The brave indigenous women who exposed child sexual abuse in their community: and the shocking backlash
We stand beside our indigenous sisters I heard this ABC Background Briefing Program while driving this morning. I arrived at my destination but couldn’t get out of the car, so riveted was I by the appalling treatment of these remarkable women who spoke out about a child abuser in their midst – and beyond that, by […]
How Amnesty International is harming prostitution survivors
The human rights organisation has forgotten the importance of procedural human rights Prostitution is not just an intellectual concept to many participants in the debate; it comes with real memories, trauma, smells, sights and feelings. It is a ‘debate’ felt in the body, and survivors of all kinds of sexual violence can come away from […]
An indigenous ex-prostituted woman appeals to Amnesty: don’t support prostitution
Indigenous women and girls will be more vulnerable to prostitution and trafficking if Amnesty’s draft policy is endorsed Petitioning International Secretariat of Amnesty International and Salil Shetty Recognise that Amnesty International’s draft Policy on Prostitution endorses condone and promote the violation of human rights if passed at the Australian National AGM. Petition by Abolish Prostitution […]