Respect@Work: Sexual Harassment National Inquiry Report (2020)
Workplace sexual harassment is prevalent and pervasive: it occurs in every industry, in every location and at every level, in Australian workplaces.
Sex Discrimination
Change the course - 3 year milestone (2020)
> back to University sexual assault and sexual harassment project
In August 2020, the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, wrote to all 39 Vice-Chancellors to request an update on the implementation of recommendations from Change the Course: National Report on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at Australian Universities, released in August 2017.
Australia’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 2018
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Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Inquiry into the Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties) Bill 2018
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Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation CommitteeSubmission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
Reviews of the Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015 and the Online Content Scheme (2018)
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Letter to the Department of Communications and the ArtsLetter to the Department of Communications and the Arts
Consultation on a new Online Safety Act
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Letter to the Department of Communications and the ArtsLetter to the Department of Communications and the Arts
Consultation on Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Flexibility Measures) Bill 2020
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Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community AffairsSubmission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs
Exemption applications under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)
Commission to conduct independent review of gymnastics in Australia
The Australian Human Rights Commission will conduct an independent review of the sport of gymnastics in Australia, it has been announced today.
Sexual harassment is prevalent across all industries and sectors. We can and must stop it
My inquiry has highlighted that it has been ignored for too long. There are simple ways Australians can drive change.
Conditions are ripe for Australian to change our response to, and prevention of, sexual harassment.
As Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner, I spent 18 months conducting Respect@Work, a world-first national inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces.
