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The long road to gender equality: overcoming institutional resistance to change

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June 28, 2023

The long road to gender equality: overcoming institutional resistance to change

Source: Monash University

In recent weeks, media coverage out of Australia’s national Parliament has been dominated by the unedifying spectacle of political point-scoring over the leaked phone messages of former political staffer and victim of alleged rape, Brittany Higgins. Allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Liberal senator David Van from current and former senators Lidia Thorpe and Amanda Stoker quickly followed.

Click here to read the full article published by Monash University on 26 June 2023.

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Asher Flynn & Lisa Wheildon
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Monash University

In recent weeks, media coverage out of Australia’s national Parliament has been dominated by the unedifying spectacle of political point-scoring over the leaked phone messages of former political staffer and victim of alleged rape, Brittany Higgins. Allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Liberal senator David Van from current and former senators Lidia Thorpe and Amanda Stoker quickly followed.

Click here to read the full article published by Monash University on 26 June 2023.

Region
Author
Asher Flynn & Lisa Wheildon
Publisher
Monash University

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