Lisa Ward is joined by Associate Professor Skye Saunders to discuss her work on solutions to workplace sexual harassment, and UNE’s planned pilot Legal Clinic.

 

Now is the time for practical and cultural solutions to sexual harassment in the workplace. Skye’s research is on the national agenda.

 

Skye is the driving force behind UNE’s planned pilot legal clinic. It will provide free advice on sexual harassment and discrimination experienced by people in RRR areas. The clinic will be supported by students, including those enrolled in a unit she developed called “Gender in the Law”. It’s based on the latest law and developments in this space.

 

She has presented her work at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and sits on the ACT Ministerial Advisory Council for Women.

 

Tune in and listen to learn more about how the University of New England’s Law School is navigating and implementing solutions for Australians in this space. You can read more about Skye’s expertise in her book Whispers from the Bush – Workplace Sexual Harassment of Australian Rural Women; the related documentary Grace under Fire; her current research on Boys from the Bush – Male Perspectives on Workplace Sexual Harassment; and, her work here.