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Australian government's have encouraged women's participation in sport. In 1985, Australian Government's working group on women in sport published a report titled Women, Sport and the Media which recommended the creation of the Women's Sport unit within the Australian Sports Commission (ASC). [5] This Unit was established in 1988. [5]
The passing of Title IX in 1972 generated a wave of female participation in athletics, as well as increased funding for female sports. Following their win of the 2015 FIFA World Cup, the US Women's Soccer Team highlighted gender discrimination in sport and brought about another movement towards achieving equal pay in sports. [3]
The outlook for narrowing the gender pay gap in sports hinges on sustained advocacy, strategic investments, and broader cultural changes that value women's sports equally. Legal advancements and policies promoting gender equality, as discussed in the International Journal of Constitutional Law, are anticipated to have a profound impact.
In 2018, it was reported that Australia’s full-time gender pay gap was 14.6% and women earnt on average A$244.80 per week less than men. [6] It was also reported that Western Australia had the highest pay gap by state and territory (22.4%), while the lowest pay gap was reported in Tasmania (9.7%). [6]
Gender equality can refer to equal opportunities or formal equality based on gender or refer to equal representation or equality of outcomes for gender, also called substantive equality. [3] Gender equality is the goal, while gender neutrality and gender equity are practices and ways of thinking that help achieve the goal.
Western Australia has the largest gender pay gap of any state or territory in Australia. As of May 2021, the gap was 21.9% in average weekly ordinary time between male and female earnings. [31] A specialist Pay Equity Unit in Western Australia was established in 2006 to address the State's gender pay gap.
Of the 934 local network affiliate news segments (over 12 hr of broadcasts), 880 were on men's sports (or approximately 11½ hr), 22 segments (or nearly 18 min) were on gender-neutral sports (e.g., a horse race, coverage of the Los Angeles [LA] marathon, and a recreational sports event), and only 32 segments (about 23 min) featured women's sports.
Initially, most women's sports clubs were focused on lawn bowls and golf. By the 1930s, athletic clubs for track and field began to appear, marking the start of more gender-specific sports teams. [37] Developments in Professional Women's Sports in Australia. Launched in 2017, the AFLW has quickly become a major force in Australian women's ...