Anti-Discrimination Commissioner’s International Women’s Day call to action

Media Release: NT Anti-Discrimination Commissioner call to actions this IWD

Wednesday, 6 March 2019

This Friday we celebrate International Women’s Day.

Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Sally Sievers say “There is much to celebrate in the Northern Territory as we move into 2019, with women in leadership roles across the NT, both in Parliament and heading up leading NGO’s and Aboriginal Controlled Services”.

However it also a time to ask are we doing enough as a community? As Territory women continue to experience high levels of domestic, family and sexual violence, sexual harassment in work places remains prevalent and pervasive and we increase our understanding of the gendered nature of elder abuse that is perpetrated against older women in the Northern Territory.

“It is a time to renew our call for the whole community to work towards gender equality. This is not just about the numbers of women employed but about changing attitudes and ensuring opportunities for young people so they can be themselves and live their lives to the full” said Ms Sievers.

Reduce the pressure on young men to not show their feelings and not ask for help and that young women have available to them a range of options, work family and community to live full lives.

Gender inequality is the key driver of the high levels of gendered based violence and gender equality can be the key driver of change. Let us use IWD as a call to action.

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Media enquires: Sally Sievers - 89991444