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Workforce barriers BY JESSICA GRIMBLE
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immera-led research will shine a light on the cultural and structural reasons for gendered differences in workforce participation in public sector roles.
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Federation University’s Future Regions Research Centre, in Horsham, is one of five recipients of funding from the Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector. The university’s Dr Cathy Tischler said the project, ‘Rurality and workforce participation: Exploring prevalence of part-time and insecure work in Grampians public service roles’, would explore the challenges of living rurally and being able to work. The project will identify areas of
gendered difference in workforce participation in public sector organisations, including gendered prevalence of part-time and casual work, exploring issues around why the way in which people work may be necessary in rural areas, and what structural barriers might also impact people’s opportunity to work. It seeks to speak with women, men and organisations in the public sector about their experiences. “A lot of the structures that are taken for granted in urban populations, such as childcare, are simply not available in rural communities to the extent they are needed, and this informs how people can work and the skills they can maintain,” Dr Tischler said. “If Victoria is to be a leader in
equality, we need to understand how to be inclusive of all of Victoria and be clear about the challenges and opportunities created by rurality and how best to respond.” State Minister for Women Natalie Hutchins announced the grant recipients at an Advancing Women’s Leadership Summit in Melbourne. Recipients will share in $300,000 to analyse data across the public sector and form projects to help reduce gender inequality, discrimination and disadvantage. They will also examine the data to ensure Aboriginal women, multicultural women, women with disabilities, parents and carers and rural women are included in the analysis of the current state of gender equality in Victoria and feel safe and welcome at work.
The Federation University research will build on local efforts to understand workforce participation issues undertaken by organisations such as Women’s Health Grampians, ByFive and Wimmera Development Association. A report will be available within six to eight months. Dr Tischler said new state legislation to achieve gender equality in workplaces required an understanding of, and solution to, the contributing factors outside businesses control. She said these might include access to childcare, managing harvest and family commitments, or advocacy for workplace entitlements. Continued page 3
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