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Sex discrimination

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Sex discrimination against women
Gender discrimination
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It's our time: achieving gender equality for adolescent girls through Australia’s aid program


Gender equality won’t be possible for the next generation of women if adolescent girls, aged 10-19, continue to be left out of our aid and development agenda. This report reveals that there is a 'blind spot' when it comes to the inequalities faced by adolescent girls that’s stopping us from reaching full and enduring gender...
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Having my voice heard


This report explores the experiences of vulnerable people making complaints under NSW and Commonwealth discrimination law, and details recommended best practice for conciliation processes to ensure people who are disadvantaged are able to access dispute resolution processes equitably.
Working paper

Perceptions of women's representation in Pacific parliaments: the case of Niue


The concept of Temporary Special Measures (TSM) was introduced in the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women came into force in 1979. Besides Samoa the rest of the Pacific countries have been slow to adopt TSM, which may be seen as a reluctance to improve gender equality in...
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Backlash and buy-in: responding to the challenges in achieving gender equality


Senior leaders in business, government, education and community are calling on all employers to continue to improve the representation of women in leadership, address resistance and be prepared to engage with the range of responses to gender equality initiatives.
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Report of the Australian government delegation to the 62nd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women


The 62nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) was held in New York from 12 to 24 March 2018. The priority theme for CSW62 focused on the challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls.