ACHRE & CHRE Human Rights Education
2025 Webinar Series
Please join us to hear from:
Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Anna Cody,
Zonta House Refuge Learning and development specialist, Dr Sandra Nasr, and
Co-founder of Youth Against Sexual Violence Australia, Dani Villafaña
This highly experienced panel will discuss pertinent matters of gender justice in Australia now.
Violence against women continues to affect one in four women who are subjected to fear-inducing tactics of power and control causing immediate and ongoing psychological, physical, and emotional harm. 45% of all women and girls seeking homelessness assistance identify family and domestic violence as a cause.
Women have higher levels of chronic disease and poorer mental health linked to sexism, violence and chronically poor incomes. Further, women experience gender discrimination in healthcare which can result in delayed access to care, misdiagnosis, and neglect. And gaps in gender pay, occupation and leadership representation continue. Gender justice in Australia requires ongoing efforts to address systemic inequalities and ensure equal opportunities for all.
Join us on the 28th May to hear how these three extraordinary gender justice advocates and their are addressing these issues
RSVP https://events.humanitix.com/gender-justice-now-achreand-chre-2025-human-rights-education-webinar
Australia is making progress towards achieving gender equality. However, women still experience inequality, discrimination and gender-based violence across many important parts of their lives. Dr Anna Cody will speak to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s work on listening to workers from diverse backgrounds about their experiences of workplace sexual harassment, to improve understanding of how sexual harassment intersects with other types of harassment and discrimination in Australian workplaces.
Family and domestic violence affects all genders, but women are disproportionately impacted. One in four women face power and control tactics from intimate partners, resulting in severe harm. Over 100 women were killed in Australia last year, and support services are overwhelmed. Dr Sandra Nasr will speak to how Australia can best address this crisis through investing in primary prevention, early intervention, and response, resources, and programs.
Australia is still lagging behind when it comes to effective and safe responses to reports of sexual violence among young people. Young people are consistently being failed by carceral responses that fail to consider their wellbeing, agency and educational circumstances, and are often ineffective or retraumatising.
Dani Villafaña will speak to how schools and institutions can better respond to sexual violence in a way that centres the wellbeing of all impacted young people.