Indigenous and other justice advocates have called on all women to stand together this International Women's Day and demand an end to the mass incarceration of women and girls in Australia.

The calls come in the wake of the Queensland government introducing a new youth bail plan which will criminalise breaches of bail for youth offenders.

Gomeroi Kooma woman Ruby Wharton, who works for Sisters Inside, an organisation that supports incarcerated women, told National Indigenous Times: "All women must amplify the voices of incarcerated and criminalised women and girls."

Ms Wharton said such solidarity can "ensure our daughters, our nieces, our granddaughters and daughters who come after them do not experience the violent barriers that prisons and police build".

Despite the Queensland government arguing the bail changes are necessary to tackle youth crime in the state, experts have warned the proposed new laws will only make matters worse.

Ms Wharton said the continued imprisonment of women was "an issue that requires constant attention."

"Women and girls are the fastest growing population of incarcerated people," she said. "We must be concerned that the family policing system is able to further break down families, we should be concerned that children are being treated so violently," she said.

"We must raise proud young women, who remember our part in this time…we must be proud to contribute to ending systemic gendered and racialised violence."

Sisters Inside chief executive Debbie Killroy OAM has urged governments to support not-for-profit organisations like Sisters Inside by funding programs that actively look to end incarceration.

"We must fund programs that support children, so they are not harmed," Ms Killroy said.

"[The criminal justice system] is creating a class of children who will carry their trauma into adulthood because the government is too scared to really address the issues of harm."

Ms Wharton said the death of her Aunty Hazle in Richlands Watchhouse when Ms Wharton was 11 shaped her own views on justice.

"Aunty Hazle was my favourite aunty. I miss her and wished she could be here to experience all of the Blak joy that has come into our family."

She said that the death of someone so close, when in the care of the state, defined how she viewed the prison system; both as a First Nations person, and a woman.

"As a Blak woman in custody, we are at risk of dying in custody," she told National Indigenous Times.

"It taught me that I cannot depend on the police to keep me safe."

Ms Wharton and Ms Killroy, along with Neta-Rie Mabo, lead the End Toxic Prisons Campaign, which calls for the ending of mass incarceration of First Nations girls and boys and other criminalised young people.

Ms Wharton said the proposed Queensland laws demonstrate a lack of care for the wellbeing of First Nations people.

"We see that [the legislation] is a clearly targeting First Nations Girls and young people," she said.

"Why do we need to lock children up? We will only see this happen with the new legislation."

Ms Wharton said that it is up to other women to help each other to mark International Women's Day in a meaningful way.

"As women, we must be passionate about building our communities, care for our communities and contribute to them where women and girls can eat the fruits of our labour," she said.

"That includes women and girls behind bars, in fact it puts them at the head of the table."

She also highlighted the importance of role models for the next generation of women.

"My Aunty Hazle was birthed by my favourite grandparent, my Nanna Beryl Wharton, she set the expectation in our family that we must fight for freedom, truth and justice," she said.

"I owe these two women for reminding me why we must end the carceral and colonial violence that First Nations people endure."