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The National Inquiry team is conducting public consultations in all capital cities and some regional centres across Australia, to further develop our understanding of workplace sexual harassment, its causes, impacts and best practice responses.
If you have been selected to participate in the Australian Human Rights Commission's National workplace sexual harassment survey, you can access the participant information statement below.
Ethics Training Day: Dealing with Vulnerability
Princeton Room, Bond University, 14 University Drive, Robina, Qld
I represent an organisation that works extensively with people who can be part of “vulnerable populations”. My background is as a human rights lawyer. While human rights and human ethics are not the same thing, there are some important cross-overs in how we work.
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Submissions closed on Friday, 2 December 2016. If you would like to contact us about an extension of time, please email universitiesproject@humanrights.gov.au.
Sexual harassment. Every woman has her story so I thought I’d start by telling you mine. This is the first time I have ever told my story in public...
Sexual harassment is any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature. If a reasonable person would anticipate this behaviour might make you feel offended, humiliated or intimidated, it may be sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is unlawful under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth).
Some examples of behaviour that may be sexual harassment include:
The resource aims to assist small, medium and large employers to understand and meet their legal obligations under the Sex Discrimination Act. It also provides practical guidance on how employers can prevent sexual harassment and how to respond effectively when it occurs. In addition, the resource discusses recent legal developments concerning workplace sexual harassment and canvasses some of the new and innovative approaches to addressing sexual harassment in the workplace, including enlisting the help of bystanders.
The audit has provided an important opportunity to examine the progress of the ADF in implementing the recommendations. Overall, the ADF has made significant progress across a range of areas and is to be commended for its efforts. This Report identifies those areas, and also notes other areas where further cultural reform work can be undertaken. The Report also provides an update of the Australian Defence Force Academy’s further progress in implementing the recommendations from the Review into the Treatment of Women at ADFA.
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).
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