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ANU students mark one year on from AHRC report into sexual assault and sexual harassment on university campuses
01 August 2018
August 1st 2018 is the first anniversary of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Report into Sexual Assault and Harassment on Australian University Campuses . This day has been marked by the ANU Postgraduate and Research Students’ Association (PARSA) and ANU Students’ Association (ANUSA) with a protest, vigil for survivors and a report entitled Surveys but No Service condemning the University’s slow progress towards its commitments. The 2017 report found that The Australian National University...
Workplace gender equity agency report 2017/2018
31 July 2018
Dear colleagues and friends of the Gender Institute, All ANU staff will have received an email sent to by the Director of Human Resources about the submission of the ANU's annual report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) on July 25. We encourage you to make submissions on this report either internally by emailing staffdiversity@anu.edu.au or director.hr@anu.edu.au by close of business on Monday 20 August 2018 and/or directly to WGEA whose guidelines for submission...
Sexual harassment of women: Climate, culture, and consequences in academic sciences, engineering, and medicine
09 July 2018
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released a report that explores the influence of sexual harassment in academia on the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical, and medical workforce. The report reviews the research on the extent to which women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine are victimized by sexual harassment and examines the existing information on the extent to which sexual harassment in academia negatively impacts the...
Sexual and gender-based abuse and discrimination in academia in Australia
03 July 2018
In March 2018, an online survey of ‘Sexual and gender-based abuse and discrimination in academia in Australia’ was released to be filled out by those who have worked – or continue to work – in academia. Today we are launching a report based on the responses to this survey. The survey attracted 159 responses from academic institutions around Australia. 90.6% of respondents identified as female. 48.7% of respondents have experienced sexual abuse or harassment in...
Women, disability and violence: Barriers to accessing justice
04 June 2018
This project, Women, disability and violence: Creating access to justice , draws on the insights of 36 women living in New South Wales and Victoria who outlined their experiences of seeking justice and security in the context of violence that they had experienced. As part of their commitment to policyrelevant empirically grounded research, Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) commissioned this research. The project was led by researchers from Monash University and People...
Leading the change: The pathway to gender equality
04 June 2018
On 17 May 2018 YWCA Canberra released a report, Leading the Change: The Pathway to Gender Equality , setting a clear agenda to achieve gender equality in the ACT. The Report analyses the current status of women in Australia, and more specifically in the ACT across four priority areas: Gender Responsive Government Equality in the Workplace A Life Free from Violence, and; Housing Security YWCA Canberra is of the view that gender inequality is preventable...
Gender lens on the budget 2018-2019
24 May 2018
The Gender Lens on the Budget 2018–2019 report , was published this week by the National Foundation for Australian Women. The 150-page report offers a gender-based analysis of the budget to identify the ways in which the proposed policies will affect men and women differently. Full report available below.
