Sep 4, 2018
Currently women are grossly underrepresented in some of our highest paid industries such as mining energy and construction where, on average women only represent 10% of the workforce. On the other hand women dominate relatively low paid work sectors such as retail,...
Sep 4, 2018
95% of primary parental leave (outside of the public-sector) is taken by women and women spend almost three times as much time caring for children each day, compared to men. Because women are the primary carers of children, they suffer additional discrimination caused...
Sep 4, 2018
Gender emerges from the sex of a child and the messages they receive from parents, friends and society generally regarding the ways in which they should behave and react to the world. That means that decisions made by parents and schools as well as what young children...
Sep 4, 2018
The statistics in this area are sobering. In terms of overt discrimination, the Australian Human Rights Commission reports that in 2018, 1 in every 2 women have experienced sexual harassment during their lifetime, 1 in 3 have experienced physical or sexual violence...
Sep 4, 2018
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, while workforce participation rates for women have been gradually increasing over the past few decades, this is not compensated for by a reduction of time spent working on unpaid work around the home. Women spend...
