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Link: http://www.smh.com.au/victoria/the-new-underbelly-20120531-1zktt.html Description: A Dark World Wide Web, an online black market - How do we stop or regulate it? Can we?

Sexual Harassment Link: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/leave-slipper-case-to-the-courts/story-e6frg71x-1226410506614 Ashby/State Vs Slipper

Non Legal Responses to the rights and treatment of women:

//__**Medical:**__//

- Free breast cancer screening for women over 50

- Free vaccines against cervical cancer

- Pap smears funded by medicare

- “Violence against women; Australia says: No.” campaign

- Office for Women

- Violence prevention coordinating Unit

//__**Social:**__//

- Female role models in powerful positions in Australia

- Medical and financial care for women

//__**“Lobby” or specialist groups:**__//

- Public pressure to promote equality and choice for women

- Improve aspects of women's lives - Media exposure to contemporary issues

- political bargaining

__**Effectiveness:**__

The support of specialist groups and government initiatives as well as changing social expectations and images have drastically improved the status of women.

The work of specialist groups have brought awareness of many critical aspects of women's live to public attention and greatly improved the treatment of women. In unison with government initiatives women now have several complain mechanisms and now have free medical care for serious, female specific, illnesses. For example; Pap smears are funded by medicare and there are free vaccines against cervical cancer and scanning for breast cancer for women over 50.

Social expectations of women have also greatly improved with the rise of unpredicted numbers of female role models. There are unprecedented numbers of women in high business and political positions. For example; Gail Kelly, the CEO of Westpac, Quentin Bryce, Australia's Governor General. This has increased the respect and opportunities of women.

With this improvement to the status of women, women all over Australia now have and strive for equality. The lack of women in senior management positions is a barrier for gender equality however these Non Legal responses have been very effective in regard to helping women gain equality.