Gender equity

Pay gap

According to the Women’s Gender Equality Agency, Australia’s gender pay gap — the difference between the average earnings for men and women — is the combined result of social and economic factors that reduce women’s earning capacity over their lifetime. Women are also disproportionately more likely to be doing unpaid work at home. Gender inequality also provides the underlying conditions for violence against women.

We need gender equality urgently. Gender equality prevents violence against women and girls and is essential for economic prosperity. Gender equality and women’s economic security will benefit boys and men too, through increased personal wellbeing, stronger relationships, greater economic growth and more peaceful societies. Societies that value all genders equally are safer and healthier — it’s in everyone’s interests to achieve gender equality.