Australian Human Rights Commission
Information for List of Issues on Australia, 29 September 2017
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Attachment 1 — Compilation of issues for consideration in
the LOI
Information on steps taken by the Australian Government to strengthen
national FDV data collection and reporting mechanisms.
Information on specific research undertaken to understand the nature and
prevalence of FDV, sexual assault and sexual harassment for women and
girls experiencing intersectional discrimination, and specific actions to
explicitly address those intersectional causes.
Information on steps taken by the Australian Government to reduce
violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children,
including prevention and early intervention initiatives as an urgent priority
issue.
Information on efforts to ensure that subsequent Action Plans to the
National Plan continue to support prevention and early intervention
initiatives, and improve the provision of support and services for people
experiencing gendered disability violence, including implementation of
relevant recommendations from the Stop the Violence Project, the 2015
Senate inquiry and the 2016 COAG Report.
Information on progress towards a national response to violence against
women in institutional and disability accommodation settings.
Information on legal protections to prevent sterilisation of women and girls
with disability without consent.
Information on the provision of adequate resources for accommodation
and support services for women and girls with disability experiencing
violence.
Information on efforts to ensure there are adequate protections in place to
address sexual harassment in the workplace, with consideration of the
identified strategies in the Commission’s 2012 survey report and the
forthcoming outcomes of the 2017 survey.
Information on the Australian Government’s engagement with universities
on the implementation of the Change the Course report recommendations
to reduce the prevalence of sexual assault and sexual harassment in
Australian universities.
Information on national efforts to understand and address the increasing
rate of suicide in women and girls.
Information on national action to support, and improve outcomes for,
young mothers and their children.
Information on legal and policy protections to prevent medically
unnecessary and/or harmful medical interventions on women and girls
born with intersex variations.
Information on steps taken to safeguard the rights of Muslim women and to
eliminate the particular discrimination that they face.
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