Content of the ‘Women in the ADF’ Report participation Women’s The in the Report provides excellent information on ‘Women ADF’ women’s participation. The Audit looks forward to tracking progress in the future as information becomes available on particular recruiting initiatives and numbers of women accessing mentoring/sponsorship opportunities. Occupational segregation In relation to measures of occupational segregation Defence sought the following clarification:32 Recommendation three, sub para A requests data outlining number ‘the and proportion of women in targeted occupations which are highly gender while separately requesting data on of segregated’, ‘measures occupational We believe that detailing the number and segregation’. percentage of women in every occupational group in the ADF will fulfil both of these data requirements. Can you please advise if this will meet your expectation? The response stated that:33 Commissioner’s The intent of this part of the recommendation was to create a tool which would allow Defence to identify potential workforce concerns, and areas in which representation is low. The two possible concerns with this women’s approach are: 1. That may not be defined with enough clarity to ‘occupational groups’ enable areas to be identified, and area specific solutions examined. 2. The information may be presented in a way which is difficult to understand (eg large tables full of numbers and statistics where ‘highly gender occupations are not highlighted). segregated’ It would be important to ensure that these concerns were addressed in any work done in this area.
Content of the ‘Women in the ADF’ Report Women’s participation The ‘Women in the ADF’ Report provides excellent information on women’s participation. The Audit looks forward to tracking progress in the future as information becomes available on particular recruiting initiatives and numbers of women accessing mentoring/sponsorship opportunities. Occupational segregation In relation to measures of occupational segregation Defence sought the following clarification:32 Recommendation three, sub para A requests data outlining ‘the number and proportion of women in targeted occupations which are highly gender segregated’, while separately requesting data on ‘measures of occupational segregation’. We believe that detailing the number and percentage of women in every occupational group in the ADF will fulfil both of these data requirements. Can you please advise if this will meet your expectation? The Commissioner’s response stated that:33 The intent of this part of the recommendation was to create a tool which would allow Defence to identify potential workforce concerns, and areas in which women’s representation is low. The two possible concerns with this approach are: 1. That ‘occupational groups’ may not be defined with enough clarity to enable areas to be identified, and area specific solutions examined. 2. The information may be presented in a way which is difficult to understand (eg large tables full of numbers and statistics where ‘highly gender segregated’ occupations are not highlighted). It would be important to ensure that these concerns were addressed in any work done in this area.
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