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What about the arts sector if we’re going to support the construction sector?
In construction for every million dollars invested you get between 0.9 and 1.3 jobs. In the arts sector, you get nine jobs. It’s a $14.7 billion dollar industry employing 119,000 people, half of them women, in construction it’s only 14% women.
Let’s spend taxpayer money on supporting the economy where it needs it, but let’s make it fair and economically efficient
here's an interesting infographic on women inventors -
Women inventors - Raconteur
Women inventors From the dawn of computer programming to stem cell research, inspiring women have been behind some of the most groundbreaking inventions. While their share of total patentees remains low, the status quo is shifting in many high-tech industries such as biotechnology and chemistry. ...
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Risk Management/Intellectual Property 2018Women inventorsFrom the dawn of computer programming to stem cell research, inspiring women have been behind some of the most groundbreaking inventions. While...And while we appreciate the articles, please, please, The Conversation, desist from always using blokey illustrations for VET related issues??
Morrison’s VET reforms offer the same old promises, with no more money
Patrick Locke, University of Sydney
Reforms in 2014 were similarly aimed at making VET more responsive to industry needs and cutting red tape, all the while pulling funding from VET.
Morrison's VET reforms offer the same old promises, with no more money
theconversation.com
Reforms in 2014 were similarly aimed at making VET more responsive to industry needs and cutting red tape, all the while pulling funding from VET.Working from home remains a select privilege: it’s time to fix our national employment standards
Kantha Dayaram, Curtin University; Scott Fitzgerald, Curtin University; Steve McKenna, Curtin University
Our research shows most organisations have adapted well to staff working from home. But there's a hole in workplace laws we need to address.
Working from home remains a select privilege: it's time to fix our national employment standards
theconversation.com
Our research shows most organisations have adapted well to staff working from home. But there's a hole in workplace laws we need to address.Women in the workforce - Downturns tend to reduce gender inequality. Not under covid-19 | Finance & economics | The Economist
HAIR SALONS tend to be recession-proof. People always need haircuts. During the financial crisis of 2007-09, the number of hairdressers in America even rose. For Sylvia, who owns a small salon in ...
www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/06/02/downturns-tend-to-reduce-gender-inequality-not...
Downturns tend to reduce gender inequality. Not under covid-19
www.economist.com
Women’s unemployment has risen more than men’s