The pursuit of equality

REPORT - November 2023

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Contents

Chair's Foreword

Committee Membership

Terms of reference

List of recommendations

Chapter 1 - Background

Context
Conduct of the inquiry

Chapter 2 - A snapshot in time - The current state of the human rights of women and children

A downward trajectory: Women and children’s rights in 2023
Amplifiers of the regression of women and children’s rights
How does Australia currently support human rights internationally?
Committee comment

Chapter 3 - Specific themes of note

Gender-based violence
Acid Attacks
Orphanage Trafficking
Sexual and reproductive health rights
Technology-facilitated harm and abuse
Committee comment

Chapter 4 - New ways forward

Placing women and children at the heart of foreign policy
Changes for women, led by women
The rights of children
Future-proofing Australia’s foreign policy
Committee comment

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