We are pleased to announce a new affiliation of Australian women’s liberation groups, the Affiliation of Australian Women’s Action Alliances (AAWAA). This is a tremendous accomplishment — the first of its kind in Australia in the modern era, as far as we know — and it has come about thanks to the efforts of women across Australia working together to agree upon a shared approach in the fight against the oppression of women and girls.
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Working from a common model, Women’s Action Alliance (WAA) affiliate groups are women’s liberation groups committed to the protection and advancement of women and girls on the understanding that sex is a biological fact with material consequences for females living under patriarchy. Current membership consists of the Women’s Action Alliance Canberra (WAAC), the Women’s Action Alliance Tasmania (WAAT), the Queensland Women’s Action Alliance (QWAA), the South Australian Women’s Action Alliance, the Western Australian Women’s Action Alliance (WAWAA), and the Women’s Action Alliance Victoria (WAAV).
Each group has a local focus and retains control over its own agenda, but we come together as AAWAA on matters of joint interest.
AAWAA members work towards good standing in the community and use fact and evidence, reason and rationality, courtesy and compassion to make our case. We act based on these qualities to point out where current and established frameworks and obligations designed to protect women and girls are being eroded, undermined, ignored, and/or disregarded, and we engage with those who have legislative authority, political accountability, and social responsibility for the safeguarding, protection, and advancement of women and girls.
AAWAA groups are not aligned with the left, right, a particular religious perspective, or a particular belief system. We recognise that each, individual woman will have her own individual standpoints and views, but we come together with the aim of working co-operatively on issues that affect women and girls. AAWAA groups recognise and respect each woman’s autonomy, boundaries, and comfort levels, so that each woman chooses for herself what she wants to be involved with, how, and to what degree.
Affiliate groups do not work in competition with other groups; rather, AAWAA welcomes opportunities to work collaboratively with others on matters of joint significance. AAWAA members are encouraged to sign the WDI Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights. Please email womensactionall@gmail.com if you are interested in joining a women’s action alliance affiliate group or if you are interested in starting an affiliate group in your area.
Read our affiliation information notes, below.
Affiliation of Australian Women's Action Alliances 