Today is the International Day to End Violence Against Women. The Taliban’s regime of gender apartheidcontinues to stifle women’s rights and voices. The Australian Government has removed human...
By Susan Hutchinson
Helping Afghan women’s rights defenders fleeing the Taliban
Two years ago the last Australian flights departed Kabul International Airport. The photos of the first planes flying out of Kabul were full of men. There were very few women or children in sight....
Afghan women’s rights defenders gravely at risk
All week, civil society organisations have been frantically trying to pull together a list of Afghan women's human rights defenders they've worked with over the past decades to try and get the...
Men, money and power: The coup in Myanmar
Yesterday, the Tatmadaw announced a state of emergency across Myanmar for a period of 12 months and installed the head of the military, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, as the new head of state....
Lady justice is blindfolded in Afghanistan report
The Government’s response to Justice Brereton’s report for the Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force into misconduct by Australia’s Special Forces in Afghanistan has been swift and sure....
War crimes against Women – should Australia prosecute?
The UN Security Council has now passed its ninth resolution on women, peace and security. Five of those have focused on sexual violence in armed conflict. When the Council passed UNSCR 2467 in...
#MillionsMissing – Gender bias adds to the burden of disease
ME/CFS affects millions of people around the world with devastating impacts. The disease is not well understood, leaving sufferers 'missing from their own lives'. As patient and advocate, Jen...
Is the UN going soft on sexual violence in armed conflict?
Last month, the UN Security Council held its annual debate on conflict-related sexual violence. Germany, current President of the Council, hosted the debate. Keen to ensure it wasn’t just another UN...
New age warriors: Defending gender
Ill-informed articles on gender and the Australian Defence Force in the media are not exactly new. However, a recent article in the Daily Telegraph entitled ‘RAAF pilots to consider duties of women...