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Inquiring into uncertainty: The AHRC's unused powers
Emma and Megan examine how forty years after the Sex Discrimination Act was passed to implement CEDAW, confusion over sex-based protections is leaving women's services, sporting bodies, and advocacy groups without clear guidance. They explore the AHRC's rejection of lesbian exemption applications and institutional drift that prioritises other considerations over women's sex-based rights. The episode sets out the Commission's unused section 11 powers to inquire, examine, and report on human rights inconsistencies—and why Parliament must act if the AHRC won't restore legal certainty for women's…
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