Report Archive

Research and reports we’ve produced

Families and children Clare Maxwell Families and children Clare Maxwell

How Australia’s Parenting Policies are Failing Women and Our Economy

Equity Economics prepared a report with The Parenthood that finds Australian women are falling behind their international peers. Ranked number 1 in the world for levels of educational attainment, Australian women fall to number 70 in the world for levels of economic participation. This poor performance is hurting our economy and hindering efforts to achieve equity between men and women.

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Health and disability Clare Maxwell Health and disability Clare Maxwell

Funding Rare Disease Therapies in Australia

Seven years ago, Equity Economics prepared a report for the McKell Institute’s: Funding Rare Disease Therapies in Australia – Ensuring equitable access to health for all Australians. The report placed the issue of inequities in access to new medicines for the one in eight Australians that live with a rare disease on the national policy agenda.

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Gender equality, Social housing Clare Maxwell Gender equality, Social housing Clare Maxwell

Rebuilding for Women’s Economic Security: Investing in Social Housing in NSW

Equity Economics prepared a report for the New South Wales Council of Social Services (NCOSS) as part of its Pink Vis Campaign to outline the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women in NSW and the economic benefits that could flow from addressing critical shortages in social housing, and specialist homelessness services and family and domestic violence services.

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Evaluation of the Kokoda Track Foundation’s Strongim Meri Bisnis Project

Equity Economics has prepared an independent evaluation report on the Kokoda Track Foundation’s (KTF) Strongim Meri Bisnis (SMB) Project. KTF’s SMB Project works with women’s groups in remote and rural communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to establish and support women’s small-business operations.

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Gender equality Clare Maxwell Gender equality Clare Maxwell

Gender-wise investing

In the aftermath of the 2019 / 2020 bushfires and COVID-19 global pandemic, Equity Economics worked with Australians Investing in Women (AIIW) to explore the disproportionate impacts of these crises on women and examine key areas of investment prioritising the security, safety and wellbeing of women.

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