09.10.2015
Implementation
Many of the recommendations made by the ALRC were accepted by the then federal government in its Justice Statement issued on 18 May 1995.The government announced that it would be implementing a National Women’s Justice Strategy to increase and improve women’s access to justice. The strategy would include:a national network of women’s legal centres;community legal …
Read more21.12.1994
Equality before the Law: Women’s Equality (ALRC Report 69 Part 2)
ALRC Report 69 (Part 2) was tabled 21 December 1994. Part 2 of the report is about the architecture of the legal system, that is, the specific laws and practices that contribute to women’s inequality.Equality before the Law: Women’s Equality provides an overview of areas of substantive law in which gender bias is evident. The …
Read more09.12.1994
Equality before the law
The ALRC took the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) as its starting point.The ALRC inquiry found the legal system failed women in five key areas by:leaving them in the dark—women often have difficulty finding relevant information;brutalising the victim—even when women are aware of their rights, they often find …
Read more25.07.1994
Equality before the Law: Justice for Women (ALRC Report 69 Part 1)
ALRC Report 69 (Part 1) was tabled on 25 July 1994. Part I contains further discussion and recommendations about access to justice and violence.The ALRC found the legal system itself is a factor in the subordination of women. Equality before the Law: Justice for Women argued that the legal system sanctions and perpetuates means by which men …
Read more03.03.1994
Equality before the Law – Interim Report (ALRC Report 67)
In its interim report (tabled 3 March 1994), the ALRC recommended the immediate establishment of a National Women’s Justice Program (NWJP) to address women’s needs for access to justice. View Equality before the Law – Interim Report (ALRC Report 67) on the AustLII website.
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