non-traditional roles

MEDIA RELEASE: New WGEA results confirm improvement in gender equality, but more to do to in Australian workplaces

Does industry segregation STEM from the subjects girls and boys choose?

To celebrate and raise awareness of World Youth Skills Day on Sunday 15 July, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is encouraging Australians to reject the idea of ‘girls’ and ‘boys’ subjects in school.

Engineers band together for clear picture on female graduates

Consulting engineering firms know they have a challenge recruiting women into their highly male-dominated industry.

ANZAC Day: remembering when women held down the fort

ANZAC Day is our national day of reflection and commemoration. We remember the brave men and women who served on battlefields and in peacekeeping missions around the world.

Stereotypes about women’s work, men’s work threaten innovation

Australia’s economy will be poorly equipped for future challenges if stereotypes about the kinds of work women and men ‘should’ do persist, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) said today. 

women's work | men's work

A series of profiles of women and men in non-traditional roles, designed to challenge stereotypes about work.

Mother’s Day: let’s value mothers – at work as well as home

This Mother’s Day, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is calling on employers to recognise and celebrate the value of mothers in workplaces and across the economy.