COVID-19 and the Pink Collar Recession

COVID-19 and the Pink Collar Recession

Wednesday - 29 July, 2020 - 07:30 PM

Online Only - A Zoom link will be forwarded on RSVP - Victoria, Australia

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Join Victorian Fabians with Eva Cox, of the University of Technology Sydney, and Emma Dawson, Executive Director of Per Capita, for a discussion on COVID-19 and the 'Pink Collar Recession'.

This event is the second of two where we want to collect your thoughts on issues relating to a post COVID-19 world. Our ideas will be collected together as a "Letter to Labor" to help inform the policy agenda.

The COVID-19 economic crisis is disproportionately affecting women — so much so that some have dubbed it a ‘pink-collar recession’.

Industries dominated by women have been the hardest hit by the economic shutdown. Far too many low-paid women in insecure jobs are not recipients of government support, with more than 200,000 female workers in those sectors alone missing out on the wage subsidy. There is an overall bias against feminized jobs, which diminishes the value of those skills learned informally. How should we address these issues?

This is your opportunity to bring your own ideas on the best ways to move forward and contribute to a call for policy directions.

Speakers

Journalist Nicola Heath will moderate the discussion.

Eva Cox - Research Fellow, Jumbunna IHL at the University of Technology Sydney.

Eva is a writer, feminist, sociologist, social commentator and activist.

Emma Dawson - Executive Director of Per Capita and former senior policy advisor in the Rudd and Gillard governments. Emma has published articles and opinion pieces on a wide range of public policy issues, which have appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Guardian and The Australian.

 

This is an Online Only event - a link to join the Zoom event will be forwarded via email upon RSVP and prior to the event.

 

All are welcome to stay for our 'online pub' after the event:

In our time of lock down, this is an effort to maintain the social aspect of our face to face events, which are usually followed by dinner and drinks at a local pub. So remember to come prepared with your own BYO drink and nibbles for the post-event discussion. We encourage all members to switch on video at the event to improve sociability.

Who’s going

Jenny Wills Julia Thornton Anna McDonald Rhonda Small Helen Halliday Marjorie Farren Rob Ryan Brian Salter-Duke Mark Spralja Meg O'Brien Kathryn Meggitt Matt McKenna Geoffrey Poynter Katherine Rich Nick Szwed Madeleine Sanders Leili Golafshani Matthew Coote holly rebeiro Cassandra Van Maree Overall Emily Porter Leanne Smith Liz Ross Peter Murphy Chris Blake Pamela McLeod Stacey Nguyen Darrin Morgan Kay Hallahan stav zotalis Karin Campbell Lea Campbell Liz Prime Angela Briant Alma Mcallister Jeff McCracken-Hewson Richard Walsham Anne-Marie Scully Deborah Curtis Susan Lynch Louise Crawford David Imber Gemma Saccasan Glen Henson Clare Gleghorn Marianne Ehrhardt Mark Bonanno

Who's RSVPing

Jenny Wills
Julia Thornton
Anna McDonald
Rhonda Small
Helen Halliday
Marjorie Farren
Rob Ryan
Brian Salter-Duke
Mark Spralja
Meg O'Brien
Kathryn Meggitt
Matt McKenna
Geoffrey Poynter
Katherine Rich
Nick Szwed
Madeleine Sanders
Leili Golafshani
Matthew Coote
holly rebeiro
Cassandra Van
Maree Overall
Emily Porter
Leanne Smith
Liz Ross
Peter Murphy
Chris Blake
Pamela McLeod
Stacey Nguyen
Darrin Morgan
Kay Hallahan

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