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Posts tagged "gender equity"

Why did you create United Mothers? What does it want to see changed?

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Sam Hardy in Blog, Child care, Flexible work, Gender equity, Secure work, Single parenting, Superannuation
Sam and Eve park 10

I was recently asked these questions at a play date with friends. My response went something like this… We are told that the first 5 years of life are the most important in terms of brain health, school success and adult physical and mental health. If we agree that the highest quality care is usually […]

child care, flexible work, gender equity, gender pay gap, paid parental leave, right to request, single mums, Tara Moss, wage-penalty effect No Comments View Post

Australia’s (not so) super system is failing mums

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Sam Hardy in Blog, Finance, Flexible work, Secure work, Superannuation
Gender super gap TAI small

Mums say that Australia’s super system is “beyond our understanding, out of our control and not really set up for us”. Lets change this. In March 2013, I blogged about the superannuation gender gap and I shared this powerful infographic. Since then, the issue of superannuation has hardly been out of the headlines. In early […]

discrimination, gender equity, Mark Bouris, Richard Denniss, superannuation, The Australia Institute, Women's Agenda No Comments View Post

The motherhood wage penalty – the hidden cost of maternity leave

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Sam Hardy in Blog, Gender equity
Woman with pram

The coalition’s much heralded $3 billion paid parental leave scheme pledge is one of the few policies that it has publicly announced. As such, the issue of parental leave looks set to feature prominently in the commentary around the upcoming election. A little known issue that may not get much coverage is the motherhood wage […]

discrimination, gender equity, maternity leave, motherhood, paid parental leave, superannuation, The Australia Institute, wage-penalty effect No Comments View Post

Superannuation gender gap secrets revealed

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Sam Hardy in Blog, Gender equity, Secure work, Superannuation
Gender super gap TAI small

Yesterday, the Australia Institute published this powerful infographic. It reveals a 40 year superannuation gender gap of $114,000 that is made worse by time out to have kids. Much of the advice online on how we fix this gap makes it our problem. We must save more now, they say. While I agree with this logical conclusion, […]

CANSTAR, gender equity, superannuation, The Australia Institute View Post

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