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The National Women’s Alliances play a key role in ensuring women’s voices are central in the policy development process by providing evidence based, intersectional gender equality advice and civil society expertise…
Overview of the WGEA Review Report
This report proposes ten recommendations to accelerate progress on gender equality in workplaces and streamline reporting for employers to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
The headline recommendations…
The Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce (WEET) has provided the Australian Government with its final report, Women's Economic Equality: A 10-year plan to unleash the full capacity and contribution of women…
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30 Review (Beijing+30 Regional Review meeting) is being held in Bangkok from 19 to 21 November 2024.The…
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.
This is your opportunity to nominate your leaders, employees, colleagues and peers for Australia’s most prestigious science awards.
The Awards recognise outstanding…
There have been improvements in women's representation in Australia's political and public life, and key leadership roles over recent decades, particularly at all levels of government.Representation of women in…
Care and support are activities that develop and maintain people’s capabilities, independence or quality of life. Across a person’s lifetime, these activities may span many areas, such as health, education or social care.The care and support economy…
Overcoming discriminatory stereotypesWorking for Women is underpinned by the need to change gender attitudes and stereotypes (including for First Nations women, women from CALD backgrounds, older…
These recommendations centre on the development of strategic advice on options to strengthen the NWA model and delivery of its objectives and outcomes.ResourcingEstablish options to increase and extend grant funding for the…
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 …
The Australian Government has announced a $2.1 billion (over 6 years from 2022-23) Budget package focusing on women’s safety, economic security and, health and wellbeing.Gender equality is the foundation for a safe, healthy, and…
The government is committed to advancing gender equality as a national priority and is taking a whole-of-government approach.Gender equality brings with it opportunities for women and men to thrive, making our economy stronger,…
This section explores some of the factors that contribute to women’s economic inequality. Over their lifetimes, women are more likely to earn less than men, are less likely to advance as far in…
The Australian Government is committed to advancing women’s economic equality, including leading a national push to help close the gender pay gap.Economic equality between women and men is essential to achieving…
National Congress of Australia's First PeoplesNational Congress of Australia's First Peoples went into voluntary administration in 2019. The Government provided National Congress $5.4 million between 2013-17 for National Representative Body…
Australia welcomes the opportunity to submit its ninth periodic report (periodic report) under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to the Committee on the Elimination of…
In Australia, progress continues on improving gender equality in workplaces. The gender pay gap decreased from 18.6% a decade ago to 11.9% in 20241. Women’s workforce participation reached an all-time high of 63.5%…
Deloitte Access Economics and Australians Investing in Women, ‘Breaking the Norm: Unleashing Australia’s Economic Potential’, Deloitte Access Economics, November 2022, p. vii.Hill, E., Baird, M.,…
The Global Institute for Women’s Leadership (GIWL) at The Australian National University (ANU) was commissioned by the Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to support an evaluation of National …
$128,000,000,000 is the value to the Australian economy that can be realised by purposefully removing the persistent and pervasive barriers to women’s full and equal participation in economic activity. [1]Despite some…
The care and support economy includes aged care, disability support, Veterans' care and early childhood education and care.It is part of the health care and social assistance industry, which accounts for 15% of Australia's workforce and…
The primary purpose of this report is to assess the suitability of the National Women’s Alliance (NWA) model as a vehicle for bringing women’s voices to the Australian Government to inform policy development.…
We provide clear and persuasive advice to the government on how it might best tackle the significant issues facing Australia. Our priorities include:supporting the Prime Minister in his role as head of the Australian Government and the Cabinet and…