ABN: 99 589 872 974, Professionals Australia 2018 Women in the STEM Professions Survey Report, Professionals Australia Women in Engineering: Realising productivity and innovation through diversity, Stemming the Tide: Addressing the attrition of women from the STEM workforce, Unconscious bias – what is it and why is it important in the STEM context? Leaders at all levels need to set the tone by publicly stating that sexual harassment won’t be tolerated and by modeling inclusive behavior. Additional Hours and Unpaid Overtime Report, © 2019 Professionals Australia. Key findings from the Women in the Workplace 2018 report, Read the full report and learn how companies can take action. [9] Australian Council of Trade Unions, Turnbull Government Family and Domestic Violence Leave plan not enough time, and no money (27 March 2018) . This audience should be full of men.”. They are more likely to deal with harassment and everyday discrimination. Chelsea Guglielmino/FilmMagic, via Getty Images. Thomas Barwick | Getty Images. Women in Hollywood marching against sexual harassment last November. They are more likely to have their abilities challenged, to be subjected to unprofessional and demeaning remarks, and to feel like they cannot talk about their personal lives at work. If you require advice on your specific situation, please contact the Workplace Advice & Support team at Professionals Australia. This can include the need to attend an urgent court hearing or to make arrangements for their safety or the safety of a family member. Whether intentional or unintentional, microaggressions signal disrespect. LeanIn.Org and SurveyMonkey partnered to understand what men and women are feeling in the wake #MeToo. Women are doing their part. At the same time, it presents a paradox as it can create barriers to men’s involvement, when in fact each of these issues require men’s full participation to resolve. However, as we approach the end of 2018, a great number of working women still sadly experience a range of discriminatory issues in the workplace that are not limited to sexual harassment. Visit her website, http://www.invantageadvising.com/ and follow on Twitter (@pgourguechon) for updates. Some can be subtle, like when a person mistakenly assumes a coworker is more junior than they really are. This is an edited abstract from Women in the Workplace 2018, a study undertaken by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey. How about Harvey Weinstein anonymously donates $100 million to that legal defense fund and then melts into the fog as though he never existed? And of their top 35 executives, only 23% are women. Adelaide: National Conference on Women and Industrial Relations as cited in Relationships Australia, Family Violence in the Workplace. This year, 279 companies employing more than 13 million people shared their pipeline data and completed a survey of their HR practices. How about hundreds of male movie stars spend months developing a large-scale action plan to help female farmworkers battle systemic gender inequality? [8] Australian Law Reform Commission, Australian Government, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws— Improving Legal Frameworks (2011) 359. How about anyone but the oppressed and John Oliver lifts a finger to change anything at all? Insights into the psychology underlying critical choices in business, EY & Citi On The Importance Of Resilience And Innovation, Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change. “If 2018 is to be a turning point for women’s equality and not just a footnote in history, then it’s clear that we need deeds, not just words. I thought about it when I sat on an all-female panel in front of a mostly female audience talking about how to fix gender bias in comedy. Stéphanie Thompson recently summarized the emerging research on the false premise behind the so-called confidence gap in an excellent article in the Atlantic. Most notably, women Onlys are almost twice as likely to have been sexually harassed at some point in their careers. 20-21). Before you go, sign up for our email newsletter to get inspiring stories, expert advice, and more. Research shows that women with a history of family violence will often experience a more disrupted work pattern which can affect their personal income[7], with employees who experience family violence often experiencing difficulty in gaining and retaining paid employment and in disclosing family violence where it may impact on their employment[8].