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22 octobre 2018

Jobs for Women film project (Agenda 2018)

Funds raised from the NSW Bluestocking Week trivia night supported the Jobs for Women film project. Jobs for Women tells the story of how a small group of women came together to fight one of Australia’s biggest companies at the time, Australian Iron and Steel, later known as BHP. More...

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22 octobre 2018

Bluestocking women change the rules (Agenda 2018)

Bluestocking Week is now in its sixth year and the NTEU, together with the National Union of Students (NUS) has seen the event grow in both scope and size. With more university campuses participating each year, Bluestocking Week is now viewed as an annual event on the university calendar and an opportunity for women in universities and in the broader community to celebrate achievements while highlighting the issues we are still struggling with today. More...

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22 octobre 2018

Barriers still to equality in higher ed (Agenda 2018)

Much has changed since the first generation of women pushed their way into universities well over a century ago, yet women still face barriers to equality. While the proportion of women higher education students keeps increasing, women and men still have different education paths leading to different outcomes, which is also reflected in the careers of women staff. More...

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22 octobre 2018

Athena Swan:support for women in STEMM (Agenda 2018)

Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Initiative is a partnership between the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) and the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE). SAGE’s objective is to improve gender equity in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) in the Australian higher education and research sector, and is looking to do this by building an effective Athena SWAN model for Australia. More...

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22 octobre 2018

Meet resistance with persistence (Agenda 2018)

Are you getting tired of expressions like ‘everyday’ sexism (or racism or homophobia) which can be explained away as ‘unconscious bias’? Even ‘persistent sexism’ has a dispassionate edge as though it is just there. Let’s call it out for what is going on – as women are gaining ground on gender equity, men with power and privilege to lose are actively resisting us. More...

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22 octobre 2018

The Gender Pay Gap… and how Superannuation can help (Agenda 2018)

Talk of the gender pay gap continues (ad infinitum). It has just been announced it is the lowest in 20 years. Still, it is almost 50 years since the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission ruled on historic equal pay cases which would supposedly fix the gender pay gap.
In higher education, it’s not ‘simply’ a matter of running an equal pay case based on work value. In our sector, the pay gap is more likely caused by differences in bonuses and loadings paid to men and women in the same roles, by the prevalence of insecure employment and by career breaks which stall women’s earnings and superannuation contributions. More...

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22 octobre 2018

Politics has a man problem (Agenda 2018)

In terms of women’s parliamentary representation, Australia has moved from 15th place in the world in 1999 to 50th in 2018, largely due to conservative parties losing women. More...

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22 octobre 2018

NTEU women’s Charter presented to ANU VC (Agenda 2018)

Following on from the establishment of the Women’s Action Network (WAN) at the ANU on International Women’s Day this year, our NTEU survey of women at the ANU identified several issues of concern, leading to the development of the WAN Charter. More...

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21 octobre 2018

Open minds are needed to improve the protection of LGBTI asylum seekers in Europe

In many states around the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons face serious violations of their human rights on account of their sexual orientation, gender identity or sex characteristics. More...

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21 octobre 2018

Bridging the gender gap: what Norway can learn from other countries

Our new report, The Gender Gap in Educational Outcomes in Norway, offers some possible explanations for this persistent gap, and outlines potential strategies that Norway and other countries could use to mitigate gender disparities. The report, published today, uses an international comparison analysis to paint a comprehensive portrait of academic gender disparities in Norway and select OECD countries, accounting for gender gaps in achievement, attainment, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours. More...

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