Ordinary female-only provision of services and spaces was never meant to require government permission. We examine how a temporary, discretionary exemption process is coming to function as the default pathway women's organisations are expected to rely on — and what that costs organisations already stretched thin. Under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (SDA), provision of … Continue reading The exemption problem: How a practical default is becoming a developing expectation
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A “narrow area of intersection”: AHRC tells women to seek exemptions, not reform
At the Perth stop of the Australian Human Rights Commission's national 'The Answer Is Human Rights' seminar series, held on 11 June, an audience member put a direct and carefully prepared question to AHRC President Hugh de Kretser. The question came from Ms Amber Rossi, a director of the Affiliation of Australian Women's Advocacy Alliances. … Continue reading A “narrow area of intersection”: AHRC tells women to seek exemptions, not reform