Sex Discrimination
Increasing women’s workforce participation: Barriers and solutions from the G20 and beyond -Governments of Australia, Japan and Turkey Side Event, Commission on the Status of Women, 59th Session,
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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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Good morning and welcome to the launch of Supporting Working Parents: Pregnancy and Return to Work National Review.
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I am haunted by the words of a woman whom I will call Sonja. I heard from her during my National Review into Pregnancy, Parental Leave and Return to Work Discrimination. She was describing the response from her manager to her becoming pregnant. “Well, you will need to leave,” her manager said. “This...
Children's Rights
1 Introduction Welcome, everyone, to the Association of Women Educators annual dinner. It is wonderful to see so many people here today. Before I begin I would like to acknowledge the Jaggera (pronounced Yaggera) & Turrbull Peoples, the traditional owners of the place where we gather today, and pay...
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All China Women’s Federation (ACWF) Workshop, Australia Human Rights Technical Cooperation Program, Beijing, China
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I’ve been asked here today to speak briefly about gender equality in workplaces and about the National Review on Discrimination Related to Pregnancy, Parental Leave and Return to Work, which I am currently conducting.
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“You try to be very excited on behalf of the person who is telling you (they are pregnant) but secretly, what you’re saying behind it is ‘how the hell am I going replace this person for the next year?’… With the best will in the world not to discriminate in any way, I don’t think you can hide that...
Rights and Freedoms
The Sydney Institute Tuesday 26 November 2013 6pm Venue: King & Wood Mallesons, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney (Check against delivery) I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the Sydney Institute speakers program and to discuss two freedoms- freedom of speech...
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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...
Rights and Freedoms
The proposed anti-discrimination law has critics, but it delivers a balanced package. If the release of the exposure draft of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 was intended to stimulate public discussion about an important reform initiative, it has clearly done what it set out to do.
Sex Discrimination
I was delighted when BRW invited me to become a regular contributor; the interests of women are increasingly bound up in the world of work so you and I should find common interests, if not common causes. What is more, the times have never suited women better; now is a great opportunity for Australia to embrace meritocracy, diversity and with that the opportunity to be an internationally competitive economy.
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This paper considers national and international legislative and other provisions regarding equality for women in the labour market. Australia ranks second to Sweden in terms of pay equity. It is argued that over the last two decades of global shifts to labour market decentralism and deregulation, Australian women have fared relatively well. Three fundamental reasons stand out:
Sex Discrimination
It is a great pleasure to attend my first national PIR group conference here in Canberra. My predecessor always spoke highly of the conferences so when Heather offered me the opportunity, I was keen to participate. I have met with Heather and Stephen on a number of occasions now and there are areas where it makes sense to come together. I would like to talk about one of these areas – PML - in some detail today.
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