Gender Discrimination In Australia

Background to the Issue

Discuss about the Gender Discrimination in Australia.

In this report, we will discuss about the gender discrimination that takes place in the austral. This kind of discrimination is not only present in Australia but also at many parts of the world. It is one of the most common discrimination that affects the presence of females and women of this world. Gender discrimination is the most common phenomenon at not only the workplace but also in the entire society. The females are unable to reach where that has to arrive. This process is termed as glass ceiling. Glass ceiling refers to a situation in which females are unable to reach to a higher position in the company.

The women are not getting any kind of equality not at the workplace, at homes and in society. There are some own created factors due to which the women are not getting the same treatment as men. There are many types of discrimination like pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, recruitment managing, compensation, etc. Many organizations are trying to create equality in their organizations by providing equal treatment and rights to women. Many companies have formed policies to resolve the issue related to the women discrimination in Australia. Many big MNC’s of Australia is providing equals rights to the women or even giving more rights so that women can came upward.

It is a major social problem that causes many type of unfair treatment in the social environment of the countries among the genders. These kinds of dissimilarities are creating many negative impacts due to which countries are lagging behind as compared to other countries.

In this report, we will discuss the reasons due to which gender discrimination takes place. We will also study about the factors that can help to manage women discrimination and how to eliminate such problem from the society. There are many types of risk are also discussed.

The issue is all about the gender discrimination that takes place in Australia. There are many reasons sue to which this discrimination takes place. It is one of the major social problems of the country like Australia. There are many types of discrimination like pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, recruitment managing, compensation, etc. Many organizations are trying to create equality in their organizations by providing equal treatment and rights to women. Many companies have formed policies to resolve the issue related to the women discrimination in Australia. The women of Australia are very much affected by the women inequity and discrimination that takes place in the society. There are many types of discrimination that are tolerated by the females of the world at any age or any place. it is not only the problem of women who are elder of age but also the small infant that do not take birth have to face the problem related to the gender inequality. It is advisable o the society to change the mentality of them and start providing respect and value to all the genders as the mal and females are the two relevant genders without which no world can exist (Hal, 2006).

Objectives of the Study

It is very important to take corrective and effective measures to remove gender discrimination form the society of Australia. In this way, the females of that country will gain what they actually deserve. There are many ways like higher education, employment, government services, etc. through which the gender discrimination can be eliminated from the society (Huebner, Rebchook, and Kegeles, 2004).

In Australia, there are many non government associations and government association who are working to address the issues and problems related to the gender discrimination in the society. They are working to enhance a mind set of people towards the gender equality. They are taking many types o corrective measures so that the mentality of people will change for the females of the world. There are many MNCs in Australia who are working for the rights of women and providing equals rights to the women or even giving more rights so that women can came upward.

The main objectives to the policies and strategies of gender discrimination are that there should be equality between the men and women of the world. There must be no discrimination on the basis of caste, religion, gender, color, culture, etc. the women of the society have an equal rights as men. They also have same power to provide shape to the society and the lives. To achieve these goals, the government has initiated some policies and strategies. The government has announced that the women and men of the society have same power and influence. They both have an equal rights and opportunities to act as a relevant part of the country and takes part in the decision making.  There is also an economic equality as they both can have equal education opportunities, employment, paid work, etc that provides a type of economic and financial independence all over their lives. There must be an equal division of the unpaid household work and the provision of care. It is said that the men and women are equally responsible for the household work. They both have an opportunity to get and give care on an equal basis (Hugo, 2005).

The most important thing due to which the government is emphasizing against discrimination against the gender is due to the violence that men do against the women. They both have equal rights on the women integrity (Carli, and Eagly, 2001).

By increasing the knowledge and awareness among the women about the discrimination that takes places in the society can help in removing the same. It is one of the challenging issues that are required to be addressed. The awareness can be applied through spreading the rights and among the women. Many women are unaware about their rights available for them so are unable to claim for their rights. It is not easy for the government of Australia to adequately address the issue related to the gender inequality. Once, they have to emphasize on the awareness and accumulation of the rights, then the potentiality to stop the all types of discrimination will takes place (Williams, Neighbors, and Jackson, 2003).

Awareness

The UN is working harder in establishing equal rights for men and women of the society. For this, they are collecting all sort of knowledge regarding the equality from all the developing ad developed nations, the national laws of many countries, etc.  So, they can execute a successful awareness campaign in all over the world regarding the gender discrimination. It will also take place in Australia. Information and knowledge is the biggest resources to eliminate discrimination form the country. Many members of UN are from Australia who are gathering information according to the UN and apply them in their own country (Jenson, 2009).

Australian Women Host has several resources so that the supply and exchange of knowledge can improve in the country. They have announced a virtual knowledge center so that the inequality will come to an end against ate violence takes place with women and girls (Connell, 2005).

They have also guided the features of these resources, implementation of these information, policies, laws, legal rights, programs, etc. with a promise that they will be exercised and practiced as soon as possible against the violence takes place with women. The Australian team has collected much information from the world and applying the same into their own nation (Walby, 2005).

The global database on violence against women is an online database for women. It is designed to give all the up dated informational and data about the measures used by the government to address the discrimination against the females. This database includes any types of prevention methods, policies, laws, rules, rights, statistical data, etc. It is one way b which the implementation of the information can be checked and monitored. The motive is to bring a sustainable development of the targets on the violence against the women (Wajcman, 2000)

There are lots of changes that are helping the mentality of people for the genders inequality. As we know that we are now living in a developed world in which the contribution of both men and women is required so the females are no more required to get suffered due to the gender discrimination. The constitution of Australia and the Nobel committee has announced that they do not reach to the democracy until and unless the country does not have equality for both men and women. So there is a need to promote and empower the rights of the omen in Australia. It will result in the economic growth of the country (Daly, 2005).

Availability of Resources

The government is trying to promote the growth as it helps in creating competitiveness and development of the economies. The government is also promoting more women to have higher education and higher employment opportunities. This is one of the major factors that can help the country to control the gender discrimination. If the women of the country are more educated and earning than they can earn more than men and establish a reputed and respectable position for them in the society (Rothstein, and Uslaner, 2005).

There is a requirement to have national bills of rights that helps the Australian women to have a secured and safe place in Australia. Many of the states have passed their own laws and orders for the women safety. These laws are related to the discrimination and equality. It has also observed that the country has protected very less rights against the women. So it is recommended having some rights for the benefits of women of the country.  The women committee is also responsible in checking the rules and laws for the relevance of the women’s rights.

• It is observed that now the percentage of the females or women on the board of Australia Sen Sex 200 listed companies has grown on a huge amount that is from 8.3 percent in the year 2010 to 18.6 percent in the august 2014.
• It is also observed that in Australia, 90 % men and women believes that men are equally involved in the parenting of child as women.
• Since the year 2013, the Australian workers that too more than one million workers can now take a leave and they can also enjoy the protections due to the domestic violence clauses takes place at the work place agreement or the award conditions (Verloo, 2005).

The Australian government is playing a leading role in the promotion of equality among the genders. The government has introduced many types of policies and strategies for the women that help them to claim for their equal rights. There are progressive approaches used by the government that is providing equal opportunity to females to earn as the men of Australia is earning. The overall legal system of Australian government has contained rights for the gender equality (Lakoff, and Bucholtz, 2004).

However, there are still some gaps left in the gender equality but is it promised by the Australian government that by the end of 2018, they will cover all the gaps and the nation will be declared the gender equality for their country. The government has taken many concrete actions against the female criticism and inequality to advance the rights of the women with an effective set up of monitoring department and complaint mechanism system in the country. This provides women a right to complaint and sues against any discrimination takes place against her in any part of the country. These are the anticipated outcomes of the policies and strategies formed by the Australian government to remove the gender equality from the country (Cortina, 2008).

The table is showing the percentage of women in the management by industry

Many of the employers of the Australian companies are also emphasizing on the gender equality. If we observe the data of last few years, there is an encouraging increase in the number of female employees in the organization. It is approx 66.2 % in the year 2013-2014 to 70.7 % in the year 2015-2016. The companies are reporting that they have many types of targeted strategies and policies to help the gender equality through the functions and roles of human. The managers and the HR department of the companies in Australia emphasizing on the gender equality and they are taking effective measure to make it happen (Monroe, Ozyurt, Wrigley, and Alexander, 2008).

Education- With the education, higher posts for women, employment opportunities, progressive and positive thoughts of the people, etc are some factors that can help to control the discrimination takes place against the gender in the society (De Bruin, Brush, and Welter, 2006).

Awareness- The second resource that can be used against the gender discrimination is though increase in the awareness and knowledge. By increasing the knowledge and awareness among the women about the discrimination that takes places in the society can help in removing the same. It is one of the challenging issues that are required to be addressed (Piccinelli, and Wilkinson, 2000).

It is almost impossible for the Australian government to assess the policies and strategies in the country for the removal of gender discrimination. As we know that the policies contain many types of objectives that cannot be compatible for all the population of the country (Moss-Racusin, 2012.).

There is a huge risk involved in the implementation of the policies and strategies against the gender discrimination. It is not easy for the government of the Australia to implement the strategies. The risks involved in the implementation are not only current but also potential risks. There are two types of risk that are resulting in delay in implementation of policies and strategies that are economical and social risks (Pankevich, Baum, and Cherry, 2004.).

If we talk about the economical risk, it involves the amount that the Australian government has to spend on the implementation of policies and strategies. There is also social risk in which the society and the people of country do not agree to accept the changes takes place in the country. In the implementation, if the government is not able to collect sufficient amount of revenue to implement certain policies, people may discontinue the changes or do not accept the same. There are people who may deem to make the policy unsuccessful and vice- versa (Enarson, and Meyreles, 2004).

The policies and strategies implemented by the government of Australia can be evaluated through various methods. They can be evaluated through the number of the standards. There are two ways according to which evaluation process takes place; formal and informal ways. In informal ways, the policies are evaluated through uncritical analysis of data and information using stories and anecdotes (Östlin, 2006).

They can also be evaluated through honest feedback and careful observation from those people or groups of people who are affected by the implementation of policies. There are two types of measures according to which the evaluation process takes place in Australia that are qualitative and quantitative (Lombardo, Meier, and Verloo, 2009).

Conclusion

From the above mentioned information and data collected from the Australia’s economy, we can conclude that gender discrimination is one of the major issues and an urgent problem of the entire world. The fact is that it is in the control of the government and other powerful bodies but it still exists in the society and that too in a huge amount. The volume has decreased but it should come at end in the future. It is fact that many people and especially the female of the world are suffering a lot due to this discrimination that cannot be solved in easy way. As we know that gender discrimination is present n the world due to many factors that cannot be change easily. However, with appositive approach, many people are trying hard to control the gender discrimination from the society.

With the education, higher posts for women, employment opportunities, progressive and positive thoughts of the people, etc are some factors that can help to control the discrimination takes place against the gender in the society. In this way, the people can live a life free and equal no matter what the gender is. There are progressive approaches used by the government that is providing equal opportunity to females to earn as the men of Australia is earning. The overall legal system of Australian government has contained rights for the gender equality. However, there are still some gaps left in the gender equality but is it promised by the Australian government that by the end of 2018, they will cover all the gaps and the nation will be declared the gender equality for their country.

It is highly recommended to the government of Australia to remove the discrimination takes place with the women of Australia. According to the survey, it is found that each one in the three women of Australia had either suffered from the discrimination or they are facing at the present time also. First of all, there is a requirement to have national bills of rights that helps the Australian women to have a secured and safe place in Australia. Many of the states have passed their own laws and orders for the women safety. These laws are related to the discrimination and equality. It has also observed that the country has protected very less rights against the women. So it is recommended having some rights for the benefits of women of the country.  The women committee is also responsible in checking the rules and laws for the relevance of the women’s rights. There are many laws that are of no use for the women. So it is relevant to remove those laws and passed some relevant and effective laws for the women safety and equality.

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