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The AAWAA Women’s Advocate — 92 episodes
TUF. Female alignment with male power: What feminist theory says
Redirected to writing, then left wondering about the surrogacy review: Our time with the ALRC
Weaponising guilt: Tasmania’s Greens, forced teaming and conversion practices
Surrogacy, exploitation and law reform: Why women’s rights are the foundational consideration
Official words, worsening record: Australia's draft UN report
Silence from the top: Top officials say nothing as Australia's CSW record deepens
'Woman': What Australia's midwifery regulator left undefined
TUF. Patriarchy: The structure we are not supposed to name
The SDA timeline: CEDAW, the 2013 amendments, and the loss of women’s sex‑based protections and rights
"A different time" is not an argument: Reckoning with the 2013 SDA amendments
Women take their questions to the AHRC in Adelaide -- but are still waiting for answers
TUF. Female‑only spaces and the politics of women’s safety
"Celebrated, not debated": The AHRC's answer on deficient exemption guidelines
"No plans" for women and girls: AHRC says women must seek exemptions to keep female-only protections
TUF. Counting women: Why sex‑based data still matters
TUF. The feminist waves and why sex‑based feminism still matters
Managing the mandate: How Australia handles the UN SRVAWG as a diplomatic inconvenience
Beyond beds and referrals: Addressing the root causes of women's mental distress
Tasmania's mental health reboot: Ensuring women aren't erased
Did the AHRC seek costs against the Lesbian Action Group? A timeline
Older women fall between every plan: Male violence, policy, and the gap no one is closing
When consent law looks for excuses, not proof
The Court has spoken: Women are no longer pre-eminent in our own law
Dismantling stereotypes — or reinforcing them? The CEDAW Committee's confused framework
TUF. Prostitution and the sexual contract
Surrogacy is not 'fertility support': Our evidence to the NSW inquiry
Power, proportionality, and the Lesbian Action Group: When the AHRC stands in its own shoes
Guardianship, not paternalism: A different way to think about surrogacy and the state
Agency ends when the surrogacy contract begins: Lived experience, power and law‑making
Her super, his payday: closing the male violence loophole
Violence against older women: What Australia won’t count
TUF. Women as a sex class in a world of 'identity'
Repeat episode. Forced alignment: Defending our feminist tradition
Local Action: Accuracy over approval, Dr Megan Blake
The unintended consequences of Victoria's conversion ban
Equality Australia, tax perks and a Governor‑General beyond scrutiny
Constructive reduction: How NCC 2025 cuts female‑only toilets
CEDAW and the Netherlands: Why “sex work” isn’t women’s rights
Dismissed, delayed, doubted: The age pension audit and what it doesn't say
Three commissioners, one conversation: Women's advocates brief the Australian Human Rights Commission
Underground again: How governance failures erase lesbian rights
Male violence against mothers: Making it visible
Criminalising advocacy: Why Australia's hate groups bill threatens political freedom
Christmas wrap 2025: AAWAA's year of consolidation and strategic advocacy
Can the ALRC recommend surrogacy prohibition? What the law actually says
Prohibition or regulation? The ALRC's surrogacy review and feminist resistance
Beyond 'yes' and 'no': Structural inequality and the law of rape
Evidence required: Why Australia must assess impact on women
Institutional capture? The ABC, advocacy, and accountability
Campaigning against the UN expert on women: DFAT's gender back-channels revealed
Forced alignment: Defending our feminist tradition
FOI evidence of systematic exclusion: Stakeholders versus submissions
From sex self-ID to women's sex-based protection: NT leads the way
Inquiring into uncertainty: The AHRC's unused powers
Local Action: Janet Fraser — roots, backlash, and the renaissance ahead
Women shut out: Inside WA’s surrogacy overhaul
Where there is no consultation: WA surrogacy, NSW ‘equality’, and QLD’s sex self-ID problem
Demanding accountability: Why we questioned the Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the National Press Club
Tasmania’s crossroads: Ending prostitution to protect women and girls
Losing our rights? Monitoring the AHRC’s turn away from women
Local Action: The builder, Feminist matriarch Merike Johnson
Scotland’s abolition bill: How Australia must go further
Not at the stakeholder table: The ongoing exclusion of women in policy
Hidden in plain sight: Australia’s failure to protect women’s rights
False equivalence: The wrongs of treating surrogacy as fertility support
From crisis to care: Putting women and girls at the heart of NSW’s Mental Health Strategy
Local Action: Justice and resistance, Isla MacGregor’s activist legacy
Bad law, silenced voices: WA’s ART & Surrogacy Bill
Blueprint for female toilets: The ongoing struggle for women-only facilities
Safeguarding our status: What women need from anti-discrimination law reform
A National Apology for women and girls in prostitution: Truth, reform, justice, and restoration
Guidelines or law? Why government policy doesn’t trump the Sex Discrimination Act
Female association on trial: Who belongs in women's spaces in Tickle v Giggle
Where’s the line? Balancing hate speech, women’s rights, and free speech in NSW
Local Action: Reclaiming lesbian space, The Carole Ann episode
Triple A for women: The path to the abolition of prostitution in Australia
Holding Australia to account: Providing evidence to the United Nations
Unintended chaos: The legal fallout of two missing words
Revolutionising gender care: A call for comprehensive change
Local Action: Everyday resistance every day, Nerissa Scott’s story
Women's rights in Australia: A step backward?
How AAWAA works: Principles, structure, and advocacy in action
Local Action: Betty McLellan’s feminist ethic
The secrets of strategic advocacy, AAWAA’s 2025 election campaign: Part 3, What real engagement looks like—Impact, insights, and lessons learned
The secrets of strategic advocacy, AAWAA’s 2025 election campaign. Part 2, The big push: From preparation to real-rime political action
The secrets of strategic advocacy, AAWAA’s 2025 election campaign. Part 1, Foundations: How national grassroots advocacy takes shape
Unveiling the hidden rules of women's sports rights
Local Action: Advocating for biological reality, Stassja Frei
Navigating gender law: UK vs Australia unpacked
Clarity in controversy: The UK ruling on ‘woman' explained
The hidden crisis of women's retirement security
A new voice for women’s advocacy in Australia: The AAWAA Women’s Advocate