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Women's Rights & Women's Rites
Posted by: pbw on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 01:44 PM
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Join Senator Lyn Allison for lunch @ noon, Sunday 6 March to celebrate the inspirational legacy of Janine Haines in the lead up to International Women's Day.
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International Women's Day events
Posted by: pbw on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 03:25 PM
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The International Women's Development Agency are running events to coincide with International Women's Day in early March.
If you're near Sydney, Bega, Hobart, Melbourne or Canberra, have a look at their website to find out how you can get involved.
Also, if you're near Melbourne, visit the International Women's Day fair at CERES in Brunswick - take a look at their website for further information.
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Howard to Allow Abortion Debate
Posted by: pbw on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 03:24 PM
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The Age 6 February 2005
Prime Minister John Howard said today he would permit parliament to debate a private member's bill on abortion but had no expectation it would pass.
Mr Howard said he personally did not like abortion and he expected Opposition Leader Kim Beazley held similar views.
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Report says women face more violence
Posted by: pbw on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 04:39 PM
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The Age, 10 December 2004
Australian women face continuing domestic violence, a lack of child-care and sexual assault services, pay inequality and increasing homelessness, a new report reveals.
The Our Rights, Our Voices report, released to coincide with International Human Rights Day, highlighted the problem of fewer services for women at a time when violence and discrimination continued to rise, its authors said.
The report was written by the Council of Social Service of NSW (NCOSS) and the Women's Rights Action Network Australia as part of a national project documenting the human rights experiences of women in Australia.
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Democrats leadership pay tribute to former leader
Posted by: robyn.danski on Monday, November 29, 2004 - 10:21 PM
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22nd November 2004
Senator Lyn Allison
"...Democrats Senators are enormously saddened to hear that Janine Haines died last night after a lengthy illness.
Senator Allison said, "As the first female leader of an Australian political party and arguably our most successful, she was a great role model for women and a great parliamentarian.
"She was a woman of enormous personal charm, dignity and integrity.
"Her courage in contesting and coming close to winning the lower house seat of Kingston was legendary..."
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Where are the home grown power women?
Posted by: robyn.danski on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 03:30 PM
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Article from Crikey.com.au
22 November 2004
"...There is no Australian equivalent of Carly Fiorina, the CEO of Hewlett Packard. There is also no Australian equivalent of Theresa Gattung, the CEO of Telecom New Zealand.
The most successful home grown female CEO in Australia is probably Catherine Livingstone, the woman who headed ear implant company Cochlear for six years until 2000, but she's now on the non-executive directors' circuit as well.
Therefore, the challenge is on. Why can't Australia produce more power women in business? Is there still a patriarchal legacy? Afterall, our former biggest company News Corp has no female directors and a bloke at the top who only likes to promote his sons, not his daughters..."
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Sex education and teenage pregnancy
Posted by: robyn.danski on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 06:22 PM
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Senator Lyn Allison
17th November 2004
"...Giving birth while a teenager is strongly associated with disadvantage later in life, as teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of school, have low levels of qualifications, be unemployed and low paid, live in poor housing conditions, suffer from depression and live on welfare. Children of teenagers are more likely to live in poverty, to grow up without a father, to become a victim of neglect or abuse, to become involved in crime and abuse, drugs and alcohol, and eventually to become teenage parents themselves, beginning the cycle all over again. Having said that, I want to acknowledge that there are many teenage mothers out there who do a great job of parenting and who do not suffer from those disadvantages, but they are in the minority and, for the most part, their lives are a hard slog..."
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Abortion debate threat to hard-won rights
Posted by: robyn.danski on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 06:17 PM
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Op Ed by Senator Natasha Stott Despoja
Democrats spokesperson for the Status of Women.
10th November 2004
"...Women beware: this is the warning shot across the bows of the women of the noughties. Become complacent, shrug off feminism, and watch your rights go down the gurgler, including your reproductive rights. Vacate the jobs the boys want forget about the boardrooms and get back to the kitchen, the church, the bedroom.
"The rights we have taken for granted for the past 30 years could disappear while we are not watching. While we have been focussed on outstanding issues like the lack of child care and maternity leave, unequal pay and domestic violence, a growing number of decision-makers have been obsessing about our bodies..."
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Wise Women Speech
Posted by: robyn.danski on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 06:16 PM
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Robyn Danski
East Metropolitan Region Candidate
10th November 2004
Speech at National Council of Women WA
"...While no single parent of young children should be forced into the workforce, those that choose to work need support. The State Government is one of the biggest employers of women, through hospitals and primary schools. When was the last time you saw a staff day-care centre at a public hospital?.."
"...A new report has described the State services for victims of domestic violence as ‘tragic’. Julie Oberin, of the Women’s Services Network, and the report author, said that often the refuges are turning away as many as they are helping.
"Again, this is a situation where the Government is encouraging women to take a course of action (in this case a positive action), and then not providing the necessary support for them.
"When women and children leave a violent situation they are in even greater danger. The Australian Democrats will move to drastically improve the funding for state refuges, and work to develop the infrastructure to provide affordable housing choices for every one in Western Australia..."
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