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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">From Women’s UN Round Network</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/australia-government-women-percentage/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=us_automatedcontentdigest_2022-06-02"><span style="color:blue">Australia’s New Government Makes History
With Largest Number of Elected Women (globalcitizen.org)</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.9pt">Australia - New Government Makes History With Largest Number of Elected Women<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">The government is now “as inclusive as Australia itself.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#8D8D8D;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong smiles as she introduces newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at an event in Sydney,
Australia, on Sunday, May 22, 2022. | Rick Rycroft/AP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">By <a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/authors/madeleine-keck/"><span style="color:#333333">Madeleine Keck</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">June 1, 2022 - Numerous exceptional firsts have been made with the appointment of Australia’s government, with newly-elected Prime
Minister Anthony Albanese's Ministry including a record number of women and the nation’s first two Muslim federal ministers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Women now make up almost 45% of the government's 30-strong leadership roles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Among the government's 23 highest-ranking ministers, who sit within the cabinet, 10 are women. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">"This is the largest number of women who have ever served in an Australian cabinet,” Albanese said at <a href="https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#333333">a
press conference Tuesday</span></a>. “In addition to that, there are 13 women in the Ministry and 19 frontbenchers, a record number in all three categories for women's representation.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Among the 10 women cabinet ministers is Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong, who is openly gay and Malaysian-born.<br>
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She is joined by Minister for Finance, Public Service and Women Katy Gallagher, while Tanya Plibersek will be Minister for the Environment and Water.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Catherine King, meanwhile, will take on the role of Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">French Translation:</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Du réseau Women’s UN Round Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Le nouveau gouvernement australien entre dans l'histoire avec le plus grand nombre de femmes élues (globalcitizen.org)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Australie - Le nouveau gouvernement entre dans l'histoire avec le plus grand nombre de femmes élues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Le gouvernement est désormais "aussi inclusif que l'Australie elle-même".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">La ministre australienne des Affaires étrangères Penny Wong sourit en présentant le Premier ministre nouvellement élu Anthony Albanese lors d'un événement à Sydney, en Australie, le dimanche 22 mai 2022.
| Rick Rycroft/AP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">De nombreuses premières exceptionnelles ont été faites avec la nomination du gouvernement australien, avec le ministère du Premier ministre Anthony Albanese nouvellement élu comprenant un nombre record
de femmes et les deux premiers ministres fédéraux musulmans du pays.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Les femmes représentent désormais près de 45 % des 30 postes de direction du gouvernement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Parmi les 23 ministres les plus hauts placés du gouvernement, qui siègent au cabinet, 10 sont des femmes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">"C'est le plus grand nombre de femmes qui aient jamais servi dans un cabinet australien", a déclaré Albanese lors d'une conférence de presse mardi. "En plus de cela, il y a 13 femmes au ministère et 19
députés, un nombre record dans les trois catégories. pour la représentation des femmes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Parmi les 10 femmes ministres se trouve la ministre des Affaires étrangères Penny Wong, qui est ouvertement homosexuelle et née en Malaisie.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Elle est rejointe par la ministre des Finances, de la Fonction publique et de la Femme Katy Gallagher, tandis que Tanya Plibersek sera ministre de l'Environnement et de l'Eau.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Catherine King, quant à elle, assumera le rôle de ministre de l'Infrastructure, des Transports, du Développement régional et des Collectivités locales.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Linda Burney est maintenant la première femme autochtone à occuper le poste de ministre des Australiens autochtones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Amanda Rishworth est ministre des Services sociaux, Michelle Rowland est ministre des Communications et Madeleine King est ministre des Ressources et de l'Australie du Nord. Clare O'Neil a été nommée ministre
de l'Intérieur et de la Cybersécurité et Jullie Collins sera ministre du Logement, des Sans-abrisme et des Petites entreprises.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Ed Husic et Anne Ally sont devenus les premiers ministres musulmans de l'histoire de l'Australie.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Linda Burney is now the first Indigenous woman to serve as Minister for Indigenous Australians. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Amanda Rishworth is Minister for Social Services, Michelle Rowland is Minister for Communications and Madeleine King is Minister for
Resources and Northern Australia. Clare O’Neil has been appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security and Jullie Collins will be Minister for Housing, Homelessness and Small Business. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Ed Husic and Anne Ally have become the first Muslim ministers in Australia’s history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">The past year has seen a wave of allegations against Australia’s parliament for a toxic and sexist culture. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.1pt">In February, the nation’s top policymakers, including both party leaders and the Speaker and President of Senate, formally apologised
for the bullying, abuse, sexual harassment and violence that exists, an apology brought about after the <a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/australia-parliament-workplace-culture-review/"><span style="color:#333333">release of a damning report</span></a> by
Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner, Kate Jenkins.<br>
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The report found half of those employed in Australia’s parliament have experienced bullying, harassment or sexual assault.<br>
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"I want [Parliament House] to be a place where young Australians, and young women, in particular, can follow their dreams and not have them crushed by brutality and the misuse of power,” then Prime Minister Scott Morrison said at the time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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