Women in Social and Economic Research (WISER)
You are invited to this forum to hear two leading advocates for gender equality.Date: Friday 15 JanuaryTime: 9.45am - 12.00pmVenue: Curtin Graduate School of Business, 78 Murray Street PerthCost: Free of chargeSharryn
Jackson MP
Member for Hasluck and Chair of the House of Representatives Standing
Committee for Employment and Workplace Relations.
About
the Speaker
Sharryn Jackson is the Member for Hasluck and Chair
of the recent House of Representatives “inquiry into pay equity and associated
issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce”.
Download the report from this inquiry, entitled Making it
fair, tabled on 23 November 2009
Ailsa
McKay
Professor in Gender and Economics
Division of Public Policy
Caledonian
Business School, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
About
the Speaker
Professor Ailsa McKay is a distinguished academic feminist economist with a
particular interest in gender budgeting, gender equality, social security policy
and pay equity. Professor McKay is currently collaborating with WiSER scholars
in an emerging network on gender budgeting. She will speak on the following:
“Recession and Recovery – What has Gender Got To Do With It?”
Register Now places limitedPlease note this is not an IRSWA event so enquiries should be directed to Curtin University Graduate School of Business.
