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Re: BreastMILK feeding in Combat Boots (correct language)
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Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:06:32 +1100
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Hi Jake,
I just spoke t the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and I was told that they do not have a blanket exception from antidiscrimination legislation. They can apply for an exemption for particular purposes however, they have not done so in anything related to pregnancy or breastfeeding. A brief doc here http://www.defence.gov.au/fr/policy/di(g)35_2.PDF indicates that when the sex discrimination act was brought in that the ADF was bound to apply it. So it is different here than in the US. I wonder if someone who is in the UK can find out the situation there? This is an interesting discussion.
Karleen Gribble
Australia


On 15/02/2012, at 12:05 PM, Jake Marcus wrote:

> The big difference for me looking at how mothers are treated in "Women in the Defence forces have the protection afforded by anti-discrimination legislation which include breastfeeding as a protected activity."
> 
> Karleen, I am not positive but I think this is likely not true. In Common Law countries, like Australia, the UK and the US, military law is entirely separate from civil or civilian law. Therefore military personnel do not enjoy the protection of discrimination law.
> 
> Yours,
> Jake Marcus, JD
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