The NSW Government’s 2024 Women in Construction report reveals systemic issues of gender inequality in the construction industry, with 32% of workers experiencing discrimination and 22% facing harassment. In this environment, anonymous reporting as a critical tool for empowering workers to safely address these challenges and fostering meaningful cultural change.

While shocking, the recent stories of sexual harassment and assault in Swillhouse Group venues will be all too familiar to anyone who has worked in hospitality. These workplaces are often rife with sexual harassment and discrimination. Understanding the industry challenges that contribute to these problems is crucial to developing methods of addressing them and creating safer workplaces in hospitality.

How everyday sexism undermines and undercuts women’s achievements

This week, women have been making gains from medal podiums to world politics. Even so, everyday sexism is always here to put us back in our place.

A new report from Victoria University and the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria demonstrates that people face similar barriers to reporting racism as they do reporting workplace sexual harassment.

The factors that drive sexual harassment in retail may be complex and many but, as ANROWS’ report reveals, actions to improve the industry are clear, research based, and desperately needed.

What’s happening in media in Australia?

From a shocking gender pay gap (71% in the upper pay quartile) to 75% of women experiencing sexual harassment, it’s no wonder so many women in media are dissatisfied with their career (57%). Read on to find out more in this week’s blog, breaking down the ‘Women in Media 2024 report’.

We may know that inclusion is important for organisational culture, but few workplaces have the tools and knowhow to understand how inclusion and exclusion work in their contexts.

Intersectionality is a fast-growing and important consideration in the areas of sexual harassment and diversity, equity and inclusion. Research has demonstrated that sexual harassment is complex and based in various forms of power, including social and political power. We now know that intersectional discrimination – overlapping experiences of oppression and disadvantage – is a key driver of sexual harassment. As such, intersectionality must be at the core of our efforts to prevent and respond to sexual harassment and related unlawful conduct.