About Us
HREA is led by Director Carol Ransley and supported by a network of consultants with deep subject expertise across a range of disciplines.
Carol has worked with Australia’s largest statutory authority for equality and human rights, leading design and delivery of education and engagement projects to achieve equality and establish good human rights practice.
As one of Victoria’s leading experts in the field, she knows equality law inside out and understands best practice approaches. She has decades of experience working with these tools to leverage meaningful and lasting changes in workplace practices, policies, and professional and community programs.
Carol holds postgraduate qualifications in international law (human rights) and undergraduate qualifications in legal studies and sociology. She is a qualified workplace trainer and assessor and a certified environmental impact assessment practitioner.
Carol holds memberships with the Australian Evaluation Society and the International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Our approach
Informed by theory and best possible current practice, HREA cuts through jargon with relatable examples, and clear, concise actions and plans.
Demystifying the complex legal obligations that apply in Australia, we focus on the main game – equality in practice, offering real-world solutions to complex problems and issues.
We work alongside you to map ways forward that result in the changes that you want to see.
We collaborate with a range of experts in their fields to ensure our work is relevant and centres lived experience. We commit to working alongside people with lived experience of discrimination and human rights abuses. Our collaboration partners are drawn from, First Nations, mental health disability, neurodivergent, chronic illness, sex worker, Deaf and hard of hearing, union, new migrant and refugee & LGBTIQA+ communities.
Pillars of our work
Partnership
we tailor programs and walk alongside you in your equality and human rights journey
Real World
we ground our work in current, real-world examples and link you to organisations and people who have the lived experience insight you need to action equality and human rights
Accessibility
we go the extra mile to ensure people of all abilities and backgrounds can participate in our programs
Inclusion
we are intersectional in our practise and work together to make equal and diverse spaces everywhere we go
Diversity
we draw upon a wide range of lived experience across human diversity to ground our content and practises