The Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Public Interest Law Clearing House present
‘Advancing Women’s Rights and Gender Equality’
with
Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, Constitutional Court of South Africa
and
Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner
Time: 12.30pm – 2.15pm
Date: Monday, 27 July 2009
Venue: Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Level 50, 600 Bourke St, Melbourne
Cost: $25 / $15 concession
Registration: RSVP by 20 July 2009 using Booking Form
About Justice Yvonne Mokgoro:
Justice Mokgoro has been a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa since 1994. The Court is one of the world’s leading sources of human rights and equality jurisprudence.
Justice Mokgoro is also Chair of the South African Law Reform Commission. From 1995 to 2005 she was President of Africa Legal Aid, a non-governmental organisation which provides legal aid and human rights education throughout Africa.
Justice Mokgoro is a Professor of Law, a member of the International Association of Women Judges and Interim President of the South African Chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers.
About Elizabeth Broderick:
Elizabeth Broderick was appointed Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination in 2007. Prior to her appointment, Ms Broderick was a partner with leading commercial law firm, Blake Dawson, and developed the firm’s business case for flexibility in the workplace. Her efforts contributed to creating a workplace where more than 20 percent of the law firm’s workforce now uses flexible work arrangements.
In 2002, Ms Broderick was named Australian Corporate Business Woman of the Year and Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year. In 2009, she lead an Australian delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
