Sydney
31 August 2003
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League seeks new laws to protect women
Catholic Women's League Australia members have vowed to campaign against any media that perpetuates sexual violence against women and children, and called for the rehabilitation of trafficked women and children.
Members voted to urge the their state governments to take measures to criminalise the use and production of any form of media or information that “perpetrates violence against women and children, particularly in the areas of trafficking, prostitution, pornography and sex tourism” and prosecute the people involved.
They believe the legalisation of prostitution by state governments has made it easier for traffickers, brothel owners and pimps to traffic women and children into Australia; also that victims need safe accommodation and trauma counselling before the Immigration Department decides on their future.
The proposal was made during the recent national conference in Sydney.
Other highlights of the conference included a call from Julie Greig, from the Commonwealth Office of the Status of Women, for the league to be more proactive in promoting its work and so attract more members. The conference opened with a Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral celebrated by Archbishop of Sydney, Dr George Pell, and ended with a closing Mass celebrated by Mons Vince Redden, the league’s national chaplain.
Our retrospective in last week’s issue - Our women are still in a league of their own after 90 years - stated that Rosemary Goldie, the first lay person to be represented at the Vatican, is the Catholic Women’s League national treasurer. The League's treasurer is in fact Roseleen Goldie.