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Speak Up For Women says today’s decision in the Australian Giggle v Tickle case shows why New Zealand urgently needs legal clarity around sex-based rights and protections. The case centred on whether a female-only app could lawfully exclude a male who identifies as a woman. While the Australian legal framework differs from New Zealand’s, Speak Up For Women says the implications will be watched closely across the Tasman. “Women have always needed the ability to organise, gathe

April 30 2026 A nationwide review of council-owned swimming pool facilities has revealed that only a small number of Councils in New Zealand are clearly providing female-only spaces for women and girls. The Council Score Sheet, based on responses from City and District Councils across the country, shows a consistent and concerning pattern. Only eight councils clearly provide female-only changing and showering facilities. Nearly 9 out of 10 either do not—or cannot clearly say

Speak Up For Women (SUFW) welcomes the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to retain a female category reserved for females only. This is a significant and long-overdue step toward restoring fairness, safety and integrity in women’s sport. Sex matters in sport. The female category exists because of the very real and well-established performance gap between males and females. When that boundary is removed, women and girls lose meaningful opportunities to comp

“These changes give young people the protection they deserve. The evidence simply hasn’t supported the use of puberty blockers for gender incongruence, and we’re relieved to see New Zealand taking a more cautious, responsible approach. We especially want to thank the parents, advocates and community groups who fought tirelessly to make this shift happen — often at great personal cost.” - Suzanne Levy SUFW

November 14th 2025 We recieved some questions from a Stuff journalist (whatever that is) relating to data and to the contribution of Helen Joyce. We provided the answers below and as we have done previously, we are sharing with our wider audience... Data on trans-identifying males assaulting women There is no single source of this kind of data. It would need to be obtained from Police and Courts and would rely on these organisations collecting consistent information on sex a

If there was ever a Masterclass in wrecking an organisation’s credibility with New Zealanders, it was delivered last week by the Law Commission in its report, Ia Tangata, A review of the protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary and people with innate variations of sex characteristics.

In a disappointing, but not entirely surprising, admission this week, the Human Rights Commission has confirmed its contempt for both its own legislation and for women and girls in its hysterical condemnation of the Government’s removal of Sport NZ’s transgender inclusion guidelines.

Our spokeswoman, Suzanne Levy has announced that she will stand for a city-wide Councillor position in the upcoming Lower Hutt local body...

Submission from Speak Up for Women, May 8th 2025 Speak Up for Women (SUFW) is a feminist women’s rights organisation with a focus on...

We sent our feedback to the Midwifery Council on May 5th, it appears that the Midwifery Council has taken almost nothing on board when proposing to amend the Scope of Practice, so it was simple feedback to provide, as it more or less echoed the complaint that we made to the Regulations Review Committee in April last year, you can read that complaint here. An addition of note is the reference to the directive issued by the Associate Minister for Health, Hon Casey Costello on w

May 1st 2025 Petition Request Petition Reason Speak Up for Women (SUFW) is a feminist organisation seeking to ensure freedoms, safety,...

Speak Up for Women (SUFW) welcome the recent UK Supreme Court decision affirming that the term “woman” in the UK Equality Act 2010 refers exclusively to biological women — a decision that reasserts the importance of sex-based rights in law and policy.