Women at Work in Australia

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Women at Work in Australia

Problems of Working Women in Australia

There are a number of issues related to women's employment in Australia. Australia is one of those countries that have a large number of women working with men for their professional and personal development. If we consider the educational system of the country women are almost equally enrolled as men. Those women who graduate for Australian colleges and universities apply for jobs in their related field of specialization. The employment policy of Australia is based on equal opportunity and women are given the same chance as men. However, there are various issues related to working conditions of women in the professional environment. It can be proposed that it is discrimination against women in "masculine" (male dominated) occupations that plays the central role in explaining this occupational segregation and low relative wage (Wanrooy, 2009). Assuming that discrimination takes the form of a preference for males over comparable females in masculine occupations, it results in a demand curve for women to the left of that which would prevail in this sector in a nondiscriminatory situation, thereby lowering female employment in masculine occupations. This reduced demand for women in the masculine sector increases their supply to those occupations in which males are not preferred to females thus creating (and maintaining) a "feminine" (female-dominated) sector. Discrimination therefore directly lowers the female wage in masculine occupations by reducing demand for women in this sector, and indirectly lowers the female wage in feminine occupations by increasing their supply to this sector.

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I have been appointed as a women representative to negotiate working conditions of women in different business environments. Following are some of the point that I believe should be highlighted in negotiates terms with the employers.

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