Sex Discrimination
The Australian Human Rights Commission is taking action to make Australian workplaces safer for everyone. We have started formal inquiries, developed proactive compliance strategies, and worked with organisations and businesses to meet their legal obligations to prevent and respond to work-related sexual harassment, sexist behaviour, sex discrimination and related victimisation.
Sex Discrimination
New data from Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) shows the Australian Human Rights Commission has a 13.5% median gender pay gap, despite women making up 85% of Commission staff. “Gender inequality is widespread in Australia. The Commission’s results underscore the work we must do to address...
LGBTIQ+
Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner supports trans and gender diverse community after UK Supreme Court ruled trans women aren't 'women' under the Equality Act 2010.
LGBTIQ+
On International Trans Day of Visibility, the Australian Human Rights Commission recognises and affirms the rights, dignity, and contributions of trans and gender diverse people.
Sex Discrimination
Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody has voiced concerns about the suspension of hormone therapies for minors in Queensland pending an independent review
Sex Discrimination
The Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Anna Cody, has spoken out on the crucial role employers and institutions hold to end the normalisation of harmful behaviour and improve women’s safety amid a surge in allegations of workplace sexual harassment.
Sex Discrimination
Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody has welcomed the Australian parliament’s passing of legislation that will prevent courts ordering applicants to pay respondent’s costs in Federal Court discrimination cases.
Sex Discrimination
Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and National Children’s Commissioner welcome the National Cabinet’s funding announcement to end gendered violence in Australia this morning.
Sex Discrimination
Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin states that Australia needs to take threats of gendered violence as seriously as it takes terrorist threats.
Sex Discrimination
Federal Court handed down judgement that Roxanne Tickle was discriminated against when she was refused access to a social media app, ‘made for women by women’.
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