When
women and men enjoy equal rights, conditions, and opportunities, as well as the
freedom to influence their own lives and contribute to the advancement of
society, gender equality has been attained.
Gender equality improves the safety and health of our communities.
Societies with inequality are less cohesive. They engage in more violent and antisocial behavior. More nations are connected when there is greater gender equality. Their citizens are happier and in better health.
Gender equality is good for the economy.
We pay the price every day that
gender equality is not achieved.
· If women entered the employment at the same rate that men did after
completing their postsecondary degree, the Australian economy would benefit by
$8 billion.
· Businesses that have at least 30% female executives are 15% more
successful.
· In most regions (with the exceptions of Eastern and Southern Asia
and the Caucasus and Central Asia), a higher proportion of women aged 25 to 54
are participating in the labor force than in the past. A large increase has
been observed in Latin America and the Caribbean and Southern Europe (10
percentage points or more) Women dominate in three services subsectors:
education, health and social work, and private household as employers, in both
developing and developed countries. The average share of women working in the
sector of private household as employers” (mainly domestic workers) is 73% in
developing countries and 83% in developed countries. Women represent 64% and
71% of workers in the education sector, and 59% and 78% of workers in the
health and social work sector, in developing and developed countries,
respectively.
References:
Victorian Government. (2021) The benefits of gender equality. Available at: The benefits of gender equality | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)
Libraryresources (2015) Women and Gender Equality work key findings Available at:
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