Speeches on Sex Discrimination Issues

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[ Year: 2012 : 2011 : 2010 : 2009 : 2008 : 2007 : 2006 : 2005 : 2004 : 2002 : 2001 : 2000 : 1998 : 1997 : 1996 ]

2012

• Working without fear
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission, Sydney, 30 October, 2012
• Thinking outside the (family home) box: domestic violence as a workplace issue
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission, NEEOPA (NSW EEO Practitioners’ Association) Meeting, Sydney, 23 October, 2012
• Women’s Leadership
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission, Pioneer and New Frontiers: 2012 New South Wales Police Force Spokeswomen’s Conference, Sydney, 19 October, 2012
• Reflections on the review into women in the Australian Defence Force
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission, NSW Rape Crisis Centre Annual General Meeting, Café Birkenhead, Drummoyne, 9 October, 2012
• Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force - Launch of Report
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission, Sydney, 22 August, 2012
• Making change happen: The media and violence against women 
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, The EVAs (Eliminating Violence against Women) Media Awards, ANZ Pavillion, Melbourne, 26 July, 2012
• Overcoming Systemic Discrimination
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Community Legal Centres NSW - Pushing the Boundaries Conference, Sydney, 10 May 2012
• Applying a gender perspective in public policy: What it means and how we can do it better
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, International Women’s Day Forum APS Human Rights Network Meeting, Canberra, 9 March, 2012
• Concluding Remarks: The need for a contextualised response to domestic and family violence in rural areas
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Side Event, CSW 56th Session, UN Headquarters, New York, 2 March, 2012
• Connecting women through technology and strengthening responses to violence against rural women
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, CSW 56th Session, Church Centre UN, New York, 2 March, 2012
• Violence against women with a disability in rural Australia
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, CSW 56th Session, UN Headquarters, New York, 28 February, 2012
• Why women’s participation is important for achieving gender justice
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Capacity-building Workshop, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 February, 2012

2011

• Domestic violence discrimination and the consolidation of Commonwealth anti-discrimination laws
  Andrea Durbach, Deputy Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Safe at Home Safe at Work Conference, Melbourne, 5 December, 2011
• Effective access to services: What does it mean for sexual assault?
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Canberra Rape Crisis Centre Gala Fundraising Lunch, 10 November, 2011
• Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force Academy - Launch of Report
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission, Sydney, 3 November, 2011
• The Hidden Business Problem: Domestic Violence
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Vincent Fairfax Speaker Series, University of Melbourne, 24 October 2011
• Inclusion and diversity: The foundations of a more effective response to LGBTIQ domestic violence?
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Inclusion & Diversity: LGBTIQ Domestic Violence Conference, 16 September, 2011
• In the fast lane to gender equality
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Accelerating gender equality: Introducing UN Women Summit, The University of Sydney, 5 September, 2011
• Launch of Mechanisms for advancing women’s human rights: A guide to using the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and other international complaint mechanisms
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission, Sydney, 19 August, 2011
• International Launch of the Australian national Action Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, 55^th Session of UN Commission on Status of Women, 05 May, 2011
• Getting on board: Quotas and Gender Equality
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Gender Matters – Third Women on Boards Conference, 29 April, 2011
• The State of Gender Equality in Australia on International Women’s Day: What more needs to happen?
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Cyprus community Centre, 12 March, 2011
• ‘International Women’s Day: Celebrating the achievements and looking to the future’
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Government House, 8 March, 2011
• 100 years of International Women's Day
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, ACT Women's Services Network Breakfast, 8 March 2011
• Seeking Security- Launch of Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearing House Research Report
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, UNSW, 7 March 2011
• The State of Gender Equality in Australia on International Women’s Day: What more needs to happen?
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Gender Equity Summit, Australian Human Resources Institute, 4 March 2011
• UNESCO-ILO Side Event: Quality Education for Girls – Decent Work for Women
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, 55^th Session of UN Commission on Status of Women, 23 February 2011

2010

• Gold Coast Centre against Sexual Violence: the Official Opening
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Gold Coast Centre against Sexual Violence, Southport, Queensland, 26 November 2010
• Booklet launch: Black and Blue: Never Again
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Carrara, Queensland, 25 November 2010
• Delivering Diversity
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Women in Banking and Finance, 22 November 2010
• Book launch: Federalism, Feminism and Multilevel Governance and Sex Discrimination in Uncertain Times
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, ANU College of Law, Australian National University, Canberra, 29 September 2010
• Gender equality in the workforce: A feminist approach
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, 3rd National Conference on Women and Industrial Relations, Darwin, 12 August 2010
• Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, CEDAW Committee, United Nations, New York, 19 July 2010
• Promoting Fair, Flexible, Family-friendly Workplaces
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, 9 July 2010
• Getting women off the bench: A gender equality blueprint for 2010
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination,
  National Press Club, Canberra, Wednesday 23 June 2010
• What Does a World of Gender Equality Look Like?
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Insights - A fresh look at Girl's Education conference, Melbourne, 17 June 2010
• Unite to end violence against women in sport 
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, 5th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport, 21 May 2010
• Young Women: are we making progress?
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, The Jessie Street Trust Annual Lunch, NSW Parliament House, Sydney, 30 April 2010
• Domestic and family violence: developing a new language for workplaces
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Forum on domestic violence clauses in enterprise agreements, UNSW, 15 April 2010

2009

• Beyond Wei Tang: Do Australia’s human trafficking laws fully reflect Australia’s international human rights obligations? 
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Workshop on Legal and Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons in Australia, 9 November 2009
• Lifelines: Sex Discrimination over the lifecycle
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, National Museum of Australia, 2 October 2009
• Accumulating poverty: Women’s experiences of inequality over the lifecycle
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Sydney Institute, 15 September 2009
• Is there merit in quotas? The Australian context
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination, Sydney, 2 September 2009.
• Advancing women’s rights and gender equality
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights Law Resource Centre, 27 July 2009
• (Non sex industry) Labour trafficking: speech to the Australian Institute of Criminology
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, 19 June 2009
• Is poverty to be the reward for a life spent caring?
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Women in Super (NSW) Luncheon, 30 April 2009
• Women on the Verge of Recession: Confronting Gender Issues in Turbulent Times
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, National Press Club, 29 April 2009
• Why supporting employees to balance paid work and caring responsibilities is smart economics
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Shangri-La Hotel Sydney, 29 April 2009

2008

• Women and Leadership, Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, at 2008 Australian Regional Women Leaders Convention, Melbourne, 19 November 2008
• Slavery in 21st Century Australia - A Human Rights Challenge, Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, at Seminar Modern Day Slavery in Australia: The Queen v Tang , 14 October 2008
• Who cares? Managing flexibility in the workplace, Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Women, Management and Employment Relations Conference, 24 July 2008
• Trafficking: The Need for a Human Rights Based Approach, Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Inaugural Anti-Trafficking Forum, 24 July 2008
• Gender equality in 2008: What matters to Australian women and men, Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, 22 July 2008
• Best practice in workplace culture for the attraction and retention of women 
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, NSW Public Sector Senior Women's Network Seminar, 24 June 2008
• Women’s achievements: untold stories
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, - Black and White Women of Achievement Lunch, 17 June 2008
• Flexible working practices in the law, Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Work2Suit Forum, 5 June 2008
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Gathering 
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Hobart, 23 May 2008
• Paid Maternity Leave: the question is no longer if, but when...
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Personnel & Industrial Relations Conference, 5 May 2008
• Gender Equality – let’s not let it become a lost Australian dream
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, International Women's Day, 6 March 2008
• ‘Work and Family Balance in 2008 – Community voices’,
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, NEEOPA Meeting, 13 February 2008

2007

• Kids count – better early childhood education and care in australia
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, 12 November 2007
• Family Violence Prevention Legal Services National Conference
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, 25 October 2007
• Women at Work... come and find out the naked truth
  Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, 22 October 2007
• Launch of Final Paper of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Inquiry
  Delivered by the Hon John von Doussa at the Museum of Sydney, 22 June 2007
• It's About Time: Women, men, work and family
  Delivered by the Hon John von Doussa at the University of Sydney, 7 June 2007
• It's About Time: Women, men, work and family
  Delivered by the Hon John von Doussa, Adelaide, 13 March 2007

2006

• Address to Government Lawyers CLE conference
  12 September, Parliament House, Sydney
• Implementation - Growing the potential workforce by attracting people from different backgrounds
  Resources & Infrastructure Industry Skills Council (RIISC)2nd National Conference, 23 August 2006, Sydney
• Changing Demography with Public Policy
  Australian Social and Economic Policy Public Lecture Series, 11 July 2006, Canberra
• Work Life Balance
  AIM Breakfast address, 11 May 2006, Sydney
• Towards Prosperity
  Towards Prosperity Conference, 2 May 2006, Adelaide
• Do we still need Feminism?
  The Brisbane Institute, 14 March 2006, Brisbane
• Work Life Balance: Where to from here? 
  International Womens Day, 8 March 2006, Victoria University, Melbourne.
• After the Barbecue. Perspectives on work-life balance in Australia
  Work Life Balance Conference, 22 February 2006, Perth
• Rotary Club of Goulburn: Men's Rights 
  15 February 2006, Goulburn

2005

• Violence Against Women: A Men's Issue 
  Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women White Ribbon Day Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Friday 25 November 2005, Canberra.
• 'A 360 Degree Review: Flexible Work Practices: Confronting myths and realities in the legal profession
  Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination Commissioner at Victorian Women Lawyers, Melbourne, 11 November 2005
• Efficiency, Effectiveness and Equity in Public Administration
  Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Institute of Public Administration National Conference, Friday 4 November 2005, Tasmania.
• Women's rights are human rights
  Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Seminar on women's human rights in Afghanistan, Monday 10 October 2005, Sydney
• The Family Friendly Business - is it profitable?
  Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Women Chiefs of Enterprises International Australian National Conference, Friday 28 October 2005, Adelaide.
• Striking the balance: Carers and the Future
  Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the Focus on Carers Conference Family Carers - The Next Generation, Carers Association of SA, Adelaide, 18 October 2005
• Striking the balance with work and family in rural Australia
  Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Women's Health Goulburn, North East, Friday 14 October 2005
• Economic Determinism, Women, Men, Work and family
  Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the Reserve Bank Central Banking Management Program, Sydney, 30 September 2005
• Women, men, life and having it all
  Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the Westpac IT Women's Forum, Sydney, 16 August 2005
• Trafficking in women: Where have we come from and where to from here?
  Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Project Respect Forum, Friday 12th August 2005, 1.00 - 2.15 pm, Fitzroy Town Hall, Napier Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, 20 minutes
• EEO - Future Directions
  Pru Goward Sex Discrimination Commissioner 17^th Women, Management and Employment Relations Conference Hotel Intercontinental Corner Bridge & Phillip Streets, Sydney, Thursday 21 July 2005, 9.00am, 20 minutes
• It's Over to You
  Pru Goward Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Lone Fathers Conference, Main Committee Room Parliament House, Canberra, Thursday 23 June 2005 1.30pm
• Striking the Balance: Women, men, work and family
  Launch Speech by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner 22 June 2005 Sydney NSW
• Firing up Women
  Pru Goward Sex Discrimination Commissioner, National Women in Fire Fighting Forum, Holiday Inn, Bourke Rd & O'Riordan Street, Sydney Airport, Mascot, Friday 13 May 2005
• Eliminating Discrimination and Harassment from your workplace
  Pru Goward Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Employee Assistance Professionals Association of Australia (EAPA), Wesley Conference Centre, Green Room, 200 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000, Tuesday 3 May 200
• Women in finance - The challenges ahead
  Speech by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination at the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance, Sydney, Friday 8 April, 2005
• Launch of ‘Medical responses to adults who have experienced sexual assault: an interactive educational module for Doctors’
  Speech by Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, RANZCOG College House, East Melbourne, 31 March 2005.
• The Work/Family Debate: Working for or against Gender Equality?
  Speech by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Fabian Society, New International Bookshop, Carlton VIC, Wednesday 30 March 2005.
• After the barbeque: women, men, work and family
  Speech by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the “Families Matter” Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, 10 February 2005.
• Coming of Age: the Sex Discrimination Act, Women, Men, Work and Family
  Address to the National Press Club in Canberra by Pru Goward , Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination , 9 February 2005

2004

• Launch of Good Practice, Good Business
  Pru Goward,1 December 2004, Exchange Centre, Sydney
• Woman and savings
  Speech by Pru Goward at the The ASFA 2004 National Conference and Super Expo, Adelaide, 11 November 2004
• Why Gender Matters in Public Policy
  Address given by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward at the SES Officers Lunch, Australian Federal Police College, Barton, ACT, 29 October 2004.
• The Work and Family Debate - Finding a solution for all
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Families Australia Globalisation, Families and Work Conference Dinner Wanganui River Gardens Cnr Ormondale and Orlando Roads Yeronga Brisbane QLD, 1 April 2004.
• The Crisis of Masculinity – is there the need for a men’s movement?
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, as part of the Oz Prospects Lecture Series, State Library of Victoria, 20 April, 2004.
• Men, women, work and family - towards gender equality
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner, at a Side event for the 48th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, New York, 8 March 2004,

2003

• Stop the Traffic 2 Conference - Closing address
  Speech delivered by by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Melbourne, October 2003.
• Stop the Traffic 2 Conference - Closing remarks
  Speech delivered by Sally Moyle, Melbourne, October 2003.
• Work and Family: Expanding the boundaries
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner at Women’s Work, Ballarat, VIC, November 2003.
• Leadership Challenges for Australian Women
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the Leadership Consortium Briefing, Melbourne and Sydney, November 2003.
• Leadership Challenges for Australian Women
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the Hunter Medical Research Institute Fundraising Dinner Newcastle City Hall Newcastle NSW, November 2003.
• Why is Gender still on Today’s Agenda?
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner at Ulysses Society Dinner Meeting, Canberra Grammar School Monaro Crescent, ACT, November 2003.
• Why HILDA’s Life could do with a Little Balance. (The significance of the Survey of Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia for women, men and family happiness.)
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Pursuing Opportunity and Prosperity Conference, Melbourne, November 2003.
• The Business and National Case for Paid Maternity Leave and Making the Workforce Family Friendly
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner at Lennox Head Bowls and Sports Club, October 2003.
• Work and family: The legal perspective
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the Women’ Lawyers Association of NSW, October 2003.
• Today's Revolution
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the National Strategic Conference on Fatherhood, Canberra, August 2003.
• Developments in discrimination jurisprudence and paid maternity leave
  Speech delivered by Sally Moyle, Sydney, July 2003.
• The Truly Oldest Profession: Facing Future Challenges 
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the NSW Midwives Conference, July 2003.
• Future of Work and Public Policy
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Commonwealth Heads Senior Executive Breakfast Seminar, Sydney, July 2003.
• Work and family: The legal perspective
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Deacon’s lawyers seminar on women and workplace issues, Canberra, July 2003.
• Three legal systems but still no justice - Aboriginal Family Violence and the Challenge of Reform
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the NT Criminal Lawyers Conference, Northern Territory, July 2003.
• We’ve Come a Long Way… Maybe: Choices and challenges facing 21st century women
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Victorian Independent Education Union (VIEU) Women’s Conference, Melbourne, June 2003.
• The Current Playing Field 1991-2002
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Women and Sport Forum, Sydney, May 2003.
• Valuing today's families today
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at Senator Stott Despoja’s Women’s breakfast, Adelaide, May 2003.
• Changes in Population and Lifestyle - Impacts on Workplace Practice
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at CEDA, Adelaide, May 2003.
• All aboard the 'mummy track'
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the VIVE Magazine Working Mothers Forum, Sydney, May 2003.
• Making it work for women
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Recruiting and Consulting Services Association Luncheon Series, Sydney, April 2003

2002

• Professional women: Choice and challenge
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Second National Conference on Women in Science, Technology and Engineering, University of Sydney, November 2002.
• Without Gender Prejudice
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Local Government and Community Services Association of NSW, Sydney, November 2002.
• Paid maternity leave: Supporting Parents; Valuing Children
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, University of Sydney, November 2002.
• Bearing the Burden of Culture
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Unifem Australia Reception, Brisbane, October 2002.
• Pregnancy in the workplace: Employer obligations to pregnant employees
  Speech delivered by Sally Moyle, at the NSW Young Lawyers, Sydney, October 2002.
• Both Sides of the Thin Blue Line
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Women and Policing Globally Conference, Canberra, October 2002.
• Innovation and Social Policy: How Social Policy works in the New Economy
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Canberra Business Council, Canberra, October 2002.
• Human rights, Democracy and Women's Choices
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at Hunter Valley Research Foundation Lecture Series, Newcastle, September 2002.
• A Good Beginning
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Good Beginnings Macquarie Bank Foundation National Awards for Philanthropy and National Spirit, Sydney, August 2002.
• Tomorrow today - 21st Century Solutions
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the National Work and Family Conference 2002, Sydney, September 2002.
• Work and family: The challenge for modern Australia
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, August 2002.
• Sexually permeated workplaces: Not working for women
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at a National Association of Women in Construction Breakfast, Melbourne, August 2002.
• Paid maternity leave: working for women
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the 14th Women, Management, Employment Relations Conference, Sydney, July 2002.
• Paid maternity leave: the unfolding debate: "Not if ... but how: A Victorian perspective on paid maternity leave" forum
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at RMIT University, May 2002.
• The need for small business to get behind paid maternity leave
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the COSBOA National Small Business Summit, Canberra, May 2002.
• Paid maternity leave - will it become a reality for the retail industry?
  Speech presented by Pru Goward, at the Retail Industry National Employee Relations Summit, Queensland, May 2002.
• Pregnancy Discrimination and Sport: National Pregnancy in Sport Guidelines for the Australian Sporting Industry
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Australian Sports Commission by Pru Goward, Sydney, May 2002.
• Obligations under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the NSW Department of Transport, Sydney, March 2002.
• Paid maternity leave: Opting for a future
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Valuing Parenthood: Paid Maternity Leave - Interim Options Paper Launch. Sydney, April 2002.
• "Trafficking in Women"
  Speech delivered by Sally Moyle, at the Stop the Traffick Symposium: Addressing Trafficking in Women for Prostitution, RMIT, Sdyney, February 2002.

2001

• HR Law Conference Speech
  Speech Delivered by Pru Goward, Sydney and Melbourne, November 2001
• MotherInc Luncheon
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Sydney, November 2001.
• Speech to the LHMU Child Care Conference
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Brisbane, October 2001.
• Speech to the Australian Army 5th Combat Support Battalion - Officer Training Session
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the 5th Combat Services Support Battalion, Sydney, October 2001.
• World Conference Against Racism - HREOC Briefing
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, Sydney, October 2001.
• Pregnant sportswomen and the Sex Discrimination Act
  Speech delivered by Pru Goward, at the Australian Sports Commission's National Forum on Pregnancy and Sport, Sydney, August 2001.
• Ausyouth Conference: Our Future Now - Empowering young people through youth development
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, Annual AusYouth Conference, Adelaide, March 2001.
• Women Wise Up Symposium - Using the UN to advance the rights of women 
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, University of NSW, February 2001.

2000

• Women and Racism Forum: A Discussion on the United Nations World Conference Against Racism
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, 30 November 2000.
• Women's Labour Market Participation in Regional Australia 
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, at the 11th Annual Women on Farms Gathering, Victoria, April 2000.

1999

• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
• Opening Address
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, to the Women's Electoral Lobby Annual Conference.
• Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Committee Inquiry
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, HREOC Submission to the Inquiry regarding the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (More Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 1999.
• Keep pushing...we're almost there
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, to the National Baha'i Office for the Advancement of Women, International Women's Conference '99, September 1999. Discrimination Law and the Industrial Relations Agenda
• Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, to the Australian Mines and Minerals Association National Conference, Hobart, March 1999.
• Pregnancy Discrimination - A Growing Concern
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, to the IIR Diversity and EEO Conference, Sydney, March 1999.
• International Women's Day 1999
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, at the International Women's Day Breakfast, Council of Equal Opportunity in Employment Ltd, March 1999.

1998

• The Playground Revealed
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, at the Association of Women Educators National Conference, Queensland, October 1998.
• Good Luck or Good Management
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, at the Women and Management Breakfast, September 1998.
• Winds of Change: Indirect Discrimination and University Culture
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, at the Women and the Culture of Universities International Conference, Sydney, July 1998.
• Pregnancy Discrimination: Hickie v Hunt and Hunt
  Speech delivered by Susan Halliday, at the Business Law Education Centre, Employment Law Conference, Sydney, June 1998.
• Women in the super network
  Speech delivered by Moira Scollay, Canberra, February 1998.

1997

• The Sex Discrimination Act - What it tells us about issues for women in employment
  Speech delivered by Moira Scollay, at the 6th Women and Labour Conference, November 1997.

1996

• Peeling the inequality onion: How Australia’s industrial system deals with discrimination in employment and pay equity
  Speech delivered by Sue Walpole, at the 6th Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Adelaide, April 1996.