CANCELLED: What women want? Lowering the barriers to female workforce participation - Melbourne

Australia’s female workforce participation rate is above the OECD average, but Australian women are much less likely to work full-time than their overseas counterparts. A typical Australian woman with pre-teenage children works 2.5 days per…

02.03.2020

The Grattan Institute/State Library Victoria Policy Pitch event on female workforce participation, scheduled for next Tuesday evening, 24 March, has had to be cancelled.

As you may know the State Library has, on advice from government, made the difficult decision to close all of its public spaces until further notice, because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Grattan Institute fully supports this decision, which has been taken to support the health and wellbeing of Library visitors, staff, and volunteers, as well as the broader community. We will let you know when Policy Pitch events can resume.

In the meantime, please stay in touch with all things Grattan via our website, where you can read our reports and articles, listen to our podcasts, and watch previous Policy Pitch events.

Thank you for your understanding, and your continued support of our work. We wish you all the best during this challenging time, and look forward to seeing you at a Policy Pitch event soon.