Constructive reduction: How NCC 2025 cuts female‑only toilets
In this episode Emma and Suzi unpack the NCC 2025 preview’s new ‘all‑gender’ toilet option and what it really means for women’s access to safe, adequate facilities in public buildings. Drawing on AAWA...
12 Mar 10min
CEDAW and the Netherlands: Why “sex work” isn’t women’s rights
Emma and Amber examine the CEDAW Committee’s advance observations on the Netherlands, asking what it means when a UN women’s rights body talks about “sex work”, “safe and legal workplaces, including h...
5 Mar 13min
Dismissed, delayed, doubted: The age pension audit and what it doesn't say
Emma and Suzi examine the Auditor-General's comprehensive performance audit of age pension administration in light of evidence AAWAA submitted to the Australian National Audit Office one year earlier....
26 Feb 10min
Three commissioners, one conversation: Women's advocates brief the Australian Human Rights Commission
Emma is joined by Megan to unpack a significant development for women's advocacy in Australia: a formal meeting between AAWAA, Feminist Legal Clinic, the Coalition of Activist Lesbians, and the Austra...
19 Feb 11min
Underground again: How governance failures erase lesbian rights
Emma and Luci examine violence and discrimination affecting lesbian and bisexual women in Australia. They unpack how governance failures themselves constitute discrimination: the systematic exclusion ...
12 Feb 12min
Male violence against mothers: Making it visible
Emma and Lucy unpack violence against mothers – a form of sex-based harm that remains dangerously invisible in international policy. They examine three interconnected mechanisms: reproductive coercion...
5 Feb 12min
Criminalising advocacy: Why Australia's hate groups bill threatens political freedom
Emma and Megan unpack the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026 – a framework that criminalises organisational membership based on a vague "unacceptable risk" standard, without procedu...
15 Jan 8min
Christmas wrap 2025: AAWAA's year of consolidation and strategic advocacy
AAWAA's Christmas Wrap for 2025: Emma hosts Martine, Luci, and Suzi as they look back on a transformative year for AAWAA. They discuss coordinated national campaigns on sex self-ID and surrogacy prohi...
23 Des 202522min
