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Jessica Geraghty, Senior Associate, Economic Prosperity and Democracy program, Grattan Institute

Fewer than 1 in 4 Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. Fixing it is in all our interests

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Australia’s workforce is almost evenly split between men and women. Yet fewer than one in four Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation.

This has improved over time, but at a glacial rate. In 1990, more than half of men (52%) worked in occupations that were more than 80% male. Thirty-five years on, that figure has only declined to 41% of men.

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