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Our Watch welcomes the Australian Human Rights Commission’s (AHRC) consultation on the current and emerging threats to trans and gender diverse human rights.
Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission consultation into current and emerging threats to trans and gender diverse human rights
Our Watch supports the work and expertise of specialist lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and asexual (LGBTIQA+) organisations in leading the prevention of violence against trans and gender diverse people. We offer this submission as a non-LGBTIQA+ specialist organisation with acknowledgment that upholding the rights of trans and gender diverse people to live free from violence is aligned with and interrelated to our organisational remit to advance gender equality and prevent violence against women.
In this submission we offer insights drawn from Our Watch’s existing evidence base to highlight:
- The available national evidence on violence against trans and gender diverse people, including gender-based violence, and the importance of continuing to build this evidence base.
- Australia’s approach to primary prevention of violence against women outlined in Change the story, and the need to better understand the overlapping drivers of violence against LGBTIQA+ people and communities and how to prevent such violence.
- The potential impacts of backlash and resistance on trans and gender diverse people’s human rights.
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