Executive summary
This report investigates the impact of the social values and views on gender equality. A gender inequality refers to unequal treatment based on gender in which there is significance focus on the gap in wages between men and women, some may refer to this as a glass ceiling. This report examines the wage gap between males and females working full time. Moreover, the report also limit their analysis to full-time workers to make a valid comparison of earnings. Analysing the wage gap between males and female students are increasingly common. Due to college graduates there is a rise in proportion of the labour forces importantly for women. The objective of the report …show more content…
Furthermore, the aid programme also plays a significant role in womens empowerment with providing health, governance, rural development sectors and education. Australia’s approach towards gender equality and gender empowerment is very focused and supportive because the programme’s objective is to work with the government and the civil society partners, making policies and collecting evidence efficiently, active involvement in the global debate concerning gender equality and womens empowerment and providing education about gender issues by participating in Global Ambassador for women and raising issues on the higher levels. According to Adema, (2013) there have been a rise in gender equality in the labour market, due to advantage of the female education, in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries from 58% to 72% for the year 1990 and in 2010, which shows the narrowing of the gender gap in the Australian Labour market, this shows that the actions are being taken seriously towards gender, the report also discusses about the direct link with the family and work which contribute towards considerations that are being taken care for women. …show more content…
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