Dr Megan Blake on reforming the Sex Discrimination Act: An interview
Dr Megan Blake is co-counsel for the Lesbian Action Group in its case against the Australian Human Rights Commission, and a member of Sall Grover's legal team in the High Court application in Giggle v...
27 Elo 16min
TUF. Female alignment with male power: What feminist theory says
In this episode of The Unmoved Feminist, Martine and Liv tackle the uncomfortable question of why some women side with male power, police other women, and direct hostility sideways instead of at the s...
20 Elo 13min
Redirected to writing, then left wondering about the surrogacy review: Our time with the ALRC
The Australian Law Reform Commission told stakeholders its surrogacy review was nearly complete. Days earlier, it had quietly been given six more weeks — and nobody will say why. In this episode, Ambe...
13 Elo 12min
Weaponising guilt: Tasmania’s Greens, forced teaming and conversion practices
Emma and Megan discuss the Tasmanian Greens’ draft conversion bill and AAWAA’s submission, using it as a springboard into the “guilt trade” and “forced teaming” of LGB with TQI+. They explore how coll...
6 Elo 10min
Surrogacy, exploitation and law reform: Why women’s rights are the foundational consideration
Emma and Megan look at what is really at stake when Parliament considers surrogacy law reform. Instead of starting with “access” and “barriers”, they focus on the threshold question: should the State ...
3 Elo 13min
Official words, worsening record: Australia's draft UN report
Emma and Amber examine Australia's draft seventh periodic report under the ICCPR — the international treaty that binds Australia to protect civil and political rights. They look at what the report say...
30 Heinä 10min
Silence from the top: Top officials say nothing as Australia's CSW record deepens
Emma and Luci cover AAWAA's follow-up communication to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, ahead of the 1 August deadline for submissions to CSW71. They discuss the continued silence from Austra...
23 Heinä 10min
'Woman': What Australia's midwifery regulator left undefined
When a regulatory document governing pregnancy, birth and postnatal care can't say clearly what 'woman' means, that's not a drafting oversight — it's a clinical and legal problem. Emma talks to Suzi a...
16 Heinä 8min
