Kristine Ziwica

The pandemic is forcing a broader reckoning of public policy and workplace practices that impact parent’s ability to work and care.

After the 2020 Federal budget landed, we saw a rapid, robust response highlighting the ways in which the budget failed to “deliver for women”.

The budget and WESS set aside just $2.1 million “to help prevent sexual harassment in Australian workplaces”.

The Morrison government dispatched Senator Anne Ruston, Senator Michaelia Cash, and Representative Karen Andrews to defend the budget.

What does the Women’s Economic Security Statement have in common with Working Girl? The outdated advice that women need to “make it happen”.

As the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on women’s economic security bite, we face a critical crossroads.

Will the budget consist of stimulus measures from which men, and male dominated industries, stand to disproportionately benefit?

The tax cuts are meant to put ‘money in the pocket of people’? But 70 percent of the tax benefits with flow through to men.

It’s true, parental burnout is its very own thing with clear and distinct signs. And you’re not imagining the fact that the pandemic is making it worse.

The real news this Equal Pay Day is that the gender pay gap, currently sitting at 14 percent, stands on the precipice of a significant backwards slide.

A lack of female representation is obvious in the Coalition’s series of COVID-19-related response and recovery proposals – proposals that have either ignored or undermined women’s interests.

The Minister for Women has been quiet on how the pandemic is impacting women. Sure, she has another huge portfolio, but this shouldn’t be a side project,