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Achieving a Gender Equal World

Over the last 7 years I have become more and more convinced of one thing - this is my second theme. To deliver equality for women we need to focus on men. We need men taking the message of gender equality to other men. It’s not about men speaking for women or saving women. We can take care of ourselves, thank you very much. It is about men stepping up beside us, working in partnership with us, so that promoting women’s leadership becomes everyone’s business. It’s about men as equal partners with us in ensuring that the WEPs come to life to transform our businesses and communities to move us to a world where – power and leadership is shared equally between men and women.

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Sex Discrimination

The state of the nation: Gender inequality in Australia

This year marked the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – a landmark in the recognition and respect for women’s human rights globally and the most progressive international blueprint for gender equality.

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Sex Discrimination

Women of Influence Awards

Thank you Brian and Westpac and Greg and Fairfax for conceiving and sponsoring these awards. The WOI awards not only lift the visibility of female leaders, but provide a crucial platform for women to expand their influence – and in so doing create a more gender equal Australia. And for that I am very grateful. Thank you.

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Sex Discrimination

The causes of family violence

*CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY* Thank you Chief Magistrate Peter Lauritsen for your introduction, and thanks to Samantha, the Judicial College and Magistrate Anne Goldsbrough for inviting me to speak here today. I am delighted to be here and to have an opportunity to contribute to this important two-day...

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Sex Discrimination

McKinsey Asia Week

It’s a great pleasure to be speaking here today. Congratulations Dominic and Kevin and the conference leaders for giving priority to the issue of women’s leadership. As Natalie mentioned, I have the immense privilege of being Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner. This role has taken me from 200 metres under the sea in a submarine to the United Nations in New York, to camping out with aboriginal women in Northern Australia, to the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan, the White House, the Pentagon, NATO and the World Bank ALL in the same year.

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Sex Discrimination

Introducing the Full Stop Foundation: women and men working to end rape and domestic violence

Thank you Karen for your lovely introduction and for inviting me to speak here today. Most importantly though, thank you to you and your colleagues at Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia for the difficult and immensely important work that you do every day. You profoundly impact the lives of women and men who have experienced, or are trying to support loved ones through experiences that are not only traumatic, but impact upon their sense of dignity and self-worth. I am very proud to be here and to be able to support your work in this small way.

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Sex Discrimination

Sydney Girls High School – Annual Presentation Day

It is indeed a privilege to be invited to speak to you all at such an important time in many of your lives. In my job I get the opportunity to see and be with people of all walks of life, across all parts of Australia. And it is wonderful to be able to include today in my experiences – it is giving the chance to be with an incredibly talented group of young women, who I hope to see in leadership and decision-making positions across Australia in the future – it is incredibly inspiring.

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Sex Discrimination

Towards a gender equal Australia

Thank you Christine and members of the Board of the State Library of Victoria for inviting me to speak this evening and for your very warm welcome. It is a great pleasure to be here in a place of learning – a place where new ideas can be aired and debated.

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Sex Discrimination

World Federation of Stock Exchanges

Check Against Delivery Thank you Andreas for your generous introduction and for your inspired leadership of the WFE. It is an honour and a privilege to be here this evening, addressing such a large group of influential leaders, key economic actors in your nations – leaders who cannot only influence...

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Sex Discrimination

AHRI National Convention and Exhibition

Discover a speech that examines women's workforce participation relating to pregnancy, parental leave, return to work discrimination and sexual harassment.

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