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Australia part of a global rise in gender based violence
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Australia part of a global rise in gender based violence

EditorJanuary 20, 2021
As 2021 begins, there are mounting reports noting a rise of domestic violence in Australia. The same trend is unfolding across the world. In places as far from each other...
Poland: Mass Movement in Defence of Abortion Rights
International

Poland: Mass Movement in Defence of Abortion Rights

EditorOctober 31, 2020
Huge protests have erupted in Poland over further restrictions to abortion rights, which are already among the most restricted in the world. Since the writing of this article on October...
Have women always been oppressed?
National Theory & History

Have women always been oppressed?

EditorAugust 7, 2020July 27, 2020
Nine out of ten nurses are women. They also make up more than two thirds of fast food workers and supermarket workers. On top of this women still bear the...
Women and COVID-19: Inequalities worsen
National

Women and COVID-19: Inequalities worsen

EditorJune 7, 2020May 29, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a particularly hard impact on working class women all over the world. It’s exacerbating all the inequalities that women already experience. Women make up the...
Socialist feminism: An idea for the 2020s
International National

Socialist feminism: An idea for the 2020s

EditorMarch 8, 2020March 3, 2020
Women and men around the world will mark March 8 as International Women’s Day, with demonstrations, marches and celebrations. The run-up to this occasion presents an important opportunity to examine...
Endometriosis: Women failed by a sexist system
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Endometriosis: Women failed by a sexist system

EditorMarch 7, 2020March 3, 2020
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Endometriosis is an invisible condition that affects an estimated one in ten women worldwide, and at least 700,000 people in Australia. But even these estimates...
New decade of explosions and struggles awaits
International

New decade of explosions and struggles awaits

EditorJanuary 14, 2020January 13, 2020
The opening days of 2020 saw news reports dominated by the horrific images and footage of bushfires in Australia and the potential for a new war against Iran. This new...
Prince Andrew’s car crash interview
International

Prince Andrew’s car crash interview

EditorNovember 25, 2019November 22, 2019
“Going to Pizza Express in Woking is an unusual thing for me to do” sneered Prince Andrew as he struggled to contain his disdain for ordinary people. In an astonishing...
Sham family law inquiry launched
National

Sham family law inquiry launched

EditorNovember 17, 2019November 15, 2019
Despite concerns from women’s advocacy groups, Scott Morrison has given the green light to a sham parliamentary inquiry into the family law system. The CEO of Women’s Safety NSW said...
Abortion decriminalised in NSW
National

Abortion decriminalised in NSW

EditorNovember 1, 2019October 31, 2019
In September the New South Wales state parliament voted to overturn the century old ban on abortion. This important healthcare reform marks a step forward in the fight for equality...
500,000 join Swiss ‘women’s strike’
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500,000 join Swiss ‘women’s strike’

EditorJuly 13, 2019July 12, 2019
Over 500,000 women, workers and young people took to the streets all over Switzerland on June 14 as part of a nation-wide women’s strike. The sheer size of the demonstrations...
NSW: Renew the fight for abortion rights
National

NSW: Renew the fight for abortion rights

EditorJuly 8, 2019
In early June a 2000-strong rally marched through Sydney’s city centre demanding the government finally remove the ban on abortion rights. The youthful rally was called by high school student...
Spanish state: ‘Wolfpack’ rapists convicted by Supreme Court
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Spanish state: ‘Wolfpack’ rapists convicted by Supreme Court

EditorJune 29, 2019June 29, 2019
In an important victory for the mass feminist movement, the Spanish Supreme Court has increased the convictions in the Pamplona ‘wolfpack’ case to 15 years imprisonment for the five guilty...
IWD: The case for socialist feminism
International National Theory & History

IWD: The case for socialist feminism

EditorMarch 8, 2019March 7, 2019
International Women’s Day was established by socialist women as a day of struggle against oppression and exploitation meted out by the capitalist system. A hundred years later, we have won...
Victim-blaming in rape trial provokes mass anger
International

Victim-blaming in rape trial provokes mass anger

EditorNovember 17, 2018November 17, 2018
“Does the evidence out-rule the possibility that she was attracted to the defendant and was open to meeting someone and being with someone? You have to look at the way...
Abortion rights won in Queensland
National

Abortion rights won in Queensland

EditorNovember 14, 2018November 13, 2018
A bill to remove abortion from the criminal code in Queensland was passed in October. This is despite Labor risking the defeat of the bill with a roll of the...
Ramp up the fight for abortion rights
National

Ramp up the fight for abortion rights

EditorSeptember 17, 2018
In May of this year women in Ireland won a resounding victory in a referendum to repeal the 8th amendment of the Irish constitution, decriminalising abortion. This victory helped inspire...
Gendered violence: What kind of fightback is required?
National

Gendered violence: What kind of fightback is required?

EditorSeptember 12, 2018
Politicians, the mainstream media and the justice system have shut their eyes to the growing crisis of gendered violence in Australia. A new report from the Australian Institute of Health...

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