Why are economic factors an issue for women?
Economic factors are a priority issue as limited access to and the inequitable distribution of financial resources can result in poorer health outcomes. Women in Australia have fewer financial resources, less wealth and property, and high family burdens in the dual economies of paid and unpaid work than their male counterparts.
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Publisher: Australian Women’s Health Network, April 2014
Status – CURRENT
The paper begins with an overview of the climatic and economic drivers of inequality,then provides evidence of ongoing injustice for women – the context within which women experience climatic and economic disaster.
Publisher: Communities, Sport and Recreation, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Tasmanian Government, 2016
Status – CURRENT
This page provides fact-sheets with up-to-date statistical snapshots of women and girls in Tasmania. The data comes from a wide range of recently available sources and can be used by government, non-government and private sectors to inform policy development and service delivery. The Fact Sheets will help measure change during the coming years and assess our progress in achieving equality for women and girls in Tasmania.
Publisher: Government of South Australia, 2016
Status – CURRENT
Strategic framework to address gender inequality within South Australian public sector. This gender-informed resource is a subset of the South Australian Women’s Policy and video links to the 2016 Gender Equality Leadership Summit held in South Australia.
Publisher: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian Government, 2016
Status – CURRENT
This strategy applies to the work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and other Australian government agencies delivering Official Development Assistance (ODA). This document outlines why and how we work on gender equality and women’s empowerment in foreign policy, in economic diplomacy and aid for trade, in the aid program, and in our corporate and human resource policies.
Publisher: Our Watch, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, PWC, 2015
Status – CURRENT
This report demonstrates that the cost of violence against women to society remains high and is increasing. At the same time, there are significant potential cost savings and other economic and social benefits to be gained from primary prevention strategies that improve equality in relationships and society.
Publisher: The University of Queensland, August 2014
Status – Current
The survey from YWCA and report from the Institute of Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland reveal that negative gender-based stereotypes damage young women’s working lives, their sense of self, their safety in relationships, and their leadership capacity.
Publisher: Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQ University Australia, 2011
Status – CURRENT
This study focuses on intimate partner abuse among cohabiting, heterosexual partners living in the state of Queensland. Specifically, the study is concerned with the abuse of women by their current marriage or de facto male partners. It aims to identify prevalence and the nature, socio‐demographic and behavioural variables, and the impact of the experience of abuse on women’s health status
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Publisher: Centre for Social Impact University of WA
Status – CURRENT
The first detailed picture using non-administrative data of the physical and mental health outcomes and broader life experiences of women sleeping rough in Australia. Women sleeping rough experience elevated rates of physical and mental health conditions, substance abuse issues, domestic violence and interactions with the justice system relative to both the general population and women experiencing other forms of homelessness (such as couch surfing or supported accommodation).
Publisher: Save the Children Australia, 2016
Status – CURRENT
An Australian report building on findings from the International State of Mother’s.provides a state by state breakdown of the best and worst areas to be a mother based on and including financial security and access to services. Identifies regional and remote areas as significantly disadvantaged.
Publisher: Our Watch, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, PWC, 2015
Status – CURRENT
This report demonstrates that the cost of violence against women to society remains high and is increasing. At the same time, there are significant potential cost savings and other economic and social benefits to be gained from primary prevention strategies that improve equality in relationships and society.
Publisher: Australian Government Workplace Gender Equality Agency, 2015
Status – CURRENT
This Data Explorer has been created using data from non-public sector organisations with 100 or more employees that report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency annually under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. The Explorer includes data from the 2013-14 and 2014-15 reporting periods.
Publisher: Australian Bureau Statistics, August 2015
Status – CURRENT
Statistics on Gender Indicators. Indicators are spread across six major areas of social concern for gender equality (Economic security, Education, Health, Work and family balance, Safety and justice, and Democracy, governance and citizenship).
Publisher: Curtin University and Bankwest, 2016
Status – CURRENT
The report findings draw attention to the greater remuneration men receive compared to women in almost every scenario, but particularly in more senior occupation levels. The large and persistent gender pay gaps among managers highlights the likely evidence of biased behaviours throughout organisations, where men are given preferential pay treatment over women in senior management levels.
Publisher: Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQ University Australia, 2011
Status – CURRENT
This study focuses on intimate partner abuse among cohabiting, heterosexual partners living in the state of Queensland. Specifically, the study is concerned with the abuse of women by their current marriage or de facto male partners. It aims to identify prevalence and the nature, socio‐demographic and behavioural variables, and the impact of the experience of abuse on women’s health status
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health, 2005
Status – CURRENT
Australia’s changing demographics raise issues for social and financial sustainability. These will affect women more strongly than men, for several reasons. It is mainly women who care for children and for frail and disabled family members, even though most women – even young mothers – are now also in the paid workforce. And while many women have moved into higher education and professional careers, they still predominate in part-time and casual positions, and most have some time out of the workforce to undertake family care. The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) provides an opportunity to look at links between women’s health and changes in Australia.
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health, 2005
Status – Current
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) regularly collects information about how women use their time, including the amount of time spent in paid and unpaid work and leisure, and relates this to health and well-being. As research has repeatedly shown, Australian women of all ages are spending more time in the paid workforce, but still take the main responsibility for the unpaid care of their families, whatever their paid employment commitments. Despite this, ALSWH data show that, at least in middle age, women with paid work are in better health than those without, but the desirable amount of paid work varies depending on women’s other responsibilities.
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2003
Status – CURRENT
Younger rural women’s aspirations and life experiences are very different from those of their city cousins (see Figures 1 and 2). Rural women marry younger and have more children, at an earlier age, than urban women. They are also less likely to have completed high school or have post-secondary qualifications. Rural women of all ages are more likely to do unpaid work in the family business or farm. Lack of qualifications and experience, combined with a depressed rural job market, restrict their options for paid work.
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Publisher: Australian Government, 2016
Status – CURRENT
There are almost 4 million Australians who have unpaid caring responsibilities and most of those people care for children. Supporting Working Parents offers information to businesses on compliance and legal obligations that can have added benefits to the bottom line, morale and help employers avoid tricky legal situations.
Publisher: Australian Human Rights Commission, 2016
Status – CURRENT
While compliance with legal obligations assists business to create workplaces that support working parents, several organisations have taken this a step further by implementing innovative, leading practices that advance this goal. Supporting working parents through targeted strategies can reduce business costs related to recruitment, retraining and restructures, widen the talent pool, increase organisational productivity and performance and improve organisational reputation. The ‘Successful strategies to support working parents’ resource for employers highlights these ‘leading practices’ as opportunities that can be used to successfully support pregnant employees and working parents. It brings together strategies implemented by leading Australian employers, many of which are effective, low cost and easy to deliver.
Publisher: Australian Government Workplace Gender Equality Agency, 2015
Status – CURRENT
This Data Explorer has been created using data from non-public sector organisations with 100 or more employees that report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency annually under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. The Explorer includes data from the 2013-14 and 2014-15 reporting periods.
Publisher: National Rural Women’s Coalition,2015
Status – CURRENT
The Weather the Storm kit has been prepared to support women to prepare for disasters and emergencies. The kit consists of three manuals which can be downloaded. Part 1 – Manual. The kit is set out and designed so it can be delivered for community groups. It can be used by anyone, however some skills or awareness of group facilitation would be useful. The kit gives a step-by-step guide to planning and delivering the program and can be adapted to fit different communities and varying natural disaster types e.g. cyclones, floods, bushfires etc. It follows a ‘ think and discover, plan, design, deliver and evaluate’ format. The content of the program is set out in a manner that is easy to follow e.g. how to set up, what to do as women arrive, how to work through the session and how to end the sessions etc. Part 2 – Tools and Templates. This section has all the specific information, worksheets and tools needed to design a program. It includes sample invitation letters, worksheets, participation certificates, post program surveys etc. Part 3 – Resources. This section has the resources which you can print off and provide as handouts to participants or resources to set up e.g. an emergency bushfire kit contents; how to use BOM information services.
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Gender equality and women’s empowerment strategy
/in Government Policy, International (global) /by adminPublisher: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian Government, 2016
Status – CURRENT
This strategy applies to the work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and other Australian government agencies delivering Official Development Assistance (ODA). This document outlines why and how we work on gender equality and women’s empowerment in foreign policy, in economic diplomacy and aid for trade, in the aid program, and in our corporate and human resource policies.
Abortion Policies and Reproductive Health around the World
/in International (global) /by adminPublisher: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, 2014
Status – CURRENT
This report presents information on changes in legal grounds for abortion and related reproductive health policies since around the time of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, for 197 countries in the world, including all 193 Member States of the United Nations, 2 Observer States (the Holy See and the State of Palestine) and 2 non-member States (Cook Islands and Niue) of the United Nations. The report is based primarily on information available from the World Population Policies Database. The report also draws information from the World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision of the United Nations Population Division and the ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Survey conducted by the United Nations Population Fund in 2012, as well as selected data from other sources.
Women, ageing and health : a framework for action
/in Policy Development Tool /by adminPublisher: World Health Organization, 2007
Status – CURRENT
The framework addresses the health status and factors that influence women’s health at midlife and older ages with a focus on gender. It provides guidance on how policy-makers, practitioners, non-government organisations and civil society can improve the health and wellbeing of ageing women by simultaneously applying both a gender and an ageing lens in their policies, programmes and practices, as well as in research.
Five-year Review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing + 5) held in the General Assembly, 5 – 9 June 2000
/in Other /by adminPublisher: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Status – CURRENT
The aim of the Beijing Declaration is to “advance the goals of equality, development and peace for all women everywhere in the interest of all humanity”. The website includes all documents, agendas, statements and other information relevant to the 5, 10 and 15 year reviews of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
United Nations millennium goals
/in International (global) /by adminPublisher: United Nations, September 2000
Status – CURRENT
The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. The MDGs, erived from this, comprise eight goals that all 191 UN Member States have agreed to achieve by the year 2015
Beijing declaration and platform for action
/in International (global) /by adminPublisher: United Nations. Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995
Status – CURRENT
The Platform for Action is an agenda for women’s empowerment. It aims at … removing all the obstacles to women’s active participation in all spheres of public and private life through a full and equalshare in economic, social, cultural and political decision-making. This means that the principle of shared power and responsibility should be established between women and men at home, in the workplace and in the wider national and international communities. Equality between women and men is a matter of human rights and a condition for social justice and is also a necessary and fundamental prerequisite for equality, development and peace. A transformed partnership based on equality between women and men is a condition for people-centred sustainable development. A sustained and long-term commitment isessential, so that women and men can work together for themselves, for their children and for society to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
/in International (global), Other /by adminPublisher: UN General Assembly, 1979
Status – CURRENT
The Convention provides the basis for realizing equality between women and men through ensuring women’s equal access to, and equal opportunities in, political and public life — including the right to vote and to stand for election — as well as education, health and employment. States parties agree to take all appropriate measures, including legislation and temporary special measures, so that women can enjoy all their human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Convention is the only human rights treaty which affirms the reproductive rights of women and targets culture and tradition as influential forces shaping gender roles and family relations. It affirms women’s rights to acquire, change or retain their nationality and the nationality of their children. States parties also agree to take appropriate measures against all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of women. Countries that have ratified or acceded to the Convention are legally bound to put its provisions into practice. They are also committed to submit national reports, at least every four years, on measures they have taken to comply with their treaty obligations.