Winding Back Australian Women's Rights
Conventions, Contradictions and Conflicts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise Chappell (0000-0002-2056-9603, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 475-488 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1036114021000026364 |
| OpenAlex | W2091328903 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 5 |
Since 1996, Australia's Coalition government has been involved in winding back women's rights. It has diluted the role of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, attempted to weaken the Sex Discrimination Act to allow for discrimination on the basis of marital status, and has refused to provide Australian women protection through the international realm via the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. In taking these steps, the government has not only placed rights in conflict against each other but has also been contradictory in its approach. The attempts to wind back women's rights demonstrate the fragility of existing rights protection measures in Australia more generally and suggest the need to consider alternative rights protection mechanisms such as sex equality guarantees in a bill of rights
Convention · Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women · Fundamental rights · Government (linguistics · Human rights · International human rights law · Law and economics · Political science · Realm · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |