Sex Discrimination
Recognising and valuing unpaid care
Women’s economic security and unpaid care work. World Bank /Australian Government Side Event, Commission on the Status of Women, 58th Session
News
Sex Discrimination
Sex Discrimination
Engaging Male Leaders for Gender Equality
UN Women National Committee Japan Symposium: Women can participate even more! How Women’s Empowerment Principles will change the future of work
Sex Discrimination
We have to stop this
“Are you talking about rape? I’ve been raped many times. You just have to get used to it.” Imagine that your daughter, sister, mother, wife, girlfriend or female friend had the grave misfortune to have this happen to her - and that this statement, thick with defeat and resignation, was her response...
Sex Discrimination
Telstra ‘Executive Connections’ Series
Speech regarding Male Champions of Change (http://www.humanrights.gov.au/male-champions-change)
Sex Discrimination
Women in the Australian Defence Force
The road that has brought me here today has been a fascinating one - one I have found incredibly rewarding. I had been Sex Discrimination Commissioner for three and a half years before I was asked to formally conduct a Review into the Treatment of Women at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) and in the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
Sex Discrimination
Attorney-General’s Department Talking Heads Series
Thank you for inviting me to be part of the Talking Heads Series. It is a great pleasure to be here.
Sex Discrimination
Time to consider women for non-traditional roles
(An edited version of this piece appeared in The Australian on Tuesday 21 May 2013 under the title ‘Room for women in all workplaces’.) There is much said about talent shortages and the lack of skilled workers in Australia today, but so often we are not interested in looking in our own backyard to...
Sex Discrimination
Time to bring women into male-dominated industries
Launch of Women in male-dominated industries: A toolkit of strategies
Sex Discrimination
The face of gender-based discrimination in Australian workplaces
UN Women 2013 International Women’s Day Panel: Implicit stereotypes, explicit solutions: overcoming gender-based discrimination in the workplace Conference Room 2, North Lawn Building, UN 1.15 – 2.30pm, Friday 8 March ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY** The different faces of gender discrimination in...
Sex Discrimination
The pros and cons of a Convention on the elimination of violence against women and girls
[Statement read by Alison Aggarwal, Principal Adviser, Sex Discrimination Team, Australian Human Rights Commission] Thinking Big: A Convention on Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls AWAVA Parallel Event Commission on the Status of Women, 57 th Session 10th Floor, Church Centre. 12.30pm...
Sex Discrimination
Hope ... and outrage
As we commemorate International Women’s Day and I ponder what I want for it, I’m in New York at the United Nations attending the 57th Commission on the Status of Women, the largest gender equality meeting held on the planet each year. Over the next 2 weeks, more than 6,000 people from across the...
Sex Discrimination
Violence against women is a workplace issue
Impact of domestic violence in the workplace ILO/Australian Government Side Event Commission on the Status of Women, 57 th Session, UN Millennium Hotel 1-3pm, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 **CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY** Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank the International Labour Organization and the...
Sex Discrimination
Engaging male leaders for gender equality
‘Engaging male leaders for gender equality’ UN Global Compact Office and UN Women 5 th Annual Women’s Empowerment Principles Event: Inclusion: Strategy for Change Deloittes, 30 Rockefeller Plaza Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 9.00 – 9.40am ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY** Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Let...
Sex Discrimination
Rural responses to rural challenges: The need for a contextualised response to family and domestic violence
Rural responses to rural challenges: The need for a contextualised response to family and domestic violence National Rural Women’s Conference Plenary Session: “Big ... Challenges” National Convention Centre (NCC), Canberra, Royal Theatre Elizabeth Broderick Sex Discrimination Commissioner Australian...
Sex Discrimination
ADF must change to survive (2012)
The following opinion pieces have been published by the President and Commissioners. Reproduction of the opinion pieces must include reference to where the opinion piece was originally published.
