WRITINGS ON VIOLENCE
Examining the impact of violence on our community‘SHE STOOD UP FOR THE RIGHT TO SAY NO’
Sana Yousaf stood up for girls and women.
‘I COULD LET THEM WIN OR HAVE AN AMAZING LIFE’
Katie Piper wanted to be a model or on television. It was a huge dream for a little girl who growing up in a small UK village.
‘THEY TREATED HER LIKE A DEAD ANIMAL’
No mum should ever have to fight for the truth about her child’s death.
And yet, this is normal across Australia.
‘WE’VE WAITED MORE THAN 30 YEARS FOR THIS NEWS’
Pauline Sowry has been gone for 32 years. Her son Jason Lawrence has spent those decades trying to find out what happened to his mum in December of 1993.
DIGNITY FOR THE WOMAN THEY CALL STILETTO JEAN
She was murdered in She was murdered on October 3, 1932, in Ayr, Queensland. She was only 19.
SHE WENT TO THE DENTIST – THEY ERASED HER FACE
Marzieh Ebrahimi went to the dentist for a sore tooth on October 16, 2014. Two men tried to erase her face.
HER STORY WILL CHANGE THEIR STORIES
Her name is Stacey-Ann Tracy. She was murdered in Roma, Qld, on May 22, 1990. The man who killed her was my stepfather.
HE BEAT HER, THEN DID DRUGS WHILE SHE DIED
He beat her to death. He killed her unborn baby. Yet a jury decided this was not murder.
THIS TINY BABY IS NOW A VOICE FOR HER MUM
She’s at every rally I attend. A gregarious girl carrying a sign with a photo of a young woman and the words ‘MY MUM’.
FOOTAGE OF HER MURDER IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Valeria Marquez, a beauty influencer, was broadcasting a livestream video in her workplace when a man came in and shot her to death.
HE KILLED MELISSA BUT HE WON’T GO TO JAIL
Her name is Melissa Hoskins. She was killed by her husband on December 30, 2023. He won’t go to jail.
JOURNALISTS REPEATEDLY DEHUMANISED QIONG YAN
Her name is Qiong Yan. The media call her everything but her name.
CREDITS
RESEARCH & REPORTING:
Sherele Moody - Twitter: @sherelemoody
Patreon - www.patreon.com/sherelemoody
ARTWORK:
Amani Haydar - www.bluethumb.com.au/amani-haydar
DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT:
Digital Nomads HQ - www.digitalnomadshq.com.au
VOLUNTEER SUPPORT CREW:
Katherine Benson, Liesl Wharton, Michelle Ekin, Vicky Burn, Trisha McFadyen
CONTACT
sherele@australianfemicidewatch.org











