Talking Gender Equality, Regulation and Culture Change with Commissioner Dr Nikki Vincent

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Today I speak with Dr Niki Vincent (she/her), Victoria’s first Gender Equality Commissioner. Dr Vincent is responsible for overseeing the 2020 Gender Equality Act, which aims to address gender inequality in all Victorian public sector workplaces, and promote gender equality to the community more broadly. I actually met Niki during her previous role as South Australian Commissioner for Equal Opportunity, which she served from 2016 to 2020. In today’s talk, Niki makes clear that gender inequality is still an issue, how the Victorian government has tried to address this through world-first legislation, but also unpacking some of the moral and social responsibilities on people like myself, who have benefited from inequality. Apologies for brief issues with sound quality - internet connections were funky. Time-stamps Show notes Read more about the Gender Equality Commissioner, and see if you can apply the gender impact assessments to your work! If you are a public sector body, the new reporting platform has been launched too. Check your potential biases with the IAT activity that the Commissioner discussed. Read the wonderful book, Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez.