Category: Representation

The Australian Gender Equality Scorecard

The new data shows some encouraging signs – a continued downward trajectory of the gender pay gap, increased women’s representation in leadership and that more employers are taking action to address gender inequality. But progress is modest at best.

He said, she said

Of nearly 100,000 distinct words used in the collected news articles, “he” was the 16th most frequently used. By comparison, the equivalent female pronoun – “she” – was the 66th most frequently used. “She” turned up 11,765 times, while “he” appeared more than 40,000 times.

Mates over Merit: The Women in Media Report

“Progress towards equality for women in media is disappointingly slow,” Tracey Spicer, national convenor of Women in Media, said. “While there are more women than ever before working in the industry, they still dominate the lower paid, less powerful positions.”

See Jane? Or don’t see Jane.. not in the movies anyway

From 2006 to 2009, not one female character was depicted in G-rated family films in the field of medical science, as a business leader, in law, or politics. In these films, 80.5% of all working characters are male and 19.5% are female, which is a contrast to real world statistics, where women comprise 50% of the workforce.

CBA on the shop floor

Retailers who provide an extremely good customer experience have an average of 47% female executives, compared to just 35% among those businesses where customer experience is poor.

Women candidates and the election

The 228 female politicians running for the senate in this election are getting bumped down the ticket by their parties, according to new research by the Women’s Electoral Lobby.