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Report reveals discrimination from bullying to 'hidden' racism

Obligations on organisations to take reasonable steps to eliminate sex discrimination are among reforms put forward by Queensland's Human Rights Commission.

The Attorney-General asked for a review of the state's 30-year-old anti-discrimination laws. The Queensland Human Rights Commission has gone much further in recommending they be scrapped entirely in favour of new legislation.

Under proposed changes, only school staff involved in direct teaching of religion could be subject to different rules

Investigation sees 55% of respondents allege they had been sexually harassed, with women sharing their frustration at being objectified and having to work ‘10 times harder’

The independent U.N. expert on sexual orientation and gender identity says enormous progress has been achieved in the last 50 years for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the United States

Indigenous academic alleges treatment by two officers during 2018 arrest amounted to unlawful discrimination on basis of her race, a claim the officers and state government denies

Sports Minister Anika Wells and Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins have held a sports roundtable to address equality and integrity for women.

A Christian health care organization is claiming a new interpretation of Michigan's anti-discrimination law as it relates to sexual orientation and gender identity "poses an imminent threat" to the group's constitutional rights to freedom of religion, religious exercise, speech and assembly.

Research reveals that 38% think people in their workplace would be unlikely to speak about mental health problems for fear of losing their job

A nine-year-old boy from the Dalit community in India's western Rajasthan has died after he was allegedly beaten by his school teacher for drinking water from a pot.