The Ausralian Human Rights Commission has documented women being cat-called and threatened in immigration detention.
Women in immigration detention who have experienced sexual violence are being held metres from male sex offenders, exposing them to harassment and trauma. In a damning report released on Wednesday, the Australian Human Rights Commission documented women being cat-called and threatened. Some female detainees were allegedly paid by men in a neighbouring compound to physically beat other women, all under the nose of security guards at Sydney's Villawood centre.
One woman claimed that "sometimes men pay women to beat each other up". The unique needs of women in immigration detention were unrecognised and unmet, commissioner Lorraine Finlay said. "The fact there are fewer women in detention should not mean their human rights are diminished," she said. "In too many cases, addressing a woman's needs appears to have been merely an afterthought from those in charge.
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