Women economic conditions
Briefing paper
Going backwards: how NDIS workforce arrangements are undermining decent work and gender equality
Ensuring decent jobs for NDIS workers is critical for a sustainable and productive care and support economy and for quality care and support. This paper argues that better jobs for this growing workforce are also important if Australia is to build a more gender-equal society.
Report
Getting on at work: progression and promotion of women with disability in the Victorian public service
This research looked at experiences of people who identified as women with disability in the Victorian Public Service. It identified enablers and barriers to progression and promotion and found that women with disability were often put in the ‘too-hard basket’ by managers. It also recommended inclusive practices.
Essay
Revolution and reform: the women's liberation movement and the Whitlam years
In this Whitlam legacy paper, Elizabeth Reid revisits the feminist revolution of the Whitlam years and her place at the nexus of the women's liberation movement and the Whitlam Government.
Discussion paper
Seize the moment: a plan to secure Australia’s economic future
This document is the BCA’s contribution to Australia’s public policy agenda, at a time when the country faces global uncertainty and the urgent need to decarbonise the economy, and is witnessing other nations embarking on policies that risk shifting investment and activity away from Australian shores.
Report
Report of the First Nations Women’s Economic Participation Review
This review is the New South Wales Government’s first step in identifying the specific barriers to economic participation experienced by First Nations women.