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The Australian Government announced in the Women’s Budget Statement 2021-22 a targeted review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. On Wednesday 20 October 2021, the Minister for Women published...
Australia’s Covid-19 crisis reached unprecedented levels of cases, deaths, hospitalisations, restrictions, fear and dread, as the Delta variant spread from Bondi, NSW in June 2021 to the western suburbs of...
As governments prepare to finalise the National Plan on Violence Against Women and their Children that will set our country’s direction and framework for the next 12 years, ACLW joins...
Tharunicaa and Kopika inside the Christmas Island Detention Centre Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey Recently, former High Court chief justice, Sir Gerard Brennan condemned the Christmas Island detention and treatment of the...
Submission by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey as featured at The National Indigenous Australians Agency https://haveyoursay.voice.niaa.gov.au/submissions/view/sbm179d379e08759ec06a4ef Individuals, communities and organisations were invited to provide feedback on how they think the proposals could...
ACLW has joined with more than 60 organisations to back a joint statement demanding governments not only act to improve the safety of everyone in our parliaments, but also in...
Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept” said former Australian Army Chief, Lieutenant General David Morrison in 2013 in his address at the United...
To mark International Women’s Day 2021, leading women in Australia were invited to respond to the question: Given the issues women continue to face in Australia, what would you like...
In a year marked by the unprecedented global Covid-19 pandemic, the stark reality of its impact on women globally in 2020 could not be clearer. With an awareness that a...
Louise Milligan is an investigative reporter for ABC TV's Four Corners and the bestselling author of Cardinal, which won the Walkley Book Award and broke massive international news about the court case and...
In the lead up to Budget 2020-21, there were many constructive calls for a gender responsive budget with Covid19 worsening gender inequality. Over 100 organisations committed to gender equity and...
For the first time violence and harassment in the world of work are covered in new international labour standards, adopted at the Centenary International Labour Conference and now open for...
Sue Salthouse. Photo source: Women with Disabilities ACT We at ACLW mourn and grieve the tragic loss of Sue Salthouse, Sue was an Ambassador of ACLW from 2016 onwards. Sue...
A global* study by Emerald Publishing highlights the barriers preventing inclusivity in society, the role of research in helping to solve these issues, and systemic issues within the academic research sector....
Over 80 organisations committed to gender equity and women across Victoria have made a joint statement calling for State and Federal Governments to recognise the gendered impacts of COVID-19. The...
Australian-first legislation to see gender equality targets mandated in Victorian public sector On 26 November 2019 the Australian-first Gender Equality Bill was introduced into the Victorian Parliament making once-in-a-generation reforms to ensure gender...
This Re-cap of the Asia-Pacific Beijing+25 Regional Review Meeting is by Romy Listo from Equality Rights Alliance. Romy Listo Romy Listo is the Project Coordinator at Equality Rights Alliance. She has an...
Election Day is your chance to vote for a party that will act to fix the broken housing system. The National Everybody’s Home campaign has urged all candidates not to...
Women’s votes count in the 2019 Federal Election. The Women's Electoral Lobby has outlined what the Coalition, Labor and Greens are promising for women in relation to 12 key priorities....