By National Children's Commissioner, Anne Hollonds.
For the last few weeks, Australia has been having a “moment” as our attention has been concentrated on an endless series of revelations of sexual assault and harassment in workplaces up and down the land, but also, very worryingly, in our schools.
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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.
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
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Letter to the Department of Communications and the Arts
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The Australian Human Rights Commission will conduct an independent review of the sport of gymnastics in Australia, it has been announced today.
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.
