Australian Human Rights Commission Information for List of Issues on Australia, 29 September 2017  Information on the Australian Government’s efforts to support women in paid work, unpaid caring roles, access to affordable childcare, paid parental leave and to reduce gender gaps in workforce participation, wages and retirement incomes and savings.  Information on future iterations of the ABS Time Use study, to collect accurate data concerning the extent and distribution of unpaid work and its intersection with paid work.  Information on specific actions to reduce gender segregation in Australian workplaces.  Information on the Australian Government’s support for workplaces to introduce and implement FDV policies and programs.  Information on including FDV leave in the National Employment Standards and modern awards.  Information on recognising FDV as a protected attribute within existing anti-discrimination legislation and federal employment laws.  Information on efforts to: o Improve access to paid parental leave, including extending paid leave to fathers/partners o Review the qualifying period for leave o Provide superannuation entitlements as part of paid leave, and o Allow for greater flexibility in how and when to take the leave.  Information on the progress of cultural reform and the participation of women in the ADF, and of removing the relevant reservation to CEDAW. 1 The submission has been presented according to selected thematic issues identified in the Committee’s Concluding Observations on Australia’s sixth and seventh reports to the Committee (UN Doc: CEDAW/C/AUL/CO/7), where they remain relevant. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women considered the combined sixth and seventh report of Australia on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women at its 935th and 936th meetings, on 20 July 2010. 2 In particular, the Commission draws on recommendations from the following submissions and reports: Australian Human Rights Commission, Violence against women in Australia - Submission to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, country visit to Australia, 20 January 2017. At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/submissions/violence-against-women-australia-2017 (viewed 13 September 2017). Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission No 35 to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee, inquiry into gender segregation in the workplace and its impact on women’s economic equality, 6 March 2017. At: https://www.humanrights.gov.au/submissions/gender-segregation-workplace-and-its-impact-women-seconomic-equality (viewed 13 September 2017). Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission No 104 to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill 2016, January 2017. At: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/FairerParenta lLeave2016/Submissions (viewed 18 September 2017). Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission No 41 to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Parliament of Australia, Inquiry into domestic violence and gender inequality, 4 March 2016. At http://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=616c80fd-9f8d-4f90-8e7118