#11 Talking gender equality, regulation and culture-change - with Dr Niki Vincent (Vic Gender Equality Commissioner)

<p>Today I speak with Dr Niki Vincent (she/her), Victoria&rsquo;s first Gender Equality Commissioner. Dr Vincent is responsible for overseeing the 2020 Gender Equality Act, which aims to address gender inequality in all Victorian public sector workplaces, and promote gender equality to the community more broadly. I actually met Niki during her previous role as South Australian Commissioner for Equal Opportunity, which she served from 2016 to 2020. In today&rsquo;s talk, Niki makes clear that gender inequality is still an issue, how the Victorian government has tried to address this through world-first legislation, but also unpacking some of the moral and social responsibilities on people like myself, who have benefited from inequality.</p> <p>Apologies for brief issues with sound quality - internet connections were funky.</p> <p><strong>Time-stamps</strong></p> <ul> <li>Why does regulation matter to Dr Vincent (2:00)</li> <li>The Gender Equality Act is an Australian-first (4:45)</li> <li>What the Gender Equality Act is trying to do (7:30)</li> <li>What we know and what we need to learn about inequality (18:00)</li> <li>What roles we have to address inequality (27:00)</li> <li>What you can do to address inequality (35:00)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Show notes</strong></p> <p>Read more about the <a href="https://www.genderequalitycommission.vic.gov.au/the-public-sector-gender-equality-commissioner">Gender Equality Commissioner</a>, and see if you can apply the gender <a href="https://www.genderequalitycommission.vic.gov.au/gender-impact-assessments">impact assessments</a> to your work! If you are a public sector body, the <a href="https://www.genderequalitycommission.vic.gov.au/launch-gender-equality-act-reporting-platform">new reporting platform</a> has been launched too.</p> <p>Check your potential biases with the <a href="https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/australia/takeatest.html">IAT</a> activity that the Commissioner discussed.</p> <p>Read the wonderful book, <a href="https://www.