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The Australian Centre for Leadership for Women is a signatory to the statement below which was sent to the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Leader of the Greens and...
2017 International Women's Day Illawarra Excerpt of speech on Gender Inequality by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey Keynote speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPIllawarra Women Leaders IWD Panel on Gaining the Unexpected...
The Conversation is an independent source of analysis, commentary and news from the university and research sector. Rodgers-Healey, D. (28 July 2014) We must do better to curb discrimination against...
This petition which ran from 8 October 2014 to 12 October 2014 in Change.org has now been closed. A copy of the petition with 258 signatories and comments have been emailed...
ACLW is an official Supporter of WGEA's Equal Pay is in Your Hands Campaign launched on 30 September 2014. Gender bias impacts performance rating and pay decisions creating instances of...
The Victorian Women's Trust has launched a Monster Climate Petition to the House of Representatives demanding immediate and effective action to significantly reduce carbon emissions. The petition draws its attention to...
Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, earlier this week addressed a full house at a Human Rights Commission event, RightsTalk: Balancing the Scales of Justice. “Australians who need communications supports, or who...
Gina Glantz started genderavenger.com with an idea born out of frustration and in hope as she reflected how many instances of women being absent from or underrepresented in the public arena were reported. The occurrence of...
Research has highlighted that remedying the gender gap can be addressed by addressing gender based direct and indirect discrimination so that assumptions are not made about the industries, careers, positions...
In its 2011 multicultural policy, the Australian Government committed to develop and implement a National Anti-Racism Strategy. The Strategy has been developed through a partnership led by the Australian Human Rights...
The Australian Council of Social Service has released new analysis revealing that people on low and middle incomes will carry the overwhelming burden of repairing the federal Budget. "Our analysis...
Amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Submission to the Australian Government Current federal protections from racial hatred make it unequivocally clear that it is unlawful for a person to...
The Age ~ Melbourne ~ Saturday March 8 2014 By Suzy Freeman-Greene Today is International Women's Day. A year ago, on this day, we had a female prime minister and...
This article by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey was first published at Women's Agenda on 3 March 2014 The Financial Review reported recently that the Abbott Government is considering changing gender reporting requirements...
Leanne Evans, Australian Womensport and Recreation Association (AWRA)’s Executive Officer joined other representatives from the Equality Rights Alliance, Australia’s largest network of 64 organisations advocating for women’s equality, to state the case that supporting...
The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 January 2014 How can we ease the way, for Australia's next female PM? By Leslie Cannold This weekend marks six months since Julia Gillard stepped...
Did you know that October 11 is the "Day of the Girl Child”?On 19 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare 11 October as the International Day...
Would business tolerate the Abbott cabinet gender imbalance? It would be wrong to think that gender equality in the workplace is still elusive. Even if the Abbott government’s Cabinet, with its sole...
In the lead up to the election, whilst attention focuses on marginal seats, those who are disadvantaged in the Australian community should not be marginalised. The Report, How Australia is...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets Ms Malala Yousafzai. Pakistani education activist and violence survivor Malala Yousafzai marked her 16th birthday on 12 July 2013 at United Nations headquarters by giving...