This research represents the first major research study into the Māori women’s economy. The report highlights the economic and wellbeing contributions of wāhine Māori in households, businesses, and communities. It details their socio-economic participation, labour market outcomes, business ownership, leadership, and the value of unpaid work.

Despite some progress over recent years, Australian women still face broad-ranging gender inequality, and continue to shoulder a disproportionate burden of unpaid labour across all spheres of life. This strategy document provides recommendations to inform the Australian government’s action to build economic equality for the ensuing decade.

This report discusses why unpaid work needs to be quantified, how and why unpaid work is under-valued, and the need for unpaid work to be properly recognised as essential for supporting paid work and reducing the burden on governments.

Australian attitudes towards women remain more conservative than in many other OECD countries. This study uses directly assessed normative attitudes, based on nearly two decades of nationally representative household survey data, to consider the role played by peer gender norms.

This report includes a summary of the number of domestic workers worldwide, the share of domestic workers in informal employment, and the extent to which domestic workers are covered by labour and social protection in law and in practice. It also provides strategies for governments, social partners and other stakeholders, to work towards achieving decent...