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Gender Equality Act 2020.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Victoria
Document type
Legislation
Date
2020 (2022)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
General
Keyword
Basic legislation Gender Human rights Equity Social protection Indigenous peoples Institution Governance Monitoring Data collection/reporting
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

The main purposes of this Act are (a) to require the public sector, Councils and universities to take positive action towards achieving workplace gender equality; and (b) to require the public sector, Councils and universities to promote gender equality in their policies, programs and services; and (c) to establish the Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner. The objects of this Act are (a) to promote, encourage and facilitate the achievement of gender equality and improvement in the status of women; and (b) to support the identification and elimination of systemic causes of gender inequality in policy, programs and delivery of services in workplaces and communities; and (c) to recognise that gender inequality may be compounded by other forms of disadvantage or discrimination that a person may experience on the basis of Aboriginality, age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and other attributes; and (d) to redress disadvantage, address stigma, stereotyping, prejudice and violence, and accommodate persons of different genders by way of structural change; and (e) to enhance economic and social participation by persons of different genders; and (f) to further promote the right to equality set out in the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.vic.gov.au