A 14-year-old girl is attempting use Victoria’s new Charter of Human Rights to allow her to play for her local footy team this weekend.
In what could be a precedent-setting case, Evelyn Rannstrom’s parents are arguing their daughter should be able to continue playing in the under-14s team at Gembrook Cockatoo Junior Football Club as they push for the finals.
And unless she is cleared to play this weekend, Evelyn won’t have played enough games to be eligible for the finals.
Evelyn - who plays in a protective kevlar vest - has been denied an age exemption by the Dandenong Ranges Junior Football League to play in the under-14s as AFL Victoria rules exclude girls from playing once they turn 14 and discourage them from playing with boys above the level of under-12s.
Earlier this year, Ms Rannstrom’s parents lodged complaints against AFL Victoria at the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission.
However this failed and today the case moved to the Victorian Civil and Administration Tribunal where it was argued that under the terms of Victoria’s new Charter of Human Rights, she should be allowed to play.
The Charter became law on July 25 last year.
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