Working for Women Research Partnership

The Working for Women Research Partnership (the Partnership) brings together the Australian Government Office for Women with leading researchers from three Australian Universities. The Partnership will build knowledge and identify practical solutions to drive women’s economic equality. The Partnership supports implementation of Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality.

The Partnership gathers data on the experiences of Australian workers and reports insights that will guide policy and inform meaningful change.

The Partnership collects data through:

• a nationally representative survey of approximately 5,000 Australian workers
• booster samples to ensure meaningful insights can be gained from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQI+ and migrant workers
• focus groups involving around 400 workers per year.

The Partnership is delivered by a consortium led by the Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion @ Work at the University Sydney, in collaboration with the Centre for Indigenous People and Work (University of Technology Sydney), and the University of Melbourne.

The Working for Women Research Partnership – Research Agenda sets out the Partnership’s objectives, principles, partner organisations and researchers, data collection methods, and planned research themes.

The Partnership commenced in 2025 and is funded to continue to 2030.