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Access to economic and education opportunities increases women’s ability to withstand and recover from financial shocks.
Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher, said women around the country had been telling the government the program “is punitive, counterproductive and causes harm”
As politicians and experts meet to talk about how to make workplaces and homes safer for women, we also need to look at the bigger picture.
Is the budget really as “women friendly” as the Morrison government would like us to believe?
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Professor of Political Economy; Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at Work; and, co-convenor Work + Family Policy Roundtable, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Development Finance & Insurance, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor in Finance, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra