Economic inequity
- In Australia, women’s superannuation balances at retirement are 47 percent lower than men’s
https://clarety-wis.s3.amazonaws.com/userimages/Resources/Not%20So%20Super%20for%20Women%20-%20Superannuation%20and%20Women’s%20Retirement%20Outcomes.pdf - In 2015-2016, Australian woman are reaching retirement with an average of $113,660 less superannuation than the average male. As a result, women are more likely to experience poverty in their retirement years and be far more reliant on the Age Pension
www.humanrights.gov.au/education/face-facts/face-facts-gender-equality-2018 - Australia’s current gender pay for full-time work is 15.3 percent. Women earn on average $253.70 a week less than men
https://www.wgea.gov.au/sites/default/files/gender-pay-gap-statistics.pdf - Employees in female-dominated industries such as health care and social assistance are paid significantly less than employees in male-dominated industries
https://www.wgea.gov.au/sites/default/files/BCEC%20WGEA%20Gender%20Pay%20Equity%20Insights%202017%20Report.pdf - Women are more likely to be in casual employment than men: 25.5 percent of all female employees in Australia are casual compared to 19.7 percent of male employees
https://www.actu.org.au/media/349417/lives_on_hold.pdf - Victorian women are over-represented as part-time workers in low-paid industries and in insecure work, and continue to be underrepresented in leadership roles in the private and public sectors
www.humanrights.gov.au/education/face-facts/face-facts-gender-equality-2018 - Women spend 64.4 percent of their average weekly working time on unpaid care work compared to 36.1 percent for men
http://mams.rmit.edu.au/91rjuiz8jw2t.pdf - Raising children accounts for a 17 percent loss in lifetime wages for women
https://www.wgea.gov.au/sites/default/files/Parental-leave-and-gender-equality.pdf - For migrant and refugee women, women with disabilities and LGBTI women, gender-based discrimination is intensified and inequality is compounded by racism, ableism, homophobia and transphobia. For instance,
- For migrant and refugee women, underemployment is much higher
http://sydney.edu.au/business/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/44107/OECDEU_migrant_women_and_work.pdf - Women with disabilities and men with disabilities have different economic opportunities, with disabled women less likely to be in the paid workforce than disabled men
http://wwda.org.au/about/snapshot/ - According to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence, LGBTI people experiencing family violence are regularly rendered invisible.
http://www.rcfv.com.au/MediaLibraries/RCFamilyViolence/Reports/Final/RCFV-Summary.pdf
- For migrant and refugee women, underemployment is much higher
Violence against women
Please visit our Action to Prevent Violence Against Women website for a comprehensive list of statistics related to the impact and prevalence of violence against women.
Sexual harassment
- Eight out of ten women aged 18 to 24 were harassed on the street in the past year
http://www.tai.org.au/sites/defualt/files/Everyday_sexism_TAIMarch2015_0.pdf - 22% of females had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace at some time
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/sex-discrimination/publications/sexual-harassment-serious-business-2008
Sexual and reproductive health
- In Victoria we’ve seen abortion decriminalised, however accessing abortion is still difficult, particularly in regional Victoria and for women migrant women
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-02/access-gaps-to-abortion-services-in-victoria/9007024
Other sources of data and statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics – data about the Australian population including health, wellbeing and demographics
Australian Human Rights Commission – gender equality statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare – information and statistics to promote better health and wellbeing.
Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) – produces research on violence against women and their children according to its national research agenda.
Our Watch – facts and figures related to violence against women
Victorian Family Violence Data Portal – includes information from Victoria Police, Magistrates’ Court, Children’s Court, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice and Regulation and Victoria Legal Aid.
VicHealth – research on attitudes towards violence against women
Victorian Women’s Health Atlas – a interactive tool to assist in the identification of gender impacts on key health areas. Enables data comparison between LGAs, regions and the state.
Women’s Health Victoria Clearinghouse – library of 14,000 online and print resources on women’s health policy, women’s health promotion, preventative health, health determinants, and advocacy in an Australian and Victorian context.
Workplace Gender Equality Agency – fact sheets and research reports on gender equality in the workplace, including the gender pay gap