Tag: gender equity

“Female general practitioners in Australia are earning less than male colleagues, with the pay gap driven by a rebate structure that favours shorter consultations.” – aap

“Women make up just over half of Australia’s population and yet we continue to face significant safety issues in our homes, workplaces and communities, additional barriers to accessing employment, and, as a result increased income insecurity throughout our lives.” – Coral Ross, Chair Australian Gender Equality Council

Thanks to Workplace Gender Equality Agency ( WHEA), the data is out! The WGEA Data Explorer allows users to explore the gender equality outcomes for industries, industry sub-divisions, groups of employers by size and individual employers.

The Gender Equality Act of 2020 Victoria requires certain organisations (defined entities) to undertake a workplace gender audit and regularly collect and report data on gender equality in the workplace. In light of our partnership with Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership, I recommend you share these with your organisational members, colleagues and across the states.

This is a step in the right direction towards equality and is one of the key points AFMW raised in the Consultation on the National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality. Economic empowerment of women gives women choice. Read the Women’s Agenda article,

Financial literacy is important and something we don’t receive any education in. Yet, this is an important key to achieving equality in all spheres of life. Hence, I decided it was worth sharing The Guardian’s evocative pictorial on how to manage funds and prepare for the future.

In this inSight+ article Dr Sidney Chandrasiri, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Epworth HealthCare in Melbourne writes  how tall poppy syndrome and unconscious rivalry from female leaders in more senior roles are two facets that are often unacknowledged. Read this InSight+ article.