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WORDS BY FIONA MACDONALD. *MICROSOFT AND NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT QUOTES WERE PROVIDED TO THE WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY AGENCY. PHOTOGRAPHY BY KRISTINA SOLJO/BAUER. GETTY IMAGES

ASK YOUR BOSS

We’re not saying charge

in and demand more $$,

but do ask your boss what

your company’s stance on

pay equality is to open up

a line of communication.

SIGN OUR PETITION

over at Change.org/

CosmoEqualPay to let

the government know

you want businesses

to publicly report their

gender pay gap.

SPREAD THE WORD

on Instagram, Facebook,

Twitter, or even preach it

on the streets, using the

hashtag #EqualPay.

GO TO SITES LIKE

PAYSCALE.COM

to fi nd out what you

should really be getting

paid for the job you’re

doing – and don’t be

afraid to ask for it.

OK, I’M

OVER

BEING

PAID 18%

LESS

THAN

MEN, BUT

WHAT CAN

I DO?

EMMA MARKEZIC REBECCA SULLIVAN FROM

DIRTY GIRL KITCHEN

WHAT DO CEOS THINK?

“At Unilever Australia &

New Zealand, we’re focused

on building a diverse workplace

with equal opportunities for

women, including in our senior

leadership teams. We want to

offer rewarding careers to all of our employees

and believe that equal pay for men and women

is just a basic starting point.”

• Clive Sti , CEO of Unilever Australia
  and New Zealand, one of the top three
  consumer goods companies in the world,
  with more than 400 health, wellbeing and
  food brands, including Dove, Rexona,
  TRESemmé, Streets, Lipton, Magnum,
  Sunsilk and Vaseline.

“A country’s national

competitiveness is largely

defined by its workforce so it

makes no sense, especially for

a country with Australia’s small

population, to limit or constrain

the contribution of over 50% of its people. I call

on all business leaders to commit to eliminating

gender bias – it’s just good business.”

• Pip Marlow, managing director
  at Microsoft, Australia’s largest
  software company.

“Equal pay is critical for

organisations because we all

want to attract the best talent,

and it seems so obvious to me

that if we don’t pay our men

and women fairly, we’ll lose

them. I think that every company should

undertake a gender pay equity audit so they

can find out if they do have an issue and where

it is, so that they can take proper action.”

• Deb Eckersley, human capital partner
  at PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of
  Australia’s top professional services firm,
  which helps other businesses find ways to
  work more eˆ ciently (including helping
  them close their gender pay gap).

“Addressing pay equity

underpins our diversity

success, and understanding

and addressing unconscious

bias is a critical component.

You need to audit the relevant

data to know where the issues are and take

action.” – Wayne Spanner, managing

partner of Norton Rose Fulbright Australia,

one of the world’s biggest law firms, with

o ices in London, New York, Sydney,

Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

Gender pay gaps have been a dirty

little secret and sunlight is a fantastic

disinfectant” – Louise McSorley

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DONATE TO UN

WOMEN AUSTRALIA

to help fund their work

empowering women and

fi ghting the good fi ght

for gender equality. #

TARA MOSS