Activism & Advocacy: Women's Single-Sex Prisons

Our Mission

We advocate for the preservation of single-sex prisons for women to absolutely ensure their safety, dignity, and privacy. Our goal is to uphold the fundamental, sex-based rights of women, protecting them from policies that compromise their security and well-being within correctional facilities. We demand nothing less than genuine justice for incarcerated women.

Why Single-Sex Prisons Matter and Must Stand for Reality

Single-sex prisons are not merely “preferred”; they are essential for protecting women from demonstrable harm and maintaining their fundamental privacy. Housing male inmates in women’s facilities, regardless of self-identification, grotesquely increases the risks of physical and sexual violence and inflicts profound psychological discomfort. We support policies that prioritise sex to safeguard women’s well-being. Our advocacy is grounded in the urgent need to align law and policy with the immutable reality of sex-based rights, which are currently being flagrantly disregarded in every Australian state without clear policies mandating sex segregation. This is about survival for those women.

Australian Federal Senators

It is your civic duty to contact your senators to voice your support for policies that ensure strictly single-sex prisons for women. Below is a comprehensive list of current Australian federal senators (as of July 11, 2025), verified from the Parliament of Australia’s official records. Use this information to demand they uphold their oath to protect vulnerable women, not betray them for ideological fictions:

Name: Senator the Hon Katherine Ruth (Katy) Gallagher

State/Territory: Australian Capital Territory

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator David Willmer Pocock

State/Territory: Australian Capital Territory

Party: IND

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy

State/Territory: Northern Territory

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Jacinta Suzette Nampijinpa Price

State/Territory: Northern Territory

Party: CLP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Timothy (Tim) Ayres

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Andrew James Bragg

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Ross Philip Cadell

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: NATS

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Jessica Collins

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Mehreen Faruqi

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: AG

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Maria Kovacic

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Jennifer Ryll (Jenny) McAllister

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Deborah Mary O'Neill

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Devanand Noel (Dave) Sharma

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Anthony Vincent (Tony) Sheldon

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator David Martin Shoebridge

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: AG

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Warwick Stacey

State/Territory: New South Wales

Party: PHON

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Penny Jane Allman-Payne

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: AG

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Matthew James Canavan

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: NATS

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Anthony David Chisholm

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Nita Louise Green

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Pauline Lee Hanson

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: PHON

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Susan Eileen McDonald

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: LNP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon James Anthony McGrath

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: LNP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Corinne Mulholland

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Malcolm Ieuan Roberts

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: PHON

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Paul Martin Scarr

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Larissa Joy Waters

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: AG

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Murray Patrick Watt

State/Territory: Queensland

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Alexander (Alex) Antic

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Leah Blyth

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Donald Edward (Don) Farrell

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Karen Grogan

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Sarah Coral Hanson-Young

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: AG

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Kerrynne Jeanette Liddle

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Andrew Lockhart McLachlan CSC

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Barbara Pocock

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: AG

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Anne Ruston

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Marielle Feuerherdt Smith

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Charlotte Walker

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Penny Wong

State/Territory: South Australia

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Wendy Askew

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Carol Louise Brown

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Claire Chandler

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Richard Mansell Colbeck

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Josh Dolega

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Richard Dowling

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Jonathon Roy Duniam

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Jacqui Lambie

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: JLN

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Nicholas James (Nick) McKim

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: AG

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Helen Polley

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Tammy Marie Tyrrell

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: IND

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson

State/Territory: Tasmania

Party: AG

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Michelle Ananda-Rajah

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Ralph Didier Babet

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: UAP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Raffaele (Raff) Ciccone

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Lisa Darmanin

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Sarah Moya Henderson

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Steph Hodgins-May

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: AG

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Jane Hume

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Bridget Grace McKenzie

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: NATS

Contact: Email

Name: Senator James William Paterson

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Jana Naretha Anne Stewart

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Lidia Alma Thorpe

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: IND

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Jess Cecille Walsh

State/Territory: Victoria

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator William Edward (Slade) Brockman

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Michaelia Clare Cash

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Dorinda Cox

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Varun Ghosh

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator the Hon Susan (Sue) Lines

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Matthew Anthony (Matt) O'Sullivan

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Fatima Payman

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: AV

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Dean Anthony Smith

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: LP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Jordon Alexander Steele-John

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: AG

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Glenn Sterle

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Ellie Whiteaker

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: ALP

Contact: Email

Name: Senator Tyron Whitten

State/Territory: Western Australia

Party: PHON

Contact: Email

Supporting Organisations

Women's Declaration International (WDI)

WDI is a global organisation dedicated to defending women’s sex-based rights. It promotes policies that recognise sex as a basis for protecting women’s safety and dignity, including in prisons.

Contact: info@womensdeclaration.com

Learn more: womensdeclaration.com

Women's Forum Australia

Women's Forum Australia is an independent think tank advocating for policies that protect women’s rights based on biological sex. They support maintaining single-sex spaces like prisons to ensure women’s safety.

Contact: info@womensforumaustralia.org

Learn more: womensforumaustralia.org

Women's Rights Network Australia (WRNA)

WRNA is a member-driven organisation focused on defending women’s sex-based rights, including the right to single-sex spaces such as prisons. They aim to repeal policies prioritising "gender identity" over sex and support campaigns to protect women’s safety.

Contact: contact@womensrightsnetwork.au

Learn more: womensrightsnetwork.au

Email Template for Senators and MPs

Use the following template to contact senators and MPs about the urgent need for clear policies supporting single-sex prisons for women:

Subject: Urgent: Protect Women's Safety in Prisons - Mandate Single-Sex Facilities

Dear [Senator/MP Name],

I am writing to express my grave concern about the current policies in Australian prisons that compromise the safety, dignity, and privacy of incarcerated women. The practice of housing males, who deceptively claim to be women, in female correctional facilities is a reckless betrayal of vulnerable women’s fundamental sex-based rights.

As you know, sex is an immutable reality, and male bodies, regardless of "identity claims", possess inherent physical advantages and patterns of criminality that pose an undeniable threat to female inmates. This is about safeguarding.

I urge you to champion clear, enforceable legislation that unequivocally mandates single-sex prisons based on biological reality. This is a critical necessity to prevent further assaults, trauma, and the erosion of justice for women already brutalised by male violence.

I look forward to your urgent action on this matter, and your commitment to protecting women in our correctional system.

Sincerely,
[Your Full Name]
[Your Address]
[Your Contact Information]