downfalls of liberal feminism in Australia: Liberal Feminism and the Prostitution Debate, drawing from the reading of ‘Freedom Fallacy: The Limits of Liberal Feminism edited by Miranda Kiraly and Meagan Tyler (2015).
- A supportive, informative Social media community and continued support of other feminist actions to end MVAW, and liberate women.
*Meagan Tyler, Research Fellow, RMIT University. Member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA). Many thanks for:
- Co-editing Freedom Fallacy: The Limits of Liberal Feminism, published 2015, a compilation of several feminist writers. And publishing this speech from the launch party: On being a feminist killjoy
- Writing in defense of women’s human rights not to be prostituted, regarding AI’s 2015 ‘sex work’ policy: Does decriminalising pimping further women’s rights?
- Critiquing the choice argument of Liberal Feminism: No, feminism is not about choice
- Writing in remembrance of the women murdered by johns and pimps amid the #FacesOfProstitution hashtag, April, and supporting the global women-led protests against AI’s ‘sex work’ policy, October 2015.
- Her continued support of other feminist groups and actions to end MVAW, and liberate women
*Paula Orbea, founder of Questions for Us and the Wicked Campers campaign, educator, blogger, feminist activist and co-founder of Boycott Wicked Campers , A big thank you for:
- Running workshops for high school students, parents and teachers to help navigate this culture
- Her social media campaigning and community on Facebook and twitter,
- Social commentary and critiquing of male violence, sexism and misogyny via her blog:
- Facebook; the frontline of misogyny, plus more here
- Speaking at and attending grassroots protests for women’s liberation, including Wicked Pickets rally, Brisbane, Rally Against Male Violence Against Women, Brisbane, and the Sydney leg of the global women-led protests against AI’s ‘sex work’ policy.
- Her continued support of other feminist groups and actions to end MVAW, and liberate women
*Radfem Groundhog Day, “Rather than re-invent the wheel, this passage by Mary Daly (from a talk at UCLA in 1987), pretty much says it all…” Many thanks for:
- Critiquing the agenda of male run media in a male ruled world:
- Critiquing male violence within a male justice system in our male ruled culture:
- Her continued support of other feminist groups and actions to end MVAW, and liberate women
*Reclaim the Night Perth, For a world without male-pattern violence and control over women and children, a big thank you for:
- Their #mysteryismisogyny campaign, calling for the responsible reporting of fatal male violence against women.
- See also: Mystery Is Misogyny
- And Murder, Mystery and Misogyny in Oz
- Holding Perth’s Reclaim the Night annual, international march to protest against gendered violence,
- Including Rape is a sanctioned crime
- And listing and reading out the names of the men who murdered women this year in Australia: Reclaiming the Night, Naming Perpetrators
- Providing a supportive Social media community and continued support of other feminist actions to end MVAW and liberate women.
*Simone Watson, director of NORmac; survivor led advocates for the Nordic model Australia, and feminist activist, many thanks for:
- Her work along with other Australian Amnesty International members, in putting a No Confidence Motion in the Amnesty International Australia Board over their actions on Amnesty’s proposed new sex law policy.
- Writing and co-writing several pieces for the Tasmania Times and her blog informing readers of AI’s ‘sex work’ proposal and policy and their biased consultation process
- Exposing Scarlet Alliances denial of the extent of human trafficking for sexual slavery and focus on keeping women inside the sex industry: The Scarlet Alliance/Sex Worker Collective’s Misogyny. Why They Should Not Be funded.
- Taking part in this live debate regarding AI’s ‘sex work’ policy with an unbalanced panel with biased hosts, deconstructed by Meghan Murphy here: The Stream discusses Amnesty International’s new prostitution policy. And this interview published by ressourcesprostitution: Legalized prostitution in Australia: behind the scenes…
- Writing in defense of women’s human rights not to be prostituted, regarding AI’s 2015 ‘sex work’ policy: ‘Sex Work’- The Dignity Of Men
- Her work as Director of NORmac, including raising awareness and gaining support for implementing the Nordic model of prostitution for women and girls: Expunging prostitution convictions essential for those exiting the sex trade
- Supporting and taking part in grassroots protests for women’s liberation, including the Perth leg of the global women-led protests against AI’s ‘sex work’ policy, October 2015.
- Her continued support of other feminist actions to end MVAW, and liberate women via her blog and writing, including: Wicked Campers out in the cold says Lonely Planet
*Wicked Pickets, A community action to extend anti vilification law to include ‘sex’ as a ground for complaint. Race religion sexuality gender identity are already covered. Many thanks for:
- Campaigning to outlaw the vilification of women and girls through Qld’s Anti Discrimination Act, including:
- Holding information stalls with petitions, speaking at events and organising grassroots protests, April and July 2015
- Their Social media campaigning and community, and continued support of other feminist actions to end MVAW, and liberate women
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