What does gender equity mean for you?

What would gender equity look like for you?

What do you believe needs to happen to achieve gender equity?

Below are some themes that may inspire you:

• Representation in arts, culture, history and media

• Sexualisation

• Gender pay gap

• Motherhood penalty

• Financial security

• Feminised roles

• Part time work for men

• Flexible work

• Remote work

• Motherhood

• Parental leave

• Childcare

• Care economy

• Workplace Culture

• Leadership positions

• Mentorship and Support

• Barriers and Challenges

• Career development opportunities

• Societal expectations

• Gender bias

• Stereotypes

• Intersectionality

• Discrimination

• Violence against women

• Your future outlook- what are your hopes and dreams?

• UN International Women’s day theme; ‘Count Her In: Accelerating gender equality through economic empowerment’.

Try to keep between 80-200 words. The below briefs are not a requirement, just an example:

1. Something personal about your journey- e.g. At university I was only female engineer to graduate

2. Briefly outline some of your experience and/or personal life

3. Tie in the UN theme- e.g. Women in engineering are less likely to be in leadership

positions and the pay gap is around 22%. Visible role models and structures that support both men and women to be carers can help to narrow this gap and increase women’s participation and economic empowerment.

4. A sentence about what you or your organisation are doing to empower women- e.g. Our board is 50% female and our organisation is committed to structural changes that improve gender equity outcomes, such as our women in STEM program.

Or:

1. I am a musician and also work as a music teacher

2. I struggled to be able to find time for my music as well as my paid teaching work

3. After becoming a parent, I worked part time as a music teacher, and gave up my own music

4. My work as a mother and teacher requires constant learning and new skills, is demanding, important, and shaping the next generation

5. After my second child, due to the cost of childcare, and valuing my work as a parent, I decided to be a stay a home mother

6. My superannuation and financial security has suffered

7. My hopes for the future would be for both parents to be able to work part time, to have equal responsibility for care and domestic labour, and for equal pay and leadership positions to be available for all genders and part time workers.

Or:

As a senior woman in my community, I have much experience, knowledge, opinions and skills to share. I have seen many positive changes take place in my lifetime, but inequalities, stereotypes and discrimination persist. My hopes for the future are for everyone’s voice to be heard and valued, no matter their age, ability, gender, race, ethnicity, economic or social status.