Elsewhere in the world, women are going back to the barricades in pursuit of equal pay in spectacular fashion. Yet here in Australia, the 50th anniversary of the first major national equal pay case re…
Note to the Liberal Party’s Sachin Joshi: Here’s why medicine’s gender pay gap ACTUALLY exists
Another day, another male ‘expert’ telling female doctors why the gender pay gap exists in medicine. Usually it’s because we work fewer hours, undervalue ourselves by charging patients reasonabl…
Voters want action on women’s issues, but will our leaders listen?
More than half of Australians feel women’s issues are recurrently sidelined by the government, according to a new poll released this week. In a survey commissioned by independent lobby group Wo…
Why are there still so few women investing in stocks?
Need a coffee break but want to look busy? Take part in our latest survey exploring women’s investment habits and possible barriers getting in the way. A report from this research will be publis…
U.S women’s soccer team launch crusade for equal pay
The U.S Women’s Soccer team aren’t giving up their pursuit for equal pay without 100% commitment. It started in 2016, when five members of the team filed a complaint with the Equal Employm…
Women at least 12 years off financial equality in Australia
The latest Women’s Index is out and while Bianca Hartge-Hazelman would love to report that the push for economic equality is getting easier, the truth is anything but. She shares more from the finding…
Highest paid women in Australia earn $162,000 less each year than men
The highest paid men in Australia are being paid at least $162,000 more than the highest paid women, according to a new report by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) and the Workplace Gender E…
The 141 companies recognised as employers of choice for women
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has today announced 2018-19 Employers of Choice for Gender Equality. A record 141 organisations were recognised for their commitment and best practice in promoting…
Gender gap widens for female grads with men earning significantly more in some fields
Female undergraduates were still starting out on salaries worth less than their male counterparts in 2018, with the pay gap particularly stark in fields like dentistry and architecture. That’s a…
Tanya Plibersek outlines measures to help close gender pay gap
Labor has today proposed new measures to combat the gender pay gap in female-dominated industries, should it be elected to govern in 2019. Speaking at Labor’s annual conference this week, Shadow…
