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Pathways to Gender Equality in Australia The role of Merit and Quotas: The role of Merit and Quotas

Pathways to Gender Equality in Australia The role of Merit and Quotas: The role of Merit and Quotas

Karen Spiller
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In Australia there continues to be an unprecedented level of awareness of the glass ceiling for women in many key sectors. A surge of strategies to overcome the gender equality gap has also been spear headed by public and some private organisations.

Despite some progress, overall, women’s inclusion and equal representation in leadership remains slow. This book attempts to reflect on what is sustaining the barriers women experience in different Australian sectors and, in particular, focus on the concept and application of merit as it is the accepted underlying principle that governs recruitment and advancement for men and women in Australian workplaces. This book also considers other strategies to equalize opportunities for women with a particular focus on quotas, voluntary and mandatory.

Leading women and men were invited to discuss their thoughts on merit and quotas in relation to their nominated sector of involvement or their research of a sector of interest.

Book chapters and authors are:

Waiting for Gender Equality in Leadership as we rely on Merit and hold off Quotas: Is this approach effective?
Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey

Breaking the Glass Ceiling? Some notes on Gender and Merit in Australian Journalism
Dr Folker Hanusch

Women in Medicine: Sisters doing it for themselves
Dr Gabrielle McMullin

Merit in a Legal Frame
Professor Margaret Thornton

Merit in relation to Primary and Secondary Education
Karen Spiller

Is Merit on the Agenda? Approaches to Recruitment and Promotion in Australian Organisations
Professor Glenda Strachan and Associate Professor Erica French


Foreword by Professor the Hon. Stephen Martin, Chief Executive, Committee for Economic Development for Australia

"I welcome this important addition to the debate on gender equality in Australia. Progress on this issue has unfortunately been very slow. It is for this reason it is vital it remains squarely on the agenda and books such as this are a key component in ensuring that happens."


Elizabeth Broderick, Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission

"Increasing the representation of women in leadership is a priority of national economic and societal importance. As this book highlights, the opportunity of the untapped talent pool that women represent must be put in the broader context of gender equality. The featured experts provide interesting and thought provoking reflections across a range of key sectors. The book touches on the traditional concept of merit - and how women's talents and their merit is all too often invisible. It also presents an important discussion on pathways towards greater gender equality by covering important topics such as voluntary targets and mandatory quotas, and workplace strategies to end sexual harassment and dismantle harmful stereotypes. This research is a important contribution for all those who are looking for ways to ensure that our workplaces are places where both men and women thrive."
Language
English
Pages
104
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW)
Release
March 05, 2015

Pathways to Gender Equality in Australia The role of Merit and Quotas: The role of Merit and Quotas

Karen Spiller
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
In Australia there continues to be an unprecedented level of awareness of the glass ceiling for women in many key sectors. A surge of strategies to overcome the gender equality gap has also been spear headed by public and some private organisations.

Despite some progress, overall, women’s inclusion and equal representation in leadership remains slow. This book attempts to reflect on what is sustaining the barriers women experience in different Australian sectors and, in particular, focus on the concept and application of merit as it is the accepted underlying principle that governs recruitment and advancement for men and women in Australian workplaces. This book also considers other strategies to equalize opportunities for women with a particular focus on quotas, voluntary and mandatory.

Leading women and men were invited to discuss their thoughts on merit and quotas in relation to their nominated sector of involvement or their research of a sector of interest.

Book chapters and authors are:

Waiting for Gender Equality in Leadership as we rely on Merit and hold off Quotas: Is this approach effective?
Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey

Breaking the Glass Ceiling? Some notes on Gender and Merit in Australian Journalism
Dr Folker Hanusch

Women in Medicine: Sisters doing it for themselves
Dr Gabrielle McMullin

Merit in a Legal Frame
Professor Margaret Thornton

Merit in relation to Primary and Secondary Education
Karen Spiller

Is Merit on the Agenda? Approaches to Recruitment and Promotion in Australian Organisations
Professor Glenda Strachan and Associate Professor Erica French


Foreword by Professor the Hon. Stephen Martin, Chief Executive, Committee for Economic Development for Australia

"I welcome this important addition to the debate on gender equality in Australia. Progress on this issue has unfortunately been very slow. It is for this reason it is vital it remains squarely on the agenda and books such as this are a key component in ensuring that happens."


Elizabeth Broderick, Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission

"Increasing the representation of women in leadership is a priority of national economic and societal importance. As this book highlights, the opportunity of the untapped talent pool that women represent must be put in the broader context of gender equality. The featured experts provide interesting and thought provoking reflections across a range of key sectors. The book touches on the traditional concept of merit - and how women's talents and their merit is all too often invisible. It also presents an important discussion on pathways towards greater gender equality by covering important topics such as voluntary targets and mandatory quotas, and workplace strategies to end sexual harassment and dismantle harmful stereotypes. This research is a important contribution for all those who are looking for ways to ensure that our workplaces are places where both men and women thrive."
Language
English
Pages
104
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW)
Release
March 05, 2015

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