Apr 10, 2025 | Budget & Election News, Current Activities and Projects, News
To be held on 29 April 7-8pm AEST and hosted by AGEC Chair Coral Ross AM, this important event will feature ALP Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher MP, Minister for Women, and Greens Senator the Hon Larissa Waters MP. We also await confirmation from the Hon Sussan Ley MP,...
Mar 31, 2025 | Budget & Election News, Current Activities and Projects, News
Women make up just over half of Australia’s population. Yet we continue to face significant safety issues in our homes, workplaces and communities, barriers to accessing employment and increased income insecurity throughout our lives. At home, 27% of women have faced...
Apr 25, 2024 | AGEC Policy Statement, Current Activities and Projects, Government Reviews and Consultations
AGEC has consistently advocated for successive governments to develop a truly comprehensive National Gender Equality Strategy, which address the causes not just the symptoms of gender inequality. The Federal Government’s release in March 2024 of Working for...
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...
