Female nurses face significant gender pay gap
Female nurses in Australia face a pay gap of up to 13%, with male nurses promoted faster, and in more executive roles despite women making up nearly 90% of the nursing workforce. Edith Cowan University (ECU) researchers who collated the data, have called for a range of flexible work environments to offer more opportunities to […]
‘Drama queen’: Two-thirds of women experience bias and discrimination in Australia’s health system
Two out of three women experience bias and discrimination within Australia’s health system, a new report has revealed. The findings, emerging from the first End Gender Bias survey, were released today by Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Ged Kearney, at the 2024 National Women’s Health Summit at Parliament House in Canberra. “The results […]