Sex discrimination in uncertain times

This collection of essays arose from a conference held to mark the silver anniversary of the Australian Sex Discrimination Act (1984). The collection has two aims: first; to honour the contributions of both the spirited individuals who valiantly fought for the enactment of the legislation against th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Thornton, Margaret (auth), Thornton, Margaret, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra ANU Press 2010
Canberra, Australia : 2010.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Opening address I / Dr Helen Watchirs OAM
  • Opening address II / Hon. Susan Ryan AO
  • Opening address III / Chris Ronalds AM, SC
  • The Sex Discrimination Act and its rocky rite of passage / Margaret Thornton and Trish Luker
  • A radical prequel : historicising the concept of gendered law in Australia / Ann Genovese
  • Women's work is never done : the pursuit of equality and the commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act / Marian Sawer
  • To demand equality is to lack ambition' : sex discrimination legislation-contexts and contradictions / Susan Magarey
  • The Sex Discrimination Act at 25 : reflections on the past, present and future / Beth Gaze
  • The Sex Discrimination Act : advancing gender equality and decent work? / Sara Charlesworth
  • Reproducing discrimination : promoting the equal sharing of caring work in CEDAW, at the ILO and in the SDA / Caroline Lambert
  • Equality unmodified? / Reg Graycar and Jenny Morgan
  • And which 'equality act' would that be? / Simon Rice
  • Rethinking the Sex Discrimination Act : does Canada's experience suggest we should give our judges a greater role? / Belinda Smith
  • Equality as a basic human right : choice and responsibility / Archana Parashar
  • Raising women up : analysing Australian advocacy for women's rights under international and domestic law / Susan Harris Rimmer
  • Can we feminise human rights? / Margaret Thornton
  • Sex, race and questions of aboriginality / Irene Watson and Sharon Venne.