This Victoria government strategy document takes a life course approach to gender equality, focusing on childhood and youth, adulthood and older age.

This guide provides information to assist policy-makers fulfil gender analysis requirements set by government to support gender responsive budgeting. It aims to guide policy-makers in Australian Public Service departments in development of policy for government decision, such as the drafting of a Cabinet Submission or New Policy Proposal (NPP).

This year, the 17th edition of the Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks gender parity across 146 countries, providing a basis for robust cross-country analysis. Further, examining a subset of 102 countries that have been included in every edition of the index since 2006 provides a large constant sample for time-series analysis.

The aim of this paper is to put the COVID-19 pandemic in perspective by observing trends in gender inequality in unpaid domestic or care work over the short and long-term in Australia.

This report argues that although there have been some positive developments, persisting gender inequality and (mis)portrayals in advertising are one of the underlying influences on discrimination and violence against women.