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Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

28 May 2026

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Contents updated on 21 Oct 2026

The committee opens its hearing and hears from the WPS Coalition on why gender equality is a national and economic security imperative, with detailed evidence on women’s leadership in peace processes, climate‑related security risks, regional under‑representation in decision‑making, and Australia’s potential role as a peacemaker, including an explanation of the four WPS pillars and prevention‑focused recommendations.

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Opening and WPS Coalition evidence on gender, peace and security

15:30

Opening of hearing and WPS Coalition introductions

15:30

WPS Coalition — gender equality as security & key recommendations

17:44

Evidence for women’s leadership in peace, crises and climate

21:44

Under‑representation in climate decision‑making and Australia as peacemaker

29:52

Women’s seat at the table, peace talks and conflict prevention

37:09

National Women’s Alliances — domestic security, disasters and proposed Gender and Security Council

51:34

National Women’s Alliances — domestic gendered security and climate risks

51:34

Changing narratives: women as security actors and online misogyny

57:16

Disaster decision‑making, women’s leadership and service resourcing

01:07:32

Feminist lens on disaster payments and proposal for a Gender and Security Council

01:16:53

ANU and GIWL — gendered security risks, climate policy levers and data needs

01:46:21

ANU & GIWL openings — gender equality in human and national security

01:46:21

Pushback against women’s leadership and gendered views of security

01:51:54

Climate change, gendered harms and practical policy levers

01:58:59

Cultural norms, gender identity and scope of the WPS agenda

02:09:24

What makes gender equality programs effective and data requirements

02:21:52

NFAW — gender‑responsive budgeting, norms change and climate‑related violence

02:31:26

NFAW opening — gender equality, power and gender‑responsive budgeting

02:31:26

Evidence base, engaging men and Human Rights Act implications

02:35:19

Climate, local councils, disasters and violence against women

02:55:34

International development actors — Indo‑Pacific gender equality, trade and locally led peacebuilding

03:09:19

International NGOs and contractors — gender equality in the Indo‑Pacific

03:09:19

Programs linking gender, justice, trade and economic security

03:18:16

Locally led CSOs, compliance barriers and regressive policies

03:23:43

Faith‑based and traditional leadership, quotas and strategic language

03:42:19

Chief Executive Women — leadership pipelines, economic security and backlash

04:03:29

Chief Executive Women — gender equality as economic and security infrastructure

04:03:29

Boards, executive pipelines, backlash and gendered expectations

04:11:02

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

28 May 2026

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Fri, 29 May 2026 Australian Parliament

15:30 - 16:21

Speaker 16

Is ready. No worries. I declare I open this public hearing of the Human Rights Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade in relation to its inquiry into gender equality as a national security and economic security imperative. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, and I pass my... On my respects to those past and present.

This hearing will be broadcast on the parliament's website, and the proof and official transcripts of the proceedings will be published on the committee's website. I remind members of the media who may be present or listening on the web of the need to fairly and accurately report the proceedings of the subcommittee. I now welcome representatives from the Australian Civil Society Coalition on WPS to give evidence today. For the Hansard record, would you please state your name and the capacity in which you appear before the human rights subcommittee?

16:22 - 16:32

Speaker 13

Thank you. I'm Lynne Miller Quitko. I'm the cochair of the Australian Civil Society Coalition for Women, Peace, and Security, which I'll abbreviate to WPS Coalition. Thank you.

16:32 - 16:39

Speaker 33

Although the subcommittee does not require you to give evidence under oath, I should advise you that this hearing is a legal proceeding of the parliament.

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