False equivalence: Why ‘bundling’ fertility medicine with surrogacy puts women at risk

Policy-makers in Australia keep insisting that assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and surrogacy belong under one legislative roof — a position that might suit industry and bureaucracy, but one that leaves women exposed to exploitation and harm. NSWWAA's latest submission to the NSW Legislative Council Select Committee on Fertility Support and Assisted Reproductive Treatment lays out … Continue reading False equivalence: Why ‘bundling’ fertility medicine with surrogacy puts women at risk →

Restoring rights and realities: Reforming mental health policy for women and girls in NSW

The mental health crisis facing women and girls in NSW is urgent and largely ignored by current policy frameworks — and so the NSW Women’s Action Alliance has submitted a comprehensive response to the NSW Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy consultation, calling for reforms that actually address the root causes of women's mental distress. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1sflLWeCWEfbrugvlXQEFG … Continue reading Restoring rights and realities: Reforming mental health policy for women and girls in NSW →

Why NSW anti-discrimination law must deliver safeguards for women and girls

The current review of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) could reshape the rights and daily realities for women and girls in New South Wales for decades to come. The NSW Women’s Action Alliance has made a submission to the review, saying it is critical that law reform is grounded not in shortcuts or administrative expediency … Continue reading Why NSW anti-discrimination law must deliver safeguards for women and girls →

The Australian Government Guidelines on Sex and Gender: Administrative practices are not an easy way out of legal uncertainty

The NSW Law Reform Commission's consultation paper on the Anti-discrimination Act review has raised concerns that it might look to the Australian Government Guidelines on the Recognition of Sex and Gender to shape legal concepts of sex and gender in NSW. These administrative guidelines, however, do not provide a solution to the ongoing legal uncertainty surrounding … Continue reading The Australian Government Guidelines on Sex and Gender: Administrative practices are not an easy way out of legal uncertainty →

NSW Minister for Women urged to safeguard women’s access to female-only spaces

NSWWAA have written to the Hon Jodie Harrison MP — the NSW Minister for Women, Minister for Seniors, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault — expressing urgent concerns regarding the erosion of female-only spaces and services in NSW, as highlighted in recent parliamentary hearings, and in particular as they pertain … Continue reading NSW Minister for Women urged to safeguard women’s access to female-only spaces →

NSW Equality bill being rammed through despite lack of democratic process and far-reaching changes to 20 Acts of Parliament

NSWWAA has written to NSW Premier Chris Minns as a matter of urgency to raise concerns about the proposed Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023 that we understand will be debated in NSW Parliament this week. NSWWAA is particularly troubled by the lack of democratic process that has occurred to date regarding the bill’s proposed sweeping and significant changes across twenty … Continue reading NSW Equality bill being rammed through despite lack of democratic process and far-reaching changes to 20 Acts of Parliament →

Problems with surrogacy will disappear if surrogacy is banned

The NSW Women's Action Alliance (NSWWAA) has put in a submission to the NSW government for the Government's review of the Surrogacy Act 2010 and the Status of Children Act 1996. This review has come in response to an inquiry into an omnibus bill that seeks to amend twenty different laws all at once in … Continue reading Problems with surrogacy will disappear if surrogacy is banned →