As shocking as the recent allegations are,it is important to also consider today,on International Women’s Day,how profound are the other challenges confronting women.
Economists,think tanks and industry calling on the Morrison government to introduce reform in childcare and superannuation policies in the federal budget,while also introducing female-focused stimulus measures.
Large companies’ gender pay gaps would be made public under a Labor plan it says will help narrow the $242 a week difference between men and women.
Toxic work environments,sexual harassment,abuse. Women and girls across Australia have long known this,which is why they are now speaking with a collective fury.
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics also shows the overall outcome from COVID-19 is a hit to the nation's collective wellbeing.
Women will be paid less than men for decades on the current trajectory and half the nation's employers are not making an effort to close the gender pay gap.
The federal government will prioritise getting women back into jobs in a new plan to ensure the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic doesn't further damage women financially.
This former Aussie rules star and reality TV show contestant knows what it's like to be exhausted and under pressure. The plus side? She's well prepared for her next challenge – parenthood.
The number of women occupying top roles at the nation's biggest listed companies has reached its lowest point in four years.
It's taken this long to appoint the first,and only,female chief executive officer at one of the biggest US banks,and efforts to get more women into senior management have been slow.
The damage to the financial future of women will not be solved with just a traditional stimulus package.