Australia
Gender Gap
World Economic Forum
Global Gender Gap Report
The Global Gender Gap Report benchmarks countries on their progress towards gender parity across four thematic dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.
2021
Rank: 50 (out of 156 countries)
Score: 0.731
› report
UN Women
Women Count Data Hub: Australia
Country Fact Sheet
> data.unwomen.org/country/australia
Women for Election Australia
Australia Needs more Women in Parliament!
While Australia has one of the highest education rates of women in the world, it currently ranks 57th in terms of women’s political empowerment (dropping from 49th in 2019). Women currently comprise 35-37% of federal parliament, state legislatures and municipal councils. Under-representation in government means that women are on the receiving end of decisions that impact them substantially but have little voice to effect change.
> chuffed.org/project/help-australia-train-women-for-parliament