Wednesday, 19 November 2025

 Anasina GRAY-BARBERIO (Northern Metropolitan) (09:46): Over the weekend I was fortunate to attend the Move For Them day – a day where people all around Australia gather together, moving for the women and children killed by men’s violence. This event was organised by What Were You Wearing, a First Nations youth-led not-for-profit organisation fighting to end sexual violence in Australia. It was a powerful day spent gathering with community and listening to stories of survivors and allies determined to make change and to come together to say no to rape culture, no to victim blaming, no to misogyny and no to abusers having power over our bodies and lives. I want to give a huge thankyou to What Were You Wearing founder and CEO and young person Sarah Williams and all the organisers and activists who made the day possible.

Next week Tuesday 25 November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we also have the start of 16 days of activism on Friday and on Friday next week we have the Walk Against Family Violence – all important events that members in this Parliament can attend. We have already lost 62 women in 2025. Thanks go to the tireless work of Sherele Moody of Femicide Watch, who does the hard work of tracking these heartbreaking stories, where gendered violence continues to rob families and communities of their loved ones. We need prevention programs. We need to challenge rape culture, uplift survivors and ensure the right for women to move freely, day or night, without fear.