‘Disappointing’ is the way the Workplace Gender Equality Agency director Libby Lyons describes the results from Australia’s latest gender equality scorecard, released on Tuesday. …
Gender pay gap is at its most extreme for women in their 50s
New research released by UK based organisation Rest Less has revealed that the gender pay gap at its most extreme for women in their 50s– a concerning statistic given people now work longer than…
The US Supreme Court is considering LGBTQ+ rights in landmark cases
Earlier this week, the US Supreme Court heard three cases whose stories could change American discrimination law entirely, on what will be one of the most important days in LGBTQ+ history. LGBTQ+ righ…
This government wants to blame ‘choices’ over discrimination. That won’t close the gender pay gap.
Tomorrow (28th August) is Equal Pay Day and a great opportunity to review our Government’s road map to gender equality. But as Kristine Ziwica finds, there’s a lot of ‘choices’…
Four ways your name can affect your job prospects
According to research, your name has a big influence on your job prospects and can cause problems in the hiring process, writes Ricardo Twumasi from University of Manchester, in this piece republished…
What 1800+ women told us about their ambitions and the hurdles they face
More money, promotions, further education and better flexible working options are high on the ambitions list for women in 2019 and 2020 — but there are a number of key hurdles standing in the wa…
Exam scores tampered to reduce number of women at Tokyo Medical School
A medical school in Tokyo has been forced to accept more than 60 female students after admitting it had discriminated against women for the past two years. The school admitted that in August this year…
Hate speech against women is a real problem in Australia but laws fails to address it
Anti-discrimination laws specifically cover gender, but the same is not true for many hate speech statutes in Australia, writes Laura Griffin and Nicole Shackleton, from La Trobe University in this pi…
