Libby Lyons

How do you spin a gender pay gap, can you ever spin one? Any pay gap is bad new, no matter what the Government tells you.

Australia’s national gender pay gap has officially dropped to 13.4 per cent, marking a small decline of 0.6 percentage points.

Woolworths and AstraZenica are among the organisation recognised with a citation for their efforts as employers promote gender equality.

Not only is the 40:40 Vision for gender equality at ASX200 companies good for business, it is integral to our economic future.

Champion of gender equality Libby Lyons has begun a new role as Chair of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Limited board.

In episode four of the Women are the Business podcast, we hear from two experts who have worked for years in the area of gender equality in the workplace

We’ll be featuring stories on all eight episodes of the Women Are The Business podcast here on Women’s Agenda, thanks to our partnership with the University of Melbourne. 

‘Disappointing’ is the way the WGEA director Libby Lyons describes the results from Australia’s latest gender equality scorecard.

Targets for flexible work as well as other opportunities to help dads balance caring responsibilities with work could be a game changer

The list also features Melinda Gates, Michelle Obama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Tarana Burke and Winnie Byanyima.

The latest WGEA data shows that while we might be moving in the right direction the pace of change for women is glacial and there are potholes aplenty.

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency is set to receive $8 million from the Federal Government to upgrade its systems for pay gap reporting in support of workplace gender equality.