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Economic equality

Report

Preventing ageing unequally


How will future retirees fare? This report examines the two global megatrends of population ageing and rising inequalities. Key themes for Australia are inequalities in income and health and large regional differences.
Technical report

Resilient families, strong communities: mapping service expenditure and outcomes in the Pilbara and the Kimberley

Paul Isaachsen

This report, commissioned by the Western Australian Department of Communities Regional Services Reform Unit, examines Indigenous outcomes and government service provision expenditure at a sub-regional level.
Report

The global gender gap report 2016


This annual report measures the degree of gender disparities in 144 countries, using the Global Gender Gap Index. Since 2015, 68 countries (out of 142 measured in both years) have increased their overall gender gap score, while 74 have seen it decrease. The report concludes that 2016 has been an ambiguous year for global gender...
Article

Why Australian women over 55 aren’t exactly enjoying the time of their lives


The implications for women of the world’s rapidly ageing population are profound. The gender inequalities they have experienced throughout their lives cumulate and become more visible as they grow older. Australia lags behind most other developed countries when it comes to the economic and social well-being of people over 60. While the health status of...
Strategy

Safe and strong: a Victorian gender equality strategy


This resource presents Victoria’s first Gender Equality Strategy, which aligns with other equality strategies and is intended to serve as a gateway to pursuing equality in all its forms.