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Respect@Work Webinar series: Legal Practitioners; Employment, Law reform and regulatory
practitioners; Unions and workers; International insights; Government and non-government policy
practitioners; Academics; International Perspectives on Workplace Sexual Harassment
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Webinar on Australia’s National Disability Strategy: Beyond 2020
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Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) report launch
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Elder Abuse awareness campaign launch
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Equity Across the Board: Investing in workplaces that work for everyone report launch
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Final report of the Independent Review of Gymnastics in Australia launch
Human Rights Heroes Campaign
The Commission chose not to host the annual Human Rights Awards in 2020 in their traditional format due
to the COVID-19 pandemic and instead opted for a digital amplification campaign – Human Rights Heroes –
to highlight the work of grassroots and community human rights champions during this difficult year.
The Commission invited the public to nominate the people and organisations making the most positive and
inspiring contribution to human rights on the ground in Australia. We received no shortage of nominations.
Ten outstanding #HumanRightsHeroes were shortlisted as finalists and, from 7–9 December 2020, the
Commission used its extensive social media reach to celebrate their extraordinary stories of achievement,
leveraging our following to shine a spotlight on their work, and bring national attention to them.
The 10 finalists of the #HumanRightsHeroes campaign were (in alphabetical order):
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Addi Road
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Adnyamathanha women Vivienne McKenzie, Regina McKenzie, and Heather Stuart
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Ben Bjarnesen (Founder LGBTI Domestic Violence Awareness Day)
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Beverley Wright (C&K Kindergarten Durack) and all teachers and educators
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Corey Tutt (Deadly Science)
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The NSW Rural Fire Service Volunteers
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Sikh Volunteers Australia
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The Torres Strait 8
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Yasseen Musa
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Zaki Haidari (Refugee Advice and Casework Service)
The #HumanRightsHeroes campaign was very successful, attracting a high level of engagement and
reaching well beyond our traditional stakeholder audience with its positive celebration of human rights.
Annual Report 2020–2021
Australian Human Rights Commission
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