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Glass PoliciesNov 7, 2023

Language is Key: QLD introduces new affirmative consent laws

At the 2021 National Summit on Women’s Safety, Australian of the Year Grace Tame said, “Language is key. softens the reality and therefore enables and emboldens perpetrators who capitalise on every loophole there is.” Yesterday, the Queensland Government addressed these loopholes by legislating an affirmative consent model, similar to what has been adopted by NSW and Victoria, in passing new laws that will…

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Language is Key: QLD introduces new affirmative consent laws

At the 2021 National Summit on Women’s Safety, Australian of the Year Grace Tame said, “Language is key. [It] softens the reality and therefore enables and emboldens perpetrators who capitalise on …

Glass Policies
Glass PoliciesNov 3, 2023
Tiffany LiNov 2, 2023

Listen. No one does an English degree for the money.

Studying the humanities has never been about making you a good cog with a job in the capitalist machine. It’s about enriching you as a person and shaping our society into one that creates and appreciates the arts and new ideas.

The humanities matter. They make us human.

Glass PoliciesNov 3, 2023
Sheril KirshenbaumNov 3, 2023

Synth genius Wendy Carlos studied physics & music at Brown & Columbia. She helped develop the 1st Moog synthesizer & her 1968 classical album Switched-On Bach went platinum. She brought #music & tech together & composed soundtracks for A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Tron & more.

Carlos was assigned male at birth & transitioned to female. Unfortunately, many journalists focus more on her gender than her accomplishments that changed music forever. http://www.wendycarlos.com

Wendy Carlos HomePage

The Official Wendy Carlos HomePage. The definitive Web collection of information about the pioneer synthesist and composer (and solar eclipse photographer), including a "Write Wendy" Maildrop.

Glass PoliciesNov 3, 2023
In a massive win for women’s sport, the NSW government has announced that they will make it a requirement for peak sporting bodies in NSW to provide a plan for equal prize money and gender equity when applying for government funding as of next year. https://womensagenda.com.au/life/sport/equal-pay-commitments-set-for-womens-sport-in-nsw-lead-by-female-advocates/
Pro-surfer Lucy Small and sports journalist Kate Allman started https://www.equalpayforequalplay.com.au/ two years ago, and have been campaigning for gender equality within Australian sports.
#australiansports #nsw #australia #genderequality
Equal pay commitments set for women's sport in NSW, lead by female advocates

Groundbreaking changes for equal pay in women’s sports are happening in New South Wales, with two women advocates leading the fight.

Women's Agenda
Glass PoliciesNov 3, 2023
The Australian Bureau of Statistics Personal Safety Survey conducted between 21-22 showed 1 in 6 Australian women had experienced a form of physical or sexual partner-related violence since the age of 15.
The National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022/2023 wants to see a 25% reduction in domestic violence annually https://theconversation.com/the-government-has-released-its-action-plans-to-end-violence-against-women-and-children-will-they-be-enough-211606#:~:text=This%20government%20has%20made%20an,and%20sexual%20violence%20in%20Australia.
How? Where is the funding commitment of $2.3b being spent if this is the goal?
#australia #auspolitics #feminism #women
The government has released its action plans to end violence against women and children. Will they be enough?

While the actions outlined in the plans are admirable, achieving the set targets will require a significant increase in urgency and funding.

The Conversation
Glass PoliciesNov 3, 2023
Fifty eight women have been murdered in Australia this year, 6 in the last 10 days. We are living through a national domestic and sexual violence crisis https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-01/women-murder-spike-sparks-calls-for-domestic-violence-register/103048644. The ABC today reports that over 50% of the NT’s prisons are filled with domestic violence offenders, after a coroner’s investigation into the deaths of four Aboriginal women was held https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-03/corrections-commissioner-details-plan-prisons-domestic-violence/103058618.
Women's safety is an intersectional issue here in Australia. Plans are not enough!
#australia #feminism #women
Domestic violence crisis: Number of women allegedly killed in family violence incidents soars

Across Australia, 58 women have allegedly been killed by men this year — sparking urgent calls for a national family violence register of offenders.

ABC News
Glass PoliciesOct 3, 2023

Western Australia Decriminalises Abortion!

And the timing couldn’t be better for International Safe Abortion Day. After twenty-five years the Western Australian Government removed abortion from its criminal code and added it to The Public Health Act (2016), making it easier for women to gain access to abortion without having to cross its state borders, and bringing its laws in-line with the other states and territories.

https://glasspolicies.wordpress.com/2023/10/03/western-australia-decriminalises-abortion/

Western Australia Decriminalises Abortion!

And the timing couldn’t be better for International Safe Abortion Day. After twenty-five years the Western Australian Government removed abortion from its criminal code and added it to The Public H…

Glass Policies
Glass PoliciesOct 3, 2023

How it started Vs. How it’s going

2021 crashed into me like a kick to the ovaries. NSW was amending its consent laws, specifically introducing words like “coercion” into the bill. With Bruce Lehrmann's trial at the forefront of mainstream media and Australia finally catching up with the #metoo movement, a shift in perspective was felt by many women across the country. The word Rape had been sitting on the tip of my tongue like an ulcer for over fifteen years, yet our…

https://glasspolicies.wordpress.com/2023/10/03/how-it-started-vs-how-its-going/

How it started Vs. How it’s going

2021 crashed into me like a kick to the ovaries. NSW was amending its consent laws, specifically introducing words like “coercion” into the bill. With Bruce Lehrmann’s trial at the forefront …

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