Women’s activist calls for gender-sensitive budget

Inadequate and expensive childcare is one of the “big structural barriers” stopping women from reaching their full potential in the workforce according to Chief Executive Women President Sam Mostyn. With sexual harassment and equality for women in the workplace a topical issue of late, Ms Mostyn called on the Morrison government to deliver a gender-responsive budget. “We could see across all of our disparate communities … a focus on the issues that block and present barriers to women’s full participation in the economy is actually good for the economy,” she said. “We know the things that block women in the workplace, and they are predominantly around inadequate and expensive childcare.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au