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Men's issues and the new Australian Sex
Discrimination CThe recently appointed Australian Sex
Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner Responsible for Age
Discrimination, Ms Elizabeth Broderick, has spent the last few months
undertaking a National Listening Tour to ascertain the views of Australians on three key
themes:
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Economic independence for women,
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Work and family balance across the life cycle, and
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Freedom from discrimination, harassment and violence.
To date the Commissioner and her staff have run men's and women's
focus groups, spoken to men and women at workplaces, unions, business
round-tables, academic round-tables, community groups and public
consultations, in both city and regional areas. Information collected
from this consultation will be used to inform the agenda for her 5
year term.
On Monday 11th February, a discussion was held at the Human Rights and Equal
Opportunity Commission covering a number of issues of concern to Australian
men and boys. In attendance were the Commissioner, two of her staff members,
Greg Andresen (media liaison, Men's
Health Australia and researcher, Dads
on the Air), Micheal Woods (Senior Lecturer, Men's
Health Information & Resource Centre, University of Western Sydney)
and Maggie Hamilton (author, "What
Men Don't Talk About").
If you'd like to find out more about the issues discussed at this
meeting, you can download a Summary Report on the meeting from here, a Full Report from here, and a Briefing Paper that was prepared for the meeting from here.
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