‘CSR begins with men growing a conscience’ – Lyn Swanson Kennedy writes for Mumbrella Earlier this month at Mumbrella360, Scentre Group’s customer experience director, Phil McAveety, spoke about Westfield malls as “living centres”. Lyn Swanson Kennedy was angry. Collective Shout has been petitioning Scentre’s CEO to stop Honey Birdette’s “porn-themed window displays” for 18 months. […]
Sexual harassment will not be reduced if drivers of harassment including sexualised and objectified portrayals of women remain continue unabated Shopping centres facilitate objectification of women Collective Shout made a submission to The Australian Human Rights Commission National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces. We commended the Commission for investigating this very serious violation […]
Media Release Grassroots campaigning movement Collective Shout has captured images of children participating in Easter activities being exposed to porn-themed shop front displays in WA shopping centres. Vicinity Centres-owned Galleria Morley and AMP Capital-managed Karrinyup Centre invited children to ‘Meet the Easter Bunny’ have their faces painted and hunt for Easter eggs within metres of […]
Reclaim public space by reforming our advertising regulation system AND Protect children from pornography by compulsory age-verification Election 2019 The everyday sexualisation and objectification of women in media, advertising and popular culture and the exposure of children to online pornography result in demonstrated harms to women and girls, men and boys, and to our community […]
We hope you were encouraged by our recent Air Asia billboard win. Speaking out really is the language of change. I wanted to highlight a number of other positive outcomes that I hope will continue to encourage you. Mariner Watches have issued a formal apology after the release of some highly disturbing social media ads […]
Grassroots campaigning movement Collective Shout has exposed online marketplace Amazon selling multiple books promoting rape and sexual torture of women and children. This comes days after the company was forced to remove pedophile-themed baby onesies with the slogans “Daddy’s little f**k toy” and “I just look illegal”. Campaigns manager Caitlin Roper said that the titles […]
And its because you bothered to speak out On Friday afternoon I took a photo of a Brisbane City Council bus with the words “Get off in Thailand” emblazoned across the entire side of the vehicle. The response was swift and condemning when I shared the image on Twitter and Collective Shout’s Facebook page shortly […]
Collective Shout is pleased to be part of this joint statement released today. State governments must take urgent action to bring Wicked Campers into line. Queensland, Tasmania and the ACT have all taken legislative measures to force Wicked’s compliance – or risk de-registration. It’s now South Australia’s turn to ban mobile misogyny.
Urgent call to action! Tomorrow morning we are calling on all our South Australian supporters to join together in a ‘Collective Shout’ against Wicked Campers. There will be a gathering at 9:30am on the steps of Parliament House, right before a bill will be debated to deregister vans that breach the advertising code. Between now […]
‘As a parent, we worry most about sex offenders exploiting and abusing our children in private spaces…But it’s not individual strangers who are corrupting our boys…It’s a billion dollar industry, intent on finding the next generation of customers at increasingly younger ages’– Jas Rawlinson Brisbane-based freelance writer, mental health advocate and author of the recently […]
by Kathy Parker via 10Daily Honey Birdette has once again become a hot topic in the media over risqué floor-to-ceiling advertisements in their Westfield shopping centre stores across Australia. This time last year, Melbourne father Kenneth Thor started a Change.org petition to stop Honey Birdette from using porn-style advertising in family-friendly shopping centres after his two […]
Youth advocate shares views on the sexualisation of our kids [UPDATE] OPEN INVITATION – Parents and Community Session Hosted by Coolum Beach Christian College This is a free event with child minding provided. Click here for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/680485449009905 As published in the Sunshine Coast Daily SUNSHINE Coast parents and carers who wonder if their children are growing […]
