Lessons for the legal profession: challenging sexual harassment in the workplace

Chaired by former Fair Work Commissioner, Barbara Deegan, this panel will reflect on current issues and what affects women’s decisions to complain when working in professional communities such as law and media.

Emma Macdonald, senior reporter for The Canberra Times and representative of Women in Media will discuss recent research and reform in the media profession. She will be joined by Kavina Mistry, Chair of the ACT Young Lawyers Committee and Belinda Barnard, Human Rights and Discrimination Law Policy Adviser at the ACT Human Rights Commission. They will discuss motivators for organisational change in the absence of a complaint, with a view to supporting improved responses to sexual harassment and discrimination within the legal profession.

This event is presented by the Women’s Legal Centre – ACT & Region.