Dr Janice Duffy
Between 2011 and 2023, I was engaged in a largely self-represented court battle against Google over its refusal to remove defamatory content posted on a website that engaged in extortionate business practices. This destroyed my career and almost destroyed my health and my quality of life. I prevailed in three Supreme Court trials, but over the years, I was the recipient of abuse and even death threats. It almost broke me, but not quite!
In 2025, Antionette Lattouf, an Australian journalist, humanist and feminist, won a battle against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). She has written a book, ‘Women Who Win’, which details women’s victories throughout history and into the present against seemingly insurmountable odds. I am honoured to be included. It is available from all major booksellers from 28 April 2026.
Women Who Win: Celebrating Courage, Conviction and Change
Publisher’s description:
Across history, women were told to sit down, smile and stay quiet.
Spoiler alert: they didn’t. They spoke out, stood tall – and ruined the patriarchy’s day. Because of them, women won.
Journalist and human rights advocate Antoinette Lattouf takes us on a gripping journey through women who defied expectations and shattered cultural and legal barriers – usually while being cast aside and asked to calm down.
In these pages you’ll meet:
- Australia’s first female law graduate
- First Nations leaders who resisted colonisation
- Pioneers in sport and science
- The women behind the first sex discrimination class action
- Those fighting against climate destruction.
Some names you’ll recognise, others you’ll wish you’d known sooner.
Threaded throughout is Lattouf’s landmark victory – one woman, armed with ethical resolve, taking on Australia’s most powerful media institution. In doing so, she sparked a global conversation on power, prejudice and the price of integrity in the press.
Women Who Win is a fierce, unflinching celebration of grit, guts and glorious defiance. These women didn’t just show up – they came to rewrite the rules and never asked for permission.
Less history lesson, more history’s mic drop – and now the stage is yours.
Armed with the legacies of those who came before us, what fight will you take on? What victories are within your reach today?
@Wildflower_222 @antoinette_news @DaveMilbo Please read the book before you pass judgement. It wasn’t easy for Antionette, or me, or the other women.
@Wildflower_222 @antoinette_news @DaveMilbo I’m sorry that happened to you. To be clear, I fought for myself, and as is stated in the book, most of my friends and colleagues ostracised me. Antionette included my story in her book.
@Wildflower_222 @antoinette_news @DaveMilbo That is exactly what happened to me. I’ve read the book and Antionette included my story and others who are not in MSM. That was a major focus!
