As girls get older, their confidence decreases – from 56 per cent of girls viewing themselves as confident at 10, to 44 per cent by the time they reach 17, to just 27 per cent when they reach adulthood (18-25).
Cracking the Glass-Cultural Ceiling: Workplace discrimination report
Although organisations are increasingly investing in building culturally diverse and gender balanced leadership profiles, culturally diverse women are notably under-represented in leadership ranks.
She’s Price(d)less
Australian women graduate from university in equal numbers to men, but they don’t progress through the workforce at the same rate. Data collected by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows that just one in four key management personnel and one in eight CEOs are women.
Diversity in creative agencies: survey findings from The Agency Circle
CEO/MD roles were 84% male, 16% female
The vast majority of US women believe that the way they look determines their success in life
73 percent of our survey takers say being “beautiful” helps women get ahead at work, and 84 percent believe it gives them an edge in life in general.
Australian Muslim women bear the brunt of Islamophobia
The report captures and critically analyses 243 verified incidents reported to the Islamophobia Register Australia between September 2014 and December 2015.
Women rely on the family home to finance their retirement
In the absence of significant savings, superannuation or other assets, the family home has become the key form of wealth for many Australian women.
What does the 2017 budget mean for Australian women?
Combined, these changes could lead to effective marginal tax rates of possibly 100% or higher for some women.
Who does the housework, according to the latest Census data
Women consistently trade time in employment for greater time in domestic work even when their resources are on par with men. This is in a society that equates femininity with domesticity.
New Financy Women’s Index shows changes
In the 12 months to December 2016, the Financy Women’s Index powered by Data Digger improved 4.1 points to 106.2 points, as the number of women occuping corporate board positions rose and the disparity between average earnings fell to its lowest level in five years.
Less than half of women globally believe women have equal opportunities to men, while almost two thirds of men do
In the US, the country which initiated the global Women’s Marches, 72% of men think women have equal opportunities, compared with 53% of women.
In 1911, 92 of 524 occupations employed no women. A further 103 employed one woman.
No women worked in the navy, defence or police forces. There were no women coach or railway engine drivers, magistrates, electricians or chimney sweeps
