Gender equity in the workplace

The Queensland public sector Gender pay equity dashboard 2023 (PDF, 637.6 KB) provides a snapshot of the key indicators of gender equity, and comparisons to national data from the Australian Workplace Gender Equity Agency (WGEA). The insights from this dashboard help raise awareness of the gender pay gap and guide future planning.

Visit the Workplace Gender Equity Agency website to learn more about the gender pay gap, and what actions you can take towards achieving gender equality in your workplace.

Use the terminology below to provide consistent language and help increase awareness of gender equity issues when preparing your agency’s reporting:

• Gender equity
• Gender equality
• Inclusion
• Diversity
• Intersectionality
• Gender attitudes and values
• Gender stereotypes
• Awareness
• Gender pay gap
• Occupational segregation (gender-based)

This resource list contains material produced by public and private entities that aim to increase understanding of equity and diversity and close the gender pay gap.

This document acts as a tool for agencies to increase and expand their understanding of equity and diversity, with a particular focus on addressing gender-based disparities.

Equity and diversity resources

Government resources

• Queensland public sector Inclusion and diversity strategy 2021-2025
• Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC): Online learning
• Gender equality workplace statistics at a glance 2022
• Counting Culture
• D&I 101: Conducting a Diversity Survey
• Building Inclusion – An Evidence-Based Model of Inclusive Leadership
• The Art of Inclusion – A podcast series by Diversity Council Australia
• Inclusion@Work Index: Mapping the State of Flex in the Australian Workforce
• Engaging men on Gender Equality
• Gari Yala (Speak the Truth) | Gendered Insights
• Workplace Equality and Respect Video

External resources

• Workplace gender equality in the post-pandemic era: Where to next?

Gender pay gap resources

Government resources

• Queensland Women
• Gender pay equity best practice guide
• Gender wage gap statistics: A quick guide (Parliament of Australia)
• Australian’s Gender Pay Gap Statistics (August 2021)
• She’s Price(d)less – The Economics of the Gender Pay Gap
• Parenting, work and the gender pay gap
• The Lift – what is the gender pay gap?
• Gender Indicators, Australia
• World Economic Forum: Global Gender Gap Report 2021

External resources

• Australia has ranked last in an international gender pay gap study – here are 3 ways to do better
• Griffith University: developing female leaders
• HESTA: conducting a gender pay gap analysis