Contributions to Australia by Women from Diverse Cultures

Professor Alice Erh-Soon Tay

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Prof Tay was asked to discuss the contribution of women from diverse cultures to Australia - a very broad topic and she acknowledges not wanting to be presumptuous in her comments. She takes 3 angles to the topic - cultural diversity in relation to women's identities and experiences in Australian society, defining women's contributions in different ways, and noting some particular aspects of contributions.
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ProfessorAliceErh-SoonTay

1934 - 2004-04-26

Alice Erh-Soon Tay was born in Singapore, where she practiced as a criminal lawyer before completing her PhD in Soviet Russia, and then arriving in Australia in the 1960s to take up a position at the Australian National University. Among the highlights of Tay's distinguished career as an academic lawyer at the University of Sydney, was her appointment as president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC). Tay was also active in fostering human rights through her involvement with the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions and the Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue. Tay was director for the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney University from 1993-1998, and organised legal training courses in China and Vietnam.

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