2SM (Sydney): Women's Agenda "How roads and bridges win over social infrastructure and women (and men) missed out..." Read […]
Since 2014 NFAW has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the Budget papers through a Gender Lens. In 2021 the Government reintroduced a Women’s Budget Statement, but our analysis looks behind this year’s document to separate the facts from the spin; new money from reannouncements; to see what is actually being done to respond to the needs of women.
The terms of reference of this inquiry are extensive, however we particularly note that the inquiry is focussed on matters that are within the scope of the Victorian Government. The National Foundation for Australian Women has been engaged in a program of work that looks at workforce conditions for women, including many of the areas referenced in the terms of reference of this enquiry.
A suite of labour market indicators, disaggregated by gender, is examined to identify the ways in which men and women were affected differently by the economic impacts of the pandemic as well as by government policy. Using ABS Labour Force Survey data, the paper develops a cumulative measure of workforce losses over the course of the pandemic, calculated comparatively for men and women, and assessed relative to the workforce’s prepandemic composition.
Sustainable infrastructure is infrastructure that meets the needs of all users, not just a select few, through its entire lifecycle. It requires listening to women’s specific needs during planning (not just a general call for public submissions), careful gender-sensitive design as noted above and inclusion of women in employment opportunities in infrastructure construction and operation.
NFAW is a feminist organisation, independent of party politics. These position papers have been developed by NFAW’s Social Policy Committee to analyse the 2021-2022 Federal Budget and its impacts on women and therefore on the community and the nation as a whole.
The "hot chocolate budget" - is everyone a winner? Professor Helen Hodgson gives her thoughts.
Sally is interviewed by Sami Lukis and Damien Leith about what the 2021/22 Budget means for women. (Video)
The NDIS needs funding security to ensure we can get the Scheme right, including stopping independent assessments which will hurt women with disability. Disabled women* are already finding it hard to access the NDIS, with only half as many participating as men, and the proposed independent assessments will exacerbate this by building even greater barriers to accessing a Scheme which is built to support the male experience of disability. Apparently, it’s all in the name of saving $700m.
