Elizabeth Broderick has been fighting for equality since she was in utero. 

Growing up with a twin sister helped instil a burning sense of fairness in young Liz. She’d go on to become a trailblazing lawyer, Special Rapporteur to the United Nations, and Australia’s longest-serving Sex Discrimination Commissioner. 

Elizabeth Broderick is a leader who’s spent her whole career negotiating in hostile environments.  

She’s been across the table from the Trump administration on reproductive rights, battled for paid parental leave, fought against sexual harassment and discrimination, and been instrumental in changing attitudes to family violence. 

And through all that time negotiating in halls of power with important people, Liz Broderick has never lost her passion for justice, nor the unique understanding of the people for whom she fights. 

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This was episode was produced and edited by Grace Pashley with sound design by Kristina Miltiadou. 

The executive producers are Rachel Fountain and Kellie Riordan. 

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