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Sydney SlutWalk

19/06/2011 — Filed under: Current issues — Comments (0)

WEL at SlutWalk

On Monday 13th June, a thousand women and men took to the streets of Sydney for SlutWalk. Check out Convenor, Melanie Fernandez, on The Drum discussing the global phenomenon that the marches have become and the feminist perspective on the walk.

WEL joined others marching to condemn the culture of victim-blaming that persists in discussions of sexual assault. Speakers included WEL’s own Eva Cox who set the march in the broader context of the right for women to choose what they wear, whatever that may be; and Nina Funnell a member of the NSW Premier’s Council in Preventing Violence Against Women.

Convenor Melanie Fernandez and Executive member Anne Barber also shared their thoughts on SlutWalk with The Sydney Morning Herald.

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