Why we need comprehensive sex education in schools
By Erin GillenFormal sex education in schools is not meeting the needs of young women.
Reproductive rights
Abortion Clinic Exclusion Zones and Free Speech
By Nina GibsonCan the right to free speech be reconciled with the rights of women to access safe and legal abortion procedures? Nina Gibson explains.
No Right to Health Without a Right to Abortion
By Jenny EjlakAccess to safe and legal abortions is difficult in many parts of the world. Jenny Ejlak explains the new phenomenon of “personhood” laws, for which Australia is a potential battleground.
Surrogacy: Whose Reproductive Liberty?
By Kate GallowayIn international surrogacy arrangements, how can we protect the reproductive liberties of all parties involved? Kate Galloway explores.
Voltaire Award Recipient Yu Lipski & Reproductive Rights With Ronli Sifris // August Podcast
By Right Now RadioThis month on Right Now Radio, Ben & Rach chat to Voltaire Award Recipient Yu Lipski and Monash University academic Dr Ronli Sifris.
Policing The Body: Women’s health and reproductive rights
By Marta SkrabaczMarta Skrabacz considers reproductive rights as a women’s health issue, and recent developments in legislation regulating women’s bodies.
Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Human Rights
By Kate GallowayAssisted reproductive technologies (ART) have challenged our thinking around what it means to be human. Kate Galloway asks, ‘What do they mean for human rights?’
Interview with Clementine Ford
Erin Handley in conversation with Clementine FordClementine Ford is a writer, broadcaster, and feminist. Right Now spoke with her about her personal feminism and her thoughts on the major challenges for women’s rights in Australia today. Right Now: On your blog, Howling Clementine, you wrote: “In 1998, Clementine declared that she believed in women’s rights but not the nasty, manhating ideology […]
Abortion Shaming: What the law does and doesn’t do
By Dr Leslie CannoldBy Dr Leslie Cannold. This piece is part of our September focus on Women’s Rights. See all of this month’s articles here. A number of years ago I joined with thousands of activists and concerned citizens to change abortion law in Victoria. After more than 143 years, and after a long political fight, the crime of […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Abortion Law in Australia
By David DonaldsonBy David Donaldson. This piece is part of our September focus on Women’s Rights. See all of this month’s articles here. Abortion law in Australia is up to the states; accordingly, state laws vary. Victoria and the ACT have the most liberal legislation on this issue, Queensland the strictest. Thankfully, the issue is not as polarising […]