Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) the significant impact of the International Day of the Girl Child, on 11 October, in promoting girls' rights and women's empowerment, bringing attention to gender based discrimination, inequity and abuse suffered by girls globally, and

(ii) that Plan International and its parliamentary delegates are calling for cross-party support for the seven goals in relation to the post 2015 development agenda contained within Plan International's 2014 Girls Call to Action:

1.   Ensure girls in Australia and around the world have access to inclusive and quality education and life long learning opportunities

2.   End harmful practices such as child marriage, child labour and human trafficking

3.   Provide accessible health care and protect the sexual and reproductive rights of girls and young women

4.   Ensure women have the same access to employment opportunities as their male counterparts and encourage young women to participate fully in the workforce

5.   Eliminate gender based violence and improve safety to ensure that girls are protected from harm

6.   Ensure young women and girls live in an environment that supports a healthy lifestyle and have access to clean water, clean land and clean air

7.   Achieve gender equality, the full realisation of women's and girls' human rights and the empowerment of all women and girls worldwide; and

(b) calls on all parties and parliamentarians to consider how they can support these goals and work towards gender equality in Australia and around the world.

Question agreed to.