Lawyer and academic Dr Anna Cody says Australia should no longer take a single-issue approach to equality as she flagged a focus on LGBTQI+ issues.
Australia’s new sex discrimination commissioner may have a straightforward-sounding job title. But reality is more complicated.
But when it comes to her remit as it’s spelled out in the legislation – tackling discrimination on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation and gender – she thinks it’s time for the country to take a wider view. “So thinking about women and girls with disability, what are those particular issues? Or women from low socio-economic backgrounds? What are the issues for culturally and racially marginalised [women]? Really getting a deeper understanding,” she said.
“[At the university], it was support for students, or curriculum development. In this new role, it will be different issues. But it’s still: who is around the table? How do we engage with the diversity of our community in shaping equality, so that ... it actually leads to substantive outcomes?The concerns of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex Australians will be a particular focus. “It’s part of my mandate ... It’s absolutely a fundamental part of what I do,” Cody said.
“It is clearly an ongoing issue. It’s something that Australia is grappling with, and we need to continue our focus on,” Cody said.“I think what’s exciting about this new program of work is that until now, it’s been very much complaints-driven ... [This is] actually shifting that to how are [employers and organisations] preventing sexual harassment happening at work.”
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