The Australian Government is committed to advancing gender equality as a national priority and making Australia one of the most gender equal societies in the world.
The Status of Women Report Card, released on International Women’s Day 2023, provides a picture of what life looks like for women in 2023.
Australia has made progress towards gender equality, but the data tells us that there is still work to be done.
Collecting data, and engaging with what the data tells us, is critical to making the invisible visible, measuring progress and holding ourselves accountable for achieving impact. Data also helps us to understand what life is like for women and girls in Australia and to talk about what we need to do to change the story.
The report card shows the challenges women and girls in Australia face through youth and young adulthood, in careers and working life, through parenthood and families, and in later life. It looks at education, economic outcomes, health, safety and wellbeing, housing and gender norms.
This is just some of the data available – but we also know there are data gaps. The National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality will look at these issues, as well on ongoing data collection and reporting to support us to track progress.
The Government will release a Status of Women Report Card every International Women’s day to shine a light on where more effort is needed to achieve gender equality in Australia.
View the Status of Women Report Card