page_title: Moira Rayner
section_title: Published works
hierarchical_section_title: Moira Rayner / Published works
caption_attribution_description: English: Joan Kirner, first female Premier of Victoria, Australia, from 1990 to 1992
context_page_description: Moira Emilie Rayner, is a New Zealand-born, Australian-based barrister and human rights advocate. She was the first Commissioner for Equal Opportunity appointed by the Victorian Government under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, an office which she held until 1994. In this position she was responsible for monitoring the Equal Opportunity Act; the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986, and the Commonwealth legislated Sex Discrimination Act 1984. Simultaneously, in 1986, she was appointed a Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, a position she held until 1990.
  In 2000 Rayner became the first Director of the office of Children's Rights Commissioner for the city of London, UK.
  in 1994 the Australian Federal government appointed her to the Institute of Family Studies to undertake a special project to fight child abuse.
  Rayner used her time in her official positions, and as an author and activist, to address issues and support campaigns for the rights of women in society and the rights of children in the legal system.
context_section_description: Rooting Democracy: Growing the Society We Want
  (with Jenny Lee)
  The book explains that democracy can only flourish with visible accountable government. Of particular importance are the safeguards for the less visible - and thus more vulnerable - institutions, such as public prosecutors, human rights commissions, the independence of the judiciary and public service, Freedom of Information (FOI), ombudsmen and other "watchdogs" which provide the checks and balances vital to democracy.
  The Women's Power Handbook
  (with Joan Kirner, former Premier of Victoria.
   
  The content consists of advice to those women who would be community activists, politicians or senior executives. It advises one how to attain power and use it to advantage society.Inter alia, it describes how to forge alliances with like-minded women, how to discuss tactics for managing meetings, and how to use the media.
caption: Joan Kirner, first female Premier of Victoria, Australia, from 1990 to 1992
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