“We can’t afford to leave women’s talent on the shelf”: Jobs Summit seeks to unlock women’s workforce participation

An early instalment of Thursday’s Jobs Summit was a keynote speech from Danielle Wood, co-founder and first chair of the Women in Economics Network and CEO at the Grattan Institute. Among other things, Wood pointed out the importance of education at all stages, to help break down gender barriers and to increase participation from women.

“Australia has some of the highest levels for education for women in the world but we currently rank 38th in the world for women’s economic opportunities,” she said. 

One of the core priorities for securing economic prosperity in the future, she said, was making better use of Australia’s available talent pool.