Children's Rights
It is a real pleasure to be here at the Gold Coast, and to hear from so many people from different professional backgrounds who all committed to doing something about the scourge of bullying.
Rights and Freedoms
Acknowledgements Thank you for your kind introduction. I would like to begin by acknowledging the Turrbal People, the traditional owners of the lands on which we are meeting today. I would also like to acknowledge: The Honourable Justice, Margaret McMurdo AC Queensland Law Society President, Ian...
Children's Rights
Presentation to the ANZCDR&PG Annual Meeting Megan Mitchell National Children’s Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission ANZCDR&PG Annual Meeting 50 Lonsdale Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Friday 28 March CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Acknowledgments I would like to begin by thanking Professor Jeremy...
Children's Rights
I thought I might begin today by sharing with you the words of a few of the young people I heard from during my national listening tour last year.
Children's Rights
I am honoured to be invited to participate in the Grand Rounds at the Royal Children’s Hospital. What a Grand title indeed, and it makes me feel a little as though I should be appropriately attired in a white coat with stethoscope.
Children's Rights
It is a pleasure to be here in Melbourne, and to have the opportunity this week to connect with key professionals working in child health.
Children's Rights
‘Equal life chances for all children in Australia’. For a seminar on early childhood, I cannot think of a better title.
Children's Rights
I’d like to start by sharing some words of wisdom imparted to me by 18 year old Christine Gardner, a young roving reporter who travelled with me during my national listening tour last year.
Sex Discrimination
Women Empowerment Principles – Equality Means Business: A Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Implications for the Post-2015 Development Agenda. UN Women/UN Global Compact/Australian Government Side Event, Commission on the Status of Women, 58th Session
Sex Discrimination
Women’s economic security and unpaid care work. World Bank /Australian Government Side Event, Commission on the Status of Women, 58th Session
Disability Rights
Sarah - not her real name - studied law at university. Not only did she earn a good law degree, she won the university medal. She also won competitions for mooting- conducting mock trials for those of you smart enough not to have chosen law as your profession. She could not get a job - or even an interview - with the Australian public service because she has a significant disability, including using a wheelchair, and some verbal communication issues.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Speech by Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner and Kirstie Parker, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
Sex Discrimination
UN Women National Committee Japan Symposium: Women can participate even more! How Women’s Empowerment Principles will change the future of work
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