Ms Jenkins says the MeToo movement meant she achieved more in her seven years as commissioner than she would have believed possible.
Ms Jenkins said these were the two pieces of work she was most proud of from her time at the Human Rights Commission.
“The people in that workplace [parliament] are making decisions for us every day, it’s the top workplace in a way, so that it becomes more safe and productive is in our interests for multiple reasons,” she said of the parliamentary review. “Lots of everyday people might not see why that will have such a big impact, but I’ve seen that aside from their own conduct and how things are happening in parliament, that different parliamentarians are absolutely implementing those findings in their own portfolios’ policies as well.”
Ms Jenkins, who is leaving the commissioner role as tenures are capped, plans to keep working in the discrimination space. Before starting a new role, however, she plans to watch plenty of the FIFA Women’s World Cup this winter as an ambassador for Football Australia’s plan to improve women’s involvement in soccer.
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