International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the achievements of women across the world but it is also a time to acknowledge the discrimination that women continue to face in the workplace and beyond. It is a level of discrimination that results in women in Australia being paid at least $1m less than a man throughout their working life.
In a new report, my colleague at the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work, Eliza Littleton, and I have found some pretty jaw-dropping instances of how large and widespread the pay gap remains, detailed in a new report.