You might think that in 2022, our laws ensure justice for women, women and marginalised people. WRONG.
💡Did you know that a rape victim can be ordered by the family courts to pay her rapist money so she can get divorced and be free of him? 1/5 🧵
💡Did you know that prostituted women, girls, men, boys and marginalised people can be convicted of prostituted related offences? Even if they are vulnerable and were coerced.
💡Did you know that sexually exploiting a woman in exchange for free rent is not a specific crime? 2/5
💡 Did you know that migrant women have NO access to public funding even if they are victims of abuse?
💡Did you know that there’s no mandatory training on the complexities of domestic abuse and trauma for family judges working in this field? 3/5
We need structural legislative change. We need a Women's Bill of Rights making clear what our social, political and legal rights are. Until we have that, here are five key changes we would like to see in law and society. Please read on. 1/6 🧵
Under Victorian legislation, passed before women could even vote, women could spend their lives in prison if they procure their own abortions. A woman is on trial for such a crime today. @MSIchoices, @BPAS1968.
Introducing Right to Equality, a not-for-profit organisation in partnership with @GoodLawProject
We are a community working to advance gender equality and diversity that puts access to justice at the top of the agenda.
We want equality at the heart of our justice system because right now we live in an unequal society.
Our mission is to highlight inequalities that women and girls and marginalised people suffer in society and raise awareness of the legal protections available to support them