New research indicates living with daughters can help lower gender wellbeing inequality in old age. But it also hints at the enduring influence of culture.
The naming, for the first time, of specific companies, not just industries, and what they pay their male and female workers, is set to pressure employers to take action.
School-leavers want flexibility and gig work offers it. But how will that affect the economy?
A new report reveals gendered disadvantage in Australia is so deeply systemic and entrenched that even the COVID-19 pandemic failed to have an impact.
The rise of influencer culture has been meteoric, but what’s going on behind the selfie stick? And what does it have to do with gender dynamics?
Australia has leapt to 26th in the 2023 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, but we’re still behind countries such as New Zealand and Rwanda.
There’s an urgent need to recalibrate the mental healthcare sector so it better-serves those most in need.
The October 2022 budget marks a departure from the “blokier” budgets of recent years, centring gender equality and the care economy rather than high-vis and hard hats.
Single Australian women over 60 are the most likely to live in poverty, earning less than $30,000 a year, and it's taking a heavy emotional toll, with mental distress on the rise.
Australian fatherhood remains closely tied to “breadwinning”. History helps us to understand why.
The early phase of a scheme aimed at closing glaring gaps in information-sharing about family violence is starting to pay off.
The economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis have reinforced gender inequality across the globe – as shown in the medical research field.
Sharman Stone has worked to advance the rights of women for more than 20 years, in Parliament and as Ambassador for Women and Girls, but her work isn't finished yet.
They account for more than 50 per cent of medical graduates, but women still face stiff opposition rising to the top of their profession.
Recent reports show that women's representation in the industry has grown significantly, but the number in leadership roles is disappointing.
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