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The only Australian National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls. #FreeHer
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Reflections from today. Carceral feminists let us down.

It is profoundly disappointing that Labor and the LNP have voted against @senatorthorpe Bills to end the shackling of pregnant women and the strip-searching of children.

Let that sink in. In a country where governments speak loudly about ending violence against women and protecting children, when given the opportunity to take meaningful action to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our community, both major parties voted against these Bills.

Pregnant women should never have to give birth in shackles. Children should never have to endure the trauma and humiliation of being strip-searched.

#BangkokRules #AbolitionistFeminism #EndShackling #StopStripSearchingChildren #FreeHer by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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Ending violence against women cannot be conditional on whether a woman is considered respectable, deserving or worthy of protection.

Human rights do not stop at the prison gate. Bodily autonomy does not disappear when a woman is imprisoned.

Children do not lose their right to dignity because the state has labelled them “offenders”.

If Labor and the LNP are serious about ending violence against women, they must be prepared to confront it wherever it occurs — including within the institutions they govern.

Many women in Parliament let us down today by voting against @senatorthorpe Bills to end the shackling of pregnant people and those giving birth and ending the strip searching of children. So much for feminism and ending violence against women.

Strip searching is sexual assault by the State.

Nothing about us without us. No more violence hidden behind prison walls.
#freeher #endviolenceagainstwomen
@debkilroy @thenationalnetwork_abolition @art_by_tibbles @tabithalean #compliancedoesnotmeanconsent @australianlabor @lnpqld

Thanks to the all the MPs who supported the Bills to end the horrific violence against women and children 🩷 by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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In the words of National Network member, Tanika…

The legislation is before the Senate today. We’ll be there watching the vote, taking names and grabbing the receipts by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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Shameful to see the Minister for Women justify the continued shackling of women giving birth. The inquiry showed that the Commonwealth has power to stop this. People need to realise that when the Albanese government calls this a state and territory issue, that’s not a legal argument, it’s a choice they are making. by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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National Network was joined by @benjaminflentjar at the hearing for Senator Lidia Thorpe’s Bill to abolish the strip searching of children.

Thanks for sharing your story brother.

If you haven’t signed the open letter to support Senator Thorpe’s Bill, please do

www.Lidiathorpe.com/campaigns by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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National Network member Cat Carter speaking on her experience of being strip searched as a child

If you haven’t signed the open letter in support of ending this violent practice, please do it today
www.lidiathorpe.com/campaigns

END THE VIOLENCE NOW by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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A CALL OUT TO EVERY LABOR MP: VOTE TO END THE SHACKLING OF PEOPLE GIVING BIRTH.

To every Labor MP: this is a moment to stand up for human dignity, bodily autonomy and the right of every person to give birth without being subjected to restraints and state-sanctioned violence.

I call on every Labor MP to vote for this Bill — not simply to align themselves with their party’s political position, but to exercise their conscience and recognise the profound harm that shackling inflicts on women, birthing people and their babies.

Violence against women can begin before they are even born. When a pregnant woman is shackled, the violence of the criminal legal system reaches into the most intimate and vulnerable moments of pregnancy, labour and birth. It affects not only the woman giving birth, but also her baby, whose earliest experiences are shaped by the conditions imposed on their mother.

For Aboriginal women, the consequences are inseparable from the ongoing violence of colonisation, systemic racism and deaths in custody. An Aboriginal woman who gives birth in shackles may be returned to prison after childbirth, separated from her newborn baby and placed in an environment where her health, recovery and safety are at risk. The trauma of childbirth, the removal of her baby and the brutality of incarceration can compound one another, with potentially devastating consequences.

We cannot ignore the risk of another Aboriginal death in custody. Aboriginal women must not be shackled during labour or childbirth, placed at risk through inadequate postnatal care, or returned to prison without proper regard for their physical and psychological wellbeing. The separation of mothers and babies can inflict profound and lasting harm on both.

END THE SHACKLING. END THE VIOLENCE. LET EVERY PERSON GIVE BIRTH WITH DIGNITY.

#EndTheShackling #stopBlackDeathsInCustody #FreeHer #BirthWithDignity #SistersInside EndViolenceAgainstWomen

@albomp @janastewartvic @reneecoffeymp @karacookbonner @polleysenatorhelen @senatorjacquilambie @malarndirri @senatorpennyqld @senatorfatimapayman @senkatyg @senatorpennywong @australianlabor @lnpqld @australiangreens by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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**Mic drop**

This clip featuring Dr Tatiana Corrales & @senatorthorpe

Call your local federal MP and Senator and ask them to vote to end the shackling of people giving birth

And

Sign the open letter in support of the Bill:
www.lidiathorpe.com/campaigns by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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National Network came together with some incredible men to give evidence to the committee considering @senatorthorpe Bill to ban the strip searching of children

@matcho_makata spoke from his experiences in children’s prison

This Bill is being considered this week. Call your federal MP and demand they end the violent strip searching of children.

And please sign the open letter in support of this Bill
www.lidiathorpe.com/campaigns

Thanks Matcho. Honoured to stand beside you ✊🏽 by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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Call your local federal member and Senator and ask them to support the Bills by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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This week the two Bills proposed by @senatorthorpe will be in Parliament

We urge the government to pass these Bills. We must abolish the strip searching of children and the practice of shackling people giving birth.

We will be watching and taking names of who votes in support of the Bills and who votes to maintain these violent practices.

Have you signed the online open letter yet?
www.lidiathorpe.com/campaigns by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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This week the National Network and @sisters_inside_inc will join @senatorthorpe for a press conference at Parliament House to urge the government and opposition to pass the Bills to ban strip searching of children and the shackling of people giving birth.

If you live in the ACT, please join us.

It’s still not too late to sign the open letters in support of these two Bills:
www.lidiathorpe.com/campaigns

STAND WITH US ✊🏽 by @thenationalnetwork_abolition

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