National Sexual Harassment Research Agenda
Recommendation 4: The Australian Government supports the development and
implementation of a National Sexual Harassment Research Agenda, which will identify
priorities for research relating to sexual harassment (in addition to the National Sexual
Harassment Survey) and contribute to a national evidence base on sexual harassment
that can guide policy and practice. ANROWS should lead this work in consultation with
the Workplace Sexual Harassment Council.
SE CTION 4: P REVENTI ON OUTSID E THE W OR K PL A CE
National coordination of sexual harassment prevention
Recommendation 5: The Council of Australian Governments agrees to incorporate
sexual harassment as a key area for action and investment under any national
framework to address violence against women.
Government gender equality and violence prevention strategies
Recommendation 6: All Australian governments have gender equality strategies that
address sexual harassment and that recognise sexual harassment is driven by gender
inequality and is a form of gender-based violence.
Recommendation 7: All Australian governments have strategies for the prevention
of violence against women that are based on Change the Story, recognise that sexual
harassment is driven by gender inequality and is a form of gender-based violence, and
include the prevention of sexual harassment as a key area for action.
Primary prevention initiatives
Recommendation 8: Our Watch lead the development of evidence-based strategies
for the prevention of sexual harassment, including implementation, monitoring and
evaluation. Immediate priorities for action should include:
a. social change strategies on sexual harassment, including a national campaign to
increase knowledge of, and change behaviours that drive, sexual harassment
b. targeted, evidence-based prevention strategies to address sexual harassment of
populations who are at higher risk
c. initiatives targeted towards young people that focus on sexual harassment as a
form of gender-based violence.
Respect@Work:
Everyone’s
National business:
Inquiry into
National
SexualWorkplace
Harassment
Sexual
in Australian
Harassment
Workplaces
Inquiry • 2019
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