women’s workforce participation

Despite more people moving to regional areas during the pandemic, the AgTech sector still cannot keep up with demand.

Halving the workforce participation gap between men and women would unlock half a million full-time skilled workers, new analysis has found.

The fall in the unemployment rate was a lot of people decided to leave the labour market. The vast majority of these people were women.

Between November 2020 to March 2021, women’s workloads both at home and on the job have increased and their mental health has suffered.

These six businesses including Adore Beuty are calling on encorers via a program that’s supporting women to re-enter the workforce.

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.

That child care reform will benefit high-earning women is a two-bit sideshow compared to the economic and social benefits it will deliver.

On 12th October Georgie Dent will host an event with Sam Mostyn, Lisa Annese & Tarla Lambert to discuss why ECEC is so important for women.

Increasing the childcare subsidy to 95 per cent would boost GDP by up to $7.4 billion per year, at a cost of $5.4 billion, according to KPMG.

Kristine Scheul, Chair of the NAWIC, attended the ‘Women’s Jobs Creation Forum’ held by the Office for Women. She shares more of what happened on the day.

Grandparents and parents are being forced to make difficult decisions about whether grandparents care for grandchildren in this global pandemic.

The work early childhood educators undertake is hard and valuable. Human brains learn more in the first five years than at any other time in their lives.