Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks with a family following a child-care funding announcement in Montréal in August 2021.
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The recent federal election could be a game-changer for organizational gender inequality. The proposed Canada-wide child-care strategy could have a profound impact.
Australia used to be a pioneer when it came to equal pay. Today, the average woman has to work an extra 61 days each year to earn the same as the average man.
‘Who are you calling pessimistic?’
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An experimental study found that the vast majority of women didn’t support a pay policy that corrected for an advantage they received, slightly more than men in the same position.
Australia has gone backwards in global gender parity rankings, with even universities, which should be leading the way, failing on this front. But women are now saying enough is enough.
You might expect progressive policies in our universities, but a parental leave system of primary and secondary caregivers – the first 93% women, the second 96% men – perpetuates the gender gap.
Robert Breunig, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University and Yinjunjie Zhang, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Women who earn more than their male partners are more likely to suffer domestic violence.
Only 9% of London firms reported that they collect data on their disability pay gap.
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John Zilvinskis, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Jennifer Gillis, Binghamton University, State University of New York, and Kelli K. Smith, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Findings add to growing concerns about the wage gap between men and women – as well as a gap between Asians and whites.
Photograph by Peter Dobrovits courtesy of Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Peter Dobrovits
They chained themselves to buildings, entered male-only pubs and were dragged out by police. The documentary Brazen Hussies tells the story of the warriors of second wave feminism.