Resources

Find research, case studies and tools to help your organisation take action against gender inequality issues in the workplace.

 

 

Actions we can take in the workplace to reduce the gender pay gap.

Assistance to address pay equity problems in your organisation.

The Agency showcases what real people and organisations are doing to improve gender equality in their own workplaces across Australia.

Better support for carers in the workplace helps improve gender equality.

Support and protect working parents with good parental leave policy.

Flexibility is a key enabler of gender equality.

Eliminate gender bias that prevent career progression.

Understand how different factors intersect with gender equality in our society.

Recognising family violence as a workplace issue and putting supports in place for employees.

Preventing sex-based discrimination in the workplace.

Engage with employees when implementing gender equality strategies in your workplace.

Helping men access workplace flexibility and parental leave.

Support for small businesses wanting to manage gender equality issues.

Resources

The intersection of gender and technology highlights workplace inequities. The under-representation of women in the education, jobs, and sectors that produce technology influences technology design and function. 

Health crises can exacerbate existing gender inequalities. As the global health pandemic caused by COVID-19 is ongoing, the impacts and effects are still being assessed and understood. However, preliminary research and emerging data show that women are likely to be affected in particular ways by this global pandemic.

Women face greater risk of economic insecurity in retirement than men. To be economically secure in retirement means to be financially secure through a steady income and/or other resources to support a decent standard of living in the foreseeable future.

The Gender Equality Strategy Toolkit equips you with the skills and resources to start and/or continue the change process towards greater gender equality in your organisation.

KPMG has developed this report, She’s Price(d)less: The economics of the gender pay gap, for Diversity Council Australia and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. The report uses structured econometric modelling to determine the factors that underpin the gap, and to what extent they contribute to the issue.

Gender bias is pervasive at work and in organisations, creating inequalities at every stage of the employment cycle. This insight paper highlights some of the research examining how gender bias operates at work and provides evidence-based suggestions for creating more equitable recruitment and promotion systems.

Gender bias is pervasive at work and in organisations, creating inequalities at every stage of the employment cycle, from recruitment to selection to promotion. This leading practice guide provides evidence-based suggestions for creating more equitable hiring and promotion systems.

This fact sheet looks at the features of ‘female-dominated’ and ‘male-dominated’ organisations, while highlighting the unequal distribution of women and men across industries and occupations.