Tag: Gender

Key inclusion priorities for government action

As Australia enters a new chapter, advancing workplace inclusion must be a national priority. We’ve identified key priorities for government action.

How to create safe, respectful, and gender equal workplaces

Workplaces are more than just places where we clock in and out: they’re communities. Like any community, they thrive when people feel safe, respected and treated equally. Creating that type […]

Menopause in the workplace: Why it’s time to rethink how to support midlife women

When I was approached by Diversity Council Australia to write a piece about menopause in the workplace to mark World Menopause Day (18th October), out of curiosity I looked back […]

Release of National Carer Strategy

DCA welcomes the government’s renewed commitment to Australia’s three million unpaid carers in its new ten-year National Carer Strategy.

Diversity and Inclusion in 2023

Key issues in the Diversity and Inclusion space during 2023 and important research that DCA will bring on workplace issues.

The gender pay gap nears $1 billion per week

The latest edition of She’s Price(d)less shows that the national pay gap is estimated at $966m per week or $51.8b per year.

On being a family friendly workplace …

Being a family friendly workplace is fundamentally more than offering simple flexibility around family commitments.

Childlessness – the unspoken workplace inclusion issue

A blog piece to encourage you to reflect on issues that may be affecting employees who are childless, and not by choice.

Happy International Women’s Day 2022

March 8 is International Women’s Day and the theme this year is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. 

Australia should consider Iceland’s strategy to overcome the gender pay gap

Iceland has made it illegal to pay women less than men for similar work. This begs the question of whether Australian could and should be doing the same thing.