Australian Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2021–22 develop cross-portfolio processes for consultations with children, young people and their families, to inform five national strategies over the next two years, including domestic and family violence, disability, child sexual abuse, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early years development. The Race Discrimination Commissioner, also with short-term external funding support, launched the next iteration of the Commission’s Racism. It Stops with Me campaign, with a compelling community service announcement and associated materials challenging us to see the world through the eyes of others to understand how our ethnicity or racial background affects life experiences. After several years of advocating for the federal government to adopt a national antiracism framework, the new Government announced funding for this and the Racism. It Stops with Me campaign for the next four years. This will provide the Race Discrimination Commissioner with the much-needed capacity to significantly advance partnerships, research, and data to address racism in Australia. The Disability Discrimination Commissioner advanced a significant new project, IncludeAbility, to increase the employment opportunities of persons with disability by developing a website, resources for people with disability and employers, an ambassador advisory group and meeting with the diversity and inclusion practitioners and CEOs of some of Australia’s largest employers. The housing needs of people with disability were also considered through a project with Monash University where universal design principles were considered when renovating houses in Melbourne. An exhibition of the house designs was exhibited for Melbourne Design Week and featured in Architecture Australia. The new Human Rights Commissioner entered into partnerships with key industries to develop guidance materials to meet the human rights challenges associated with the rollout of new technologies and the use of artificial intelligence in decision-making. These initiatives were also dependent on external funding support from philanthropist organisations and corporate partners. The Age Discrimination Commissioner continued to deepen relationships across the community sector to promote awareness of elder abuse, as well as the challenges facing older women at risk of homelessness, and to combat ageism and age discrimination in the workplace. For example, the Commission launched the What’s age got to do with it? research report, which contributed national evidence to the body of research on the existence of ageist attitudes and prejudice in Australian society and provided insights into how ageism operates 20

Выберите целевой абзац3