Australian Human Rights Commission Information for List of Issues on Australia, 29 September 2017 13 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. 16

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