Womenomics

The Human Rights Commission has just released a "Census of Women's Participation." The findings of that report clearly delineates inequality across sectors such as the police, legal and justice systems and at company director level:

• 41.6% of lawyers are women but only 19.34% are partners in law firms.
• 3 of the top 50 police officers are women.
• 54 women sit on boards of publicly listed companies, 8.65% of board membership.
• 23% of public service CEO's are female but women are 59% of state sector employees.

It is now more than 30 years since sex discrimination legislation came into force but our progress towards gender equality seems minimal.

It amazes me given that we mouth the mantra of social responsibility, and the value of diversity, that women are so excluded from the top jobs.