About 1,400 people visited the book and there was communication with about 2,000 women’s organizations and women activists from each country -Laying a foothold to cooperate with 3.8 billion women around the world The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG, Chairwoman Hyun Sook Yoon) participated in the 65th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and successfully operated a virtual …

Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has been accused of slut-shaming Brittany Higgins and saying she was “so disgustingly drunk” she “would sleep with anybody”. Senator Abetz has categorically denied making the alleged comments which were aired by Tasmanian Speaker Sue Hickey under Parliamentary Privilege today. Ms Hickey told State Parliament she spoke with Senator Abetz on March 1 at a Hobart …

The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG, Chairwoman Hyun Sook Yoon), an NGO in consultative status with UN Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC), stated that it will operate a virtual exhibit booth for two weeks, from March 15th to the 26th, during the 65th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Due to COVID-19, the 65th CSW meeting will …

A proposal by one of Australia’s top police officers to use phone apps to record sexual consent has been branded “naive”. NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said the country needed to modernise ideas around “positive consent” where consent is “active and ongoing throughout a sexual encounter”. “Intimate violence particularly against women is a real problem crime for us at the …

Women from 53 countries participate in the online event to support the DPCW by HWPL On March 14th at 8PM (KST), the 5th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) was hosted online by Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL, Chairman Man Hee Lee), an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN …

The Morrison government has fallen to its lowest level of support with voters since the Black Summer bushfires as Labor took the lead 52-48 in the latest Newspoll survey released on Sunday night. Based on 1521 online interviews conducted between March 10 and 13, the exclusive Newspoll commissioned by The Australian newspaper found popular support for the Liberal and Nationals coalition had …

Australian Federal Police have been notified of a letter sent to Prime Minister Scott Morrison detailing an alleged historical rape by a Cabinet Minister in the federal government. The letter requests urgent action be taken by the Prime Minister to investigate the alleged rape, which occurred in 1988 before the accused man entered politics. The matter has also been referred …

The Australian dollar is on the move, now hovering around 80 US cents. Over February alone it’s gained roughly 5 cents against the US dollar. That’s quite a move for any currency. The Australian dollar is increasing in value for several reasons, and one of those reasons is also tied to how much you’ll be paying on your monthly mortgage …

With the dust settling on the news media bargaining code battle royale, both Facebook and the Australian government have declared victory. The legislation passed the Senate on Tuesday night, meaning the government can now make Facebook and Google negotiate with news producers to pay for content that appears on search engines or social media. It’s seemingly the end of a series …

A woman who blackmailed a grieving couple over a lost phone containing photos of their dying daughter will stay behind bars, after Victoria’s highest court knocked back her appeal. Siti Kamal, a 26-year-old Malaysian national, was jailed last year for blackmailing Jay and Deanne Windross while their 11-month-old daughter, Amiyah, was dying in the Monash Children’s Hospital. Days earlier, Ms …