'It's not about you, mate': My column at ABC today is about what male leaders sometimes get wrong when they encounter female distress. Even when they're well-intentioned. If you do choose to do me the honour of reading it, I'd suggest getting to the end.
abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…

This seems a May Day a long time ago 😃 australianpolitics.com/1996/05/01/sto…

Pleasent meeting of Ambassador Serbia in Australia Rade Stefanovic with Natasha Stott Despoja Natasha Stott Despoja, Australia's candidate for re-election to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. #CEDAW
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You can make a difference in your community and help prevent violence against women.

How?

By promoting gender equality at home, at school and at work. Here are some ideas to help you get started!

Wonderful time today spent with friends from the Pacific talking #CEDAW , ending violence against women & what more our region can do to achieve gender equality together.

Proud to support Natasha Stott Despoja as Australia’s candidate for re-election to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

Natasha is a reformer, she is a champion of women’s human rights, and has proven herself as a collaborative & effective CEDAW member.

Forgive my late posting…difficult times. Today, I honor my grandfather & Aunty and other members of my family who have served, DylanA. 🙏

“If you are born as a girl in Afghanistan,the systematic gender oppression by the Taliban has decided your future for you. This is the worst form of discrimination: women denied every basic right and opportunity.”-⁦Malala Yousafzai⁩
#EndGenderApartheidIn 🇦🇫 theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

Read Our Watch CEO Patty Kinnersly’s full statement on the Bondi Junction murders on our website bit.ly/3Q41Ob4

A masterclass on the fact-finding exercise that should be adopted in civil defamation claims involving gender based violence- exactly what we argue for in our book #HowManyMoreWomen

My take on Justice Lee’s decision in the #Lehrmann case for The Guardian

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Hiroshi makes it look too easy 😎

#WUNvADL

Australia’s commitment to gender equality isn’t just a promise – it’s something we strive towards every day.

#Australia 🇦🇺 is proud to stand behind Natasha Scott Despoja (Natasha Stott Despoja) for re-election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ( #CEDAW )

The recent deaths of women in Ballarat has again shone a frightening light on the scale of violence against women in Ballarat, in Victoria & across Australia.

Thank you for including my thoughts alongside others in today’s article calling for action heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustr…

Seeking asylum is a fundamental human right for people fleeing violence, persecution, war or disaster.

Everyone has the right to seek asylum.

UNHCR works around the world to support those #ForcedToFlee . unhcr.org

via UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

Australia’s femicide toll in 2024 rises again …

A 21 & 22 yr old man have been arrested after a 23 yr old woman was found dead in bushland near Ballarat, Victoria. Victoria Police have said it is believed the men were known to the woman. #EnoughIsEnough

theage.com.au/national/victo…

“Rafah, a city of children.”

UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder on the more than 600,000 children trapped in Rafah, with nowhere safe to go.

Children need a humanitarian ceasefire. Now.

The Human Rights Council adopted a set of resolutions on Friday related to the situation in Gaza, including one calling for an immediate ceasefire and additional steps to facilitate greater humanitarian access.

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🇦🇺 welcomes the appointment of Julie Bishop as UN Special Envoy on 🇲🇲

🇦🇺 will work closely with Ms Bishop, ASEAN & the international community to deploy our collective efforts to build conditions for sustainable peace in Myanmar, including through #ASEAN ’s Five Point Consensus.

Today I addressed the Security Council on attacks on humanitarian workers in Gaza including the tragic killing of Australian, Zomi Frankcom.

The death of any aid worker in such circumstances is outrageous & unacceptable. Humanitarians must be protected.

unny.mission.gov.au/unny/240405_UN…

Beautiful #Adelaide