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Women and Girls in Tasmania 2016 Fact Sheets

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.

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Gender Equality in Leadership

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.

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Gender equality and women’s empowerment strategy

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.

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Investing in Women’s Futures – South Australia’s Women’s Economic Blueprint

Publisher: Government of South Australia Office for Women, 2016

Status – CURRENT

Building on previously developed policy, Achieving Women’s Equality in 2015, the Investing in Women’s Futures, among other things, focuses on gender pay gaps and financial literacy.

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A High Price to Pay: The Economic Case for Preventing Violence Against Women

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.

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She Speaks Report 2014

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.

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Intimate partner abuse of women in Queensland

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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