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Gender Equality Act 2020.

País/Territorio
Australia
Subdivisión territorial
Victoria
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2020 (2022)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
General
Palabra clave
Legislación básica Género Derechos humanos Equidad Protección social Pueblos indígenas Institución Gobernanza Monitoreo Recopilación de datos/informes
Área geográphica
Asia y Pacifico, Australia y Nueva Zelandia, Océano Índico, Oceania, Pacífico Sur
Resumen

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

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.legislation.vic.gov.au