First Speech: Dorinda Cox

Dorinda Cox is a Yamatji Noongar woman with a strong record of working for social justice in her community; locally, nationally and globally. Dorinda has over 20 years’ experience working in government and non-government sectors and has made significant contributions to policy and advocacy in the areas of domestic violence, child protection and Aboriginal justice. She was an Australian Government representative on several delegations on gender equality at the United Nations Commission for the Status of Women in New York, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation in Peru, as well as the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Thailand. Cox also chaired the National Sexual Assault Services Board after participating in the first National Action Plan for Violence against Women and Children under the Rudd Government.