equality

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With unprecedented skills shortages looming in Australia, more than ever we need gender equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Here’s what needs to happen.

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Latest underemployment and labour force figures underscore gender inequalities and suggest disadvantages are passing to future generations.

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Two UNSW scientists have contributed to an important new essay that examines ways of promoting diversity in science.

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Education through to the end of high school is a birthright in Australia but many kids are missing out on important parts of that birthright in ways that leave them feeling like losers and outsiders.

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Lifting the standards of rural and remote students to the those of urban students could boost the economy by 3.3%.

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A breakfast event to be opened by Shadow Minister for Women Tanya Plibersek will mark the beginning of a busy program celebrating International Women’s Day at UNSW.

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Majority opposition to same-sex marriage is concentrated in rural areas, and rural Queensland in particular, according to research presented at the Australian Political Studies Association annual conference at UNSW on Tuesday.

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UNSW colleagues from across faculties and schools met and shared insights with federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins during her campus visit. 

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Provisions that help women in the workplace are too easily traded away in enterprise bargaining, writes Sue Williamson.

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Men who pump themselves up by denigrating women are revealing how weak they really are, argues Lindy Edwards.

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