National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
(Australian Human Rights Commission)
The National Inquiry team is conducting public consultations in all capital cities and some regional centres across Australia, to further develop our understanding of workplace sexual harassment, its causes, impacts and best practice responses.
The next scheduled consultations will be held in Darwin on the 30th and 31st of October 2018:
Public consultation: Tuesday 30 October 2018 5:30pm – 7:00pm on. Register now via this link
Policy consultation: Tuesday 30 October 2018 12.00pm – 1.30pm on. Register now via this link
Employer consultation – Tuesday 30 October 2018 9.30am – 11.00am on. Register now via this link.
Consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – Wednesday 31 October 2018 9.30am – 11.00am. Register now via this link.
Public consultations are open to anyone who would like to contribute to the national conversation on this issue.
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With sexism alive and well in SA media, cyber bullying is the new trend to watch
By Glenda Daniels and Colleen Lowe Morna
An increasing salary gap between male and female journalists, subtle and overt sexism, being undermined and ignored for promotion, bullying (in the newsroom and on social media), exclusion from “the boys club” and decision making, “paying the family penalty” ie having children, are just some of the backlashes women journalists reveal in the biggest Glass Ceilings research in South Africa to date.
But numbers between women and men in the media have equalled out for the first time. Also, for the first time there was a percentage of people who identified themselves as gender non-conforming and for the first time there is a chapter on cyber misogyny in the study which was undertaken jointly by Sanef and Gender Links after about a year of research, interviews and analysis. The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) sponsored the research.
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Research shows signalling mechanism in the brain shapes social aggression
October 19, 2018, Duke-NUS Medical School
Duke-NUS researchers have discovered that a growth factor protein, called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and its receptor, tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) affects social dominance in mice. The research has implications for understanding the neurobiology of aggression and bullying.
“Humans and rodents are social animals. Our every interaction follows rules according to a social hierarchy. Failure to navigate this hierarchy can be detrimental.” explained senior author A/Prof. Hyunsoo Shawn Je, from the Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders Signature Research Programme at Duke-NUS Medical School. “Our paper may be the first to demonstrate that specific molecular signalling pathways in specialised nerve cells, in a particular location in the brain, are important for the balanced navigation of social hierarchies.”
Difficulties in navigating these hierarchies can lead to problems like aggression and bullying. “Given the heavy societal cost of bullying and aggression, understanding the biological causes is a step towards their effective prevention and treatment,” A/Prof. Je added.
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