Gender equity

Women are over-represented in almost all the services The Salvation Army provides and under-represented in almost all places of influence. According to the Women’s Gender Equality Agency, Australia’s gender pay gap — the difference between the average earnings for men and women — is the combined result of social and economic factors that reduce women’s earning capacity over their lifetime. Women are also disproportionately more likely to be doing unpaid work at home. Gender inequality also provides the underlying conditions for violence against women.