Natalie Galea and Louise Chappell on Human Rights in the Built Environment

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Scientia Professor Louise Chappell (pictured right) is Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW Sydney. A Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2010-14), Louise’s research interests are in the areas of women’s rights; gender, politics and institutions and comparative federalism and public policy.  Natalie Galea (pictured left) is a leading interdisciplinary researcher in gender justice, business and human rights. Her primary research interests are in gender equality in male dominated sectors and gender violence in sport. 

In this conversation, Natalie and Louise speak with IHRB's Haley St Dennis about the built environment. These are the places where we live, where we work, and which have everything to do with our ability to lead healthy, fulfilling lives. The three discuss the construction sector in particular, focusing on the steps the industry in Australia is taking to better incorporate rights-based approaches at the earliest stage of a project, as well as the importance of taking a broader lifecycle approach to the built environment. This is an important message that the Australian Human Rights Institute, IHRB, Rafto Foundation, and Raoul Wallenberg Institute are advocating as part of a new coalition.