Building Inclusive Workplaces for Older Women; A Needs Analysis and Benchmark

This webinar outlines a needs analysis for the Workplaces for Older Women project in Victoria and presents a benchmark for the inclusion of older women in the workplace.

Content

• A lifetime of gender inequality as context for workplace gender inequality

• Understanding gendered ageism

• The importance of workplace inclusion for older women

• A needs analysis exploring older women’s experiences of gendered ageism in the workplace in Victoria

• 10 strategies to promote workplace equality for older women and measure it

• An invitation to join a Community of Practice in Victoria

• An invitation to help document the contributions of older women in the workplace and promote intergenerational allyship for 16 Days of Activism.

Presenter

Dr Catherine Barrett is the CEO of Celebrate Ageing Ltd, a charity dismantling gerontism (the form of ageism experienced by older people) and promoting respect for older people. Catherine has 40+ years of experience bridging the evidence-culture gap in respect for older people, including the Older Women Count program. She was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women as a Trailblazer in 2023. Catherine is the Coordinator of the Workplaces for Older Women project.

The project

The Workplaces for Older Women project is led by Celebrate Ageing Ltd and is supported by the Victorian Government Department of Families, Fairness and Housing as part of Our equal state: Victoria’s gender equality strategy and action plan 2023-2027, which recognises older women have the right to safe, respectful and equitable workplaces.[1]

More information on the project webpage

https://www.celebrateageing.com/theworkplace.html

[1] https://www.dffh.vic.gov.au/publications/gender-equality-action-plan-2022-2025