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Think tank

Women's Forum Australia (WFA) is a conservative think tank established in 2005 with the aim of influencing research and policy-related work to affect the social, economic, health of Australian women. It has also been described as focusing on "anti-trans campaigning" and having "links to far-right politics", with members campaigning against abortion access, transgender rights, and promoting conspiracy theories around Wi-Fi.

Activities

The group has been active in combatting negative stereotyping of women. The group has advocated legislative changes to advance adoption as an alternative to abortion. The group has been characterised as "pro-life", and has similarly been involved in matters relating to IVF The group was involved in the effort to ban the distribution of RapeLay, a video game that featured sexual violence.

In 2007, the group released a magazine Faking it, dealing with the sexualisation of women and girls facilitated by the fashion and beauty industries.

In 2013, chair of WFA Louise Brosnan withdrew her children from school over concerns about the presence of wi-fi at the school. Another board member, Dr Marie-Therese Gibson resigned as principal of Tangara School for Girls, claiming health dangers of wi-fi.

In 2023, WFA led a campaign against Big W's stocking of Welcome to Sex, a sex education book aimed at adolescents. In response to abuse of staff members, Big W removed the book from its physical stores while continuing to sell it on their website.

People

The journalist, Melinda Tankard Reist was a founding director of the group.

References

  1. "About". Women's Forum Australia. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  2. ^ Kelly, Cait; Taylor, Josh (2023-07-19). "Big W removes sex education book from shelves after staff members abused". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  3. ^ Connelly, Claire (29 July 2023). "The anti-trans group that defeated Big W". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  4. Smith, T. (2008). 'Tart noir': erotica or pornography?. AQ-Australian Quarterly, 80(4), 33-37.
  5. Pike, G. K. (2014, November). Adoption Rethink: Women's Forum Australia Research. Women's Forum Australia.
  6. Moriarty, K. (2017). Lament of a pro-life feminist. Eureka Street, 27(5), 64-66.
  7. Klein, R. (2008, May). From test-tube women to bodies without women. In Women's Studies International Forum (Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 157-175). Pergamon.
  8. Tankard Reist, Melinda, 2009. Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls, p27.
  9. Phoenix, A. (2011). Review of recent literature for the Bailey Review of commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood.
  10. Pollnitz, R. (2006). Defiant birth: women who resist medical eugenics. Lutheran Theological Journal, 40(3), 160.

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