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Australia’s progress on gender equality will likely be tracked in a brand new annual ‘Report Card’, launched to coincide with Worldwide Girls’s Day.
The very first Standing of Girls Report Card, launched on Wednesday, confirmed girls and ladies nonetheless dealing with distinctive challenges in Australia.
In addition to twice as many ladies experiencing sexual harassment as males, girls over 55 are the quickest rising group of individuals experiencing homelessness.
Girls additionally nonetheless do the lion’s share of unpaid home tasks, even when they’re the first breadwinner – at 24.1 hours in comparison with 19.1 hours.
These components contribute to Australia being ranked 43rd on this planet for gender equality, in accordance with the World Financial Discussion board.
Making the problem even better, 30 per cent of Australian males don’t consider that gender inequality exists, which is greater than the worldwide common of 21 per cent.
Girls’s minister Katy Gallagher says the Albanian authorities is dedicated to creating gender equality a nationwide precedence.
“The truth is, whereas we’re making some positive aspects on gender equality, we aren’t there but and, in some features of girls’s lives, progress has stalled,” Senator Gallagher mentioned.
“Shining a lightweight on these statistics could also be confronting however it’s essential if we’re to have an trustworthy dialog about gender equality on this nation.”
An unlimited assortment of information contained within the report helps paint an image of what life seems like for ladies in Australia, together with that over 1 / 4 had been born abroad and near 18 % establish as having a incapacity.
A nationwide technique will likely be launched by the federal government within the second half of this 12 months to information “complete of neighborhood” motion.
– AAP
