Diann Rodgers-Healey

Women NSW wants to empower women to be confident money managers and have secure financial futures. Free resources are available to help women through different life stages from everyday financial support, dealing with unexpected issues and planning for the future. Everyday Money Matters Explore a range of resources to help plan everyday spending, savings tips […]

Menopause and Perimenopause affect half the population yet stigma, discrimination, assumptions and judgement hinder access to information, leaving many women without the support they need to manage symptoms. Sharing knowledge can help break the silence and challenge taboos, and ultimately improve women’s health and wellbeing. NSW Health now has a toolkit and podcast. Checkout the

On August 19, 2024, The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) marked Equal Pay Day in Australia. Marking the 50 days into the new financial year that Australian women must work to earn the same, on average, as men did last year, WGEA  reiterated that for every $1 a man makes in Australia, women earn just

The ripple effects of violence against women and children Violence against women and children is a problem of epidemic proportions in Australia. The ripple effects of violence against women and children have been outlined in the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022 – 2032 as: Victim survivors • Intimate partner homicide

Excellent reforms have been instituted by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) to accelerate workplace gender equality in Australia, enabled by legislative amendments Reforms will improve transparency, accountability & action on gender equality in workplaces. The Albanese Government is taking action to improve workplace gender equality, with the gender pay gaps for nearly 5,000 Australian

Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey 14 February 2024 As we bear witness to the suffering and killing of children and women in Gaza, we also bear witness to world leaders who are unwilling to use their power to stop the killing and suffering of innocent civilians in Gaza. Leaders continue to  “demand,” “caution,” “push very hard,” “warn,”

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19 JANUARY 2024 Following the 7 October 2023 brutal attack by Hamas on Israel, and the ensuing Israeli military bombardment of Gaza, UN Women has worked to analyse the differentiated impact on women, men, boys, and girls, to ensure adequate responses to their needs. In Israel, the October 7 attack killed some 1,200 people, including

Fulfilling science’s promise for gender equality Despite progress in women’s education, a persistent gender gap exists across all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) globally. According to the United Nations, only one in five professionals in cutting-edge fields like artificial intelligence is a woman. Despite the demand for skills in Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies,

The Spotlight Initiative is an EU/UN partnership, and a global, multi-year initiative focused on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls – the world’s largest targeted effort to end all forms of violence against women and girls. Spotlight Initiative is working with governments, civil society organizations, the media and other partners to eliminate all

Social and affordable housing in Australia Excerpts from The State of the Nation’s Housing 2021–22 states: The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) was established in June 2018 under the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018. NHFIC calculates housing need as those in significant rental stress (defined as those in the lowest

Today marks six years since the invitation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart was issued to the Australian people. The Uluru Statement represents an unprecedented historic First Nations consensus position on the form of recognition being a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution, and then through Voice, Makarrata: the coming together of Australian