Posts tagged "gender"

The gender pay gap stands on the precipice of a backwards slide driven by unresolved structural issues now fuelled by the pandemic.

Bianca Hartge-Hazelman's latest economic gender equality report highlights the pandemic’s ongoing impact on women.

Amidst the crisis of the pandemic, women are disproportionately the ones working day and night to keep their families and households afloat.

In the Australian startup ecosystem, meritocracy does not exist. We lack diversity at the angel, fund, founder, senior leadership and engineering levels. 

Sportsbet engaged in sexist behaviour with its recent marketing campaign, the Ad Standards Board has determined in a recent ruling.

On Monday, Frydenberg announced the good news. On Tuesday, Minister for Women Marise Payne conceded a 14% gender pay gap still exists.

While some in the C-suite are finally starting to think long term when it comes to hiring executives, many others aren’t feeling so confident.

"I’d met a chief executive officer who'd just hired a woman for the role of chief financial officer … who it just so happens was four months pregnant."

We put up with everyday sexism because it can be seen as too small to make a fuss about — but it is widespread and harmful.

Half a century after we recognised the principle of equal pay for equal work, the gender pay gap and 'women's work' remain.

So, let’s keep tracking our traditional diversity numbers, but also recognise it’s about more than gender and have a look at behaviour.

Liberal candidate for Paterson Sachin Joshi believes the gender gap exists because women lack interest in business skills and responsibilities.