What the data and experience of women tells us

Women face disadvantage across many areas of life. This includes the gender pay gap, unpaid care responsibilities, high rates of gender-based violence, and underrepresentation in leadership. Gender inequality is at the core of these issues.

For gender-diverse people, expressing or identifying outside the traditional gender binary leads to discrimination, stigma, and exclusion. This violates rights, limits participation, and results in poorer health, economic, and social outcomes for gender-diverse Tasmanians.

Through consultations with women across Tasmania, we found that their stories often highlight disadvantage. The impacts of gender inequality go beyond common issues like the pay gap and affect a person's sense of self.

Key areas of disadvantage

Equal means Equal: Tasmanian Women’s Strategy 2022–2027 is the Tasmanian Government’s five‑year plan to guide its work on gender equality. It sets out the government’s overall direction for improving outcomes for women and girls and provides a framework for how gender equality will be strengthened across the state.

The strategy uses an intersectional approach, recognising that people can experience multiple and overlapping forms of disadvantage based on factors such as gender, race, disability, age and sexuality.

This step of the toolkit takes you through the following areas of disadvantage facing Tasmanian women. While working through these sections, you will gain a better understanding of how to apply a gender lens to your work.

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