Objects of Act
4 Objects of Act
The objects of this Act are—
to promote, encourage and facilitate the achievement of gender equality and improvement in the status of women; and
to support the identification and elimination of systemic causes of gender inequality in policy, programs and delivery of services in workplaces and communities; and
to recognise that gender inequality may be compounded by other forms of disadvantage or discrimination that a person may experience on the basis of Aboriginality, age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and other attributes; and
to redress disadvantage, address stigma, stereotyping, prejudice and violence, and accommodate persons of different genders by way of structural change; and
to enhance economic and social participation by persons of different genders; and
to further promote the right to equality set out in the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
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