WOMEN - WORK AND EDUCATION

Women's work issues
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Attracting more women to join the construction industry is a matter of gender equality and a critical strategy for the industry's development. With only 14 percent in the industry being female, women can strengthen the industry, economy, and community. The Women Building Australia program, funded through a federal government and delivered through Master Builders, offers mentorship program, a female business register, business resilience training and harassment and discrimination support line.
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Women Don't have to have it all to be a Success
r Cle-Anne Gabriel has been told she makes it all look ‘so easy’, having worked in sustainability for the past 16 years, holding multiple high-level leadership roles and being a mum. She says “the truth” is that she doesn’t “have it all”. “By perpetuating the myth that success can be easy, we give young women false expectations of the hard work and sacrifices most will require on their life’s journey,” she says. “And by not giving voice to our struggles, we rob ourselves of the opportunity to celebrate our own wins in the face of adversity.”
alancing work and family commitments has become more stressful for parents and carers in recent years, with the stress being felt more by women, new research has found. The 2024 National Working Families survey, commissioned by Parents at Work and UNICEF Australia, found in the last five years there has been a serious increase in stress for parents and carers in balancing their career and their caring responsibilities outside of work. This increase is largely felt by women, who make up over 70 per cent of carers in Australia, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Last Five Years, The Last Five Years, Working Parent, Flexible Working, Working Mother, Gender Equality
Balancing work and family has left women feeling more stressed than five years ago: Research
alancing work and family commitments has become more stressful for parents and carers in recent years, with the stress being felt more by women, new research has found. The 2024 National Working Families survey, commissioned by Parents at Work and UNICEF Australia, found in the last five years there has been a serious increase in stress for parents and carers in balancing their career and their caring responsibilities outside of work. This increase is largely felt by women, who make up over 70 per cent of carers in Australia, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
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The FinTech led by women and proving startups can play too on paid parental leave equality
We don’t typically associate startups, and especially those in the financial technology space, with great paid parental leave policies. Nor do we typically see women leading and dominating the leadership teams of Fintechs. But risbane Company Paypa Plane is bucking the trend, led by Simone Joyce. The payments platform has just made a commitment to increase paid parental leave for all parents to 12 weeks, giving both mothers and fathers the time to help support shared parenting responsibities.