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⚠️ Update : Wednesday 30 June 2021 : Sadly, due to the unknown nature of the developing COVID-19 situation across the Northern Territory, this event will be postponed until later this year ⚠️
Pursuing Gender Equality in 2021⚖️
FREE Event
📅 Tuesday 6 July 2021 at 5:30pm
📍 Witchetty’s, Araluen Arts Centre
🎟️ Register via https://bit.ly/3xCoaVy
Join the Central Australian Women’s Legal Service and the Chamber of Commerce NT in conversation with Champion of Change, Justice Chris Maxwell, President of the Victorian Court of Appeal.
🗣️The last 140 years has seen us achieve a number of gender equality milestones – from the establishment of the first female trade union, to the right to vote, access to the contraceptive pill through to the recognition of a need for specialist women’s services.
But we are not there yet 🙅
Recent national media headlines demonstrate a renewed a focus on gender equality and recognition that women continue to suffer from sexual harassment, family violence and a sustained gender pay gap. The good news is that the business and legal community are seeking to disrupt the system to prevent and respond to gender inequality ✊
🤔 Why is gender equality still an issue?
❓ Why do we still need specialist women’s services?
🤔 What are the practical, constructive and disruptive actions businesses can take?
❓ How can we accelerate the pace of change?
🤔 How do we measure the impact of what we do?
❓ Why should men take action on gender equality?
🤔 What role should men play?
About the Champions of Change Coalition
The Champions of Change Coalition is a globally recognised, innovative strategy for achieving gender equality, advancing more and diverse women in leadership, and building respectful and inclusive workplaces. In the strategy, men of power and influence step up beside women leaders. They form a high-profile Coalition to lead and be accountable for change on gender equality issues in their organisations and communities – be they local, national or global. Members cover every major sector of the economy and include representatives from business, government, community, academic and not-for-profit organisations. Champions of Change recognise that gender inequality is a business, economic, social and human rights issue.
The work of the Coalition focuses on shifting the systems of gender inequality in the workplace and is backed by a proven methodology for increasing the representation of women in organisations and developing the conditions and cultures that enable them to thrive. Many of the actions developed and implemented as part of the strategy are now globally accepted standards for organisations wishing to become employers of choice for all.
The strategy engages Members as ‘champions’ not because they are perfect, but because they publicly commit to leading practical, constructive and disruptive actions to accelerate change.
Justice Chris Maxwell
Justice Maxwell commenced practice at the Bar in 1984. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1998. Justice Maxwell was appointed President of the Court of Appeal in July 2005. In 2015, he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, and he joined the National Male Champions of Change group, established by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins. Since then, Justice Maxwell has convened various Advocates for Change groups, comprising members of the Victorian Bar, and senior and junior solicitors. Justice Maxwell has been involved in a number of sentencing appeals concerning family violence-based offences.
