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Ending workplace sexual harassment: a resource for small, medium and large employers

Title: Ending workplace sexual harassment: A resource for small, medium and large employers Author: Australian Human Rights Commission Date of Publication: 2014 The ability to work in a safe environment, free from sexual harassment, is a basic human right. While we have the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 , sexual harassment in the workplace continues to … Continue reading Ending workplace sexual harassment: a resource for small, medium and large employers

Women in Melbourne’s West: Sex disaggregated data and gender analysis for service and program planning

Title: Women in Melbourne’s west: Sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis for service and program planning Author: Women’s Health West Date of Publication: 2013 This report provides a regional social profile of the health and wellbeing issues for women in the western region. It includes sex-disaggregated data from a variety of sources (including the recent 2011 ABS … Continue reading Women in Melbourne’s West: Sex disaggregated data and gender analysis for service and program planning

Global and regional estimates of violence against women: Prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence

Title: Global and regional estimates of violence against women: Prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence Author: World Health Organisation Date: 2013 This World Health Organisation report highlights violence against women as a ‘global health problem of epidemic proportions’. Physical or sexual violence is a public health problem that affects more than … Continue reading Global and regional estimates of violence against women: Prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence

Involving men in ending violence against women

Dr Michael Flood’s key note address, Involving men in ending violence against women: Gender inequality is the problem, and gender equality is the solution focusses on three key points: Men’s violence against women is fundamentally linked to gender inequalities Men’s involvements in violence prevention are shaped by these same gender inequalities Gender inequality is the … Continue reading Involving men in ending violence against women