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More than $200 million needed to close Victoriaâs pandemic âgender gapâ
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Spending of more than $200 million is required to close the âgender gapâ in employment, health and welfare between Victorian men and women and curb disproportionate impacts of economic insecurity, family violence and poor mental health on women.
As womenâs unemployment in Victoria remains significantly higher than menâs (8.1 per cent versus 5.9 per cent) the stateâs peak gender equality agency will ask the Andrews government to invest $63 million on fast-tracking at-risk women into work.
âTAFE is the engine room of skills-based education and it has to be gender equal,â says Gender Equality Victoria chief Tanja Kovac.