Sep 14, 2023 | AGEC Submissions to Government Reviews or Consultations, Current Activities and Projects, News
AGEC presses the Government for a truly comprehensive National Strategy on Gender Equality addressing the root causes of gender inequality not just its symptoms. Importantly it must shift entrenched gender stereotypes through early childhood education, media and the...
Aug 26, 2022 | Current Activities and Projects
UQ Business School has released a comprehensive Report on the impact of COVID-19 on women. The study undertaken with the support of AGEC and, one of its founding members, NAWIC, reveals the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on Australian women and provides...
Jul 30, 2021 | Current Activities and Projects
Australian Gender Equality Council (AGEC) is proud to launch the Towards Board Gender Parity report, which showcases how Australia has now reached 30% of women on boards, making it one of three countries to do so without the imposition of legislated quotas. AGEC...
Feb 26, 2020 | Current Activities and Projects
The definitive Report on how to implement gender equality in the workplace sets out the findings of a comprehensive study led by AGEC CEO, Dr Terry Fitzsimmons and Director of UQ’s AIBE Centre for Gender Equality in the Workplace, together with Dr Miriam Yates and...
May 6, 2018 | Current Activities and Projects
In December 2018 the Australian Gender Equality Council (AGEC) released its inaugural report, Hands Up for Gender Equality (HUGE), a world-first research piece setting out the facts with regards to gender differences in adolescent children. HUGE reports on the key...
Apr 23, 2018 | Current Activities and Projects
The Hands Up for Gender Equality study was designed as a pilot to test many of the ideas floated in the academic and business literature regarding gender, self-confidence and career intentions. While the study has identified the major activities that contribute to...