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"Australia’s new sex discrimination commissioner may have a
straightforward-sounding job title. But reality is more complicated.
“A person is rarely just a woman,” said Dr Anna Cody, an academic and lawyer.
“She would also have a racial background, sexuality, disability or
not-disability, be First Nations or not First Nations ... [There’s a]
cross-cutting way in which inequality can play out.”
Cody this month starts her five-year term as the country’s eighth sex
discrimination commissioner, a role that was created as part of the Human
Rights Commission in 1984 to oversee the operation of the Sex Discrimination
Act.
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.
“None of us are just one identity. No issue is just one facet. To actually
solve and deal with and confront issues [comprehensively], we need to think
holistically around the experience of people,” she said.
“Australia has worked well thinking about issues as single issues. But now
we’re ready for a more fulsome, comprehensive understanding of equality and how
to achieve that.”"
Via
Guardian Australia.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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