Business Is your employer on the list? The 136 organisations given the gender equality citation Woolworths and AstraZenica are among the organisation recognised with a citation for their efforts as employers promote gender equality.
News & Views Policies – not biology – to blame for the chasm between the lives of mums and dads in Australia A new research report from The Parenthood places spotlight on policies that are failing parents, children and families in Australia.
News & Views Alan Tudge says child care costs less than $5 an hour. Is the new education minister gaslighting parents? Alan Tudge says child care costs less than $5 an hour for 70% of families. That’s still $13,000 a year out of pocket.
News & Views $271 million needed for a gender equal economic recovery in Victoria Gender Equity Victoria is calling on the Victorian government to invest $271 million into gender equality initiatives during recovery.
News & Views Melinda Gates tells governments to think about childcare as ‘essential infrastructure’ Melinda Gates has called on government to start thinking about childcare as “essential infrastructure” as they rebuild economies.
News & Views Global report finds Australians want their government to do more on gender equality A new global report has found that 53 per cent of Australian respondents think the government should do more to promote gender equality.
News & Views Australia faces international pressure on human rights Australia has faced international pressure at the UN’s human rights council to improve its standing on human rights issues.
News & Views Girls Can’t Surf shows how determined women battled sexism in their sport A new documentary is an extraordinary window into the second-class treatment once endured by female surfers.
News & Views Tyler Wright just made history, becoming first woman to win a WSL final at Pipeline Tyler Wright has won the Maui Pro final in Hawaii at the first female championship tour event ever to be held at the iconic Pipeline break.
Partner Content ‘We need different people & skills working together’: Women in STEM on the lessons from an unprecedented year In Australia, a diversity of experts leading across health data and STEM; many of whom have contributed to our navigation of the pandemic.
News & Views What’s behind the gender imbalance in top-level chess? Women remain underrepresented in the world of chess, making up just 37 of 1600 international chess grandmasters, writes David Smerdon.
News & Views Women’s financial security has improved since the beginning of the year, but the situation remains volatile according to Women’s Index What’s clear from the Financy Women’s Index is that on-going inequalities faced by many Australian women has been exposed by the Coronavirus.