The Feminist Legal Clinic is an Australian legal community legal service based in Sydney that works to alleviate women’s poverty and distress by advancing their human rights. Our focus is on preventing the harm caused by male violence, abuse and unfair treatment of women through a combination of targeted casework for members, law reform efforts and community education.
Our capacity to take on cases is currently very limited but we provide pro bono services (mainly information, support and referral) to women who cannot find assistance elsewhere, as well to other feminist groups and organisations also engaged in this struggle. Our principal solicitor has worked as a lawyer for over 30 years across a range of free legal services, largely within the community sector.
We are the Australian country contact for the Women’s Declaration International and work on law reform submissions and community legal education projects to protect and promote women’s sex-based rights. In 2023 we also attained Special Consultative Status with the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and work to increase Australia’s compliance with its international human rights obligations and to ensure those obligations are consistent with the prevention of harm to women and girls.
The information provided on this website does not constitute legal advice. The material posted on our News Digest blog does not necessarily represent the views of staff or management of Feminist Legal Clinic Inc. This information is posted in good faith to facilitate discussion and advance debate about matters that impact on the human rights of women and girls.
Thank you for all the advocacy you do for women’s sex-based rights. It must feel so hard and discouraging sometimes, but I hope you realise the difference you make for so many women just by speaking up and setting an example of courage and integrity. I’m in a workplace where these issues are basically impossible to talk about, and the strain of keeping my mouth shut is really hard on my mental health and sense of self-worth. It makes a difference to know there are women like you out there.
I am reading your 2014 report on the impact that gender ideological legislation will have upon women/ girls.
How was this report responded to by the Government?
Can you please provide a link to the report to which you are referring?
Just curious if you offer any legal advice or assistance to clients as part of your clinic? Are you accredited with CLCA?
We are not accredited with CLCA and only provide legal advice or assistance to our members. We have very limited capacity as we are an unfunded service and we only take on matters where the individual is unable to source alternative legal assistance.