Amplify Kit Reference List
This reference list supports Australians Investing in Women’s Amplify Kit by grounding its messages and tools in credible, up-to-date evidence.
The Amplify Kit is designed to help leaders explain why gender equality matters and how investing in women and girls benefits everyone. It provides clear messages, data and resources that enable informed conversations, shift attitudes and guide better decision-making across philanthropy, business and investment.
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency (August 2025), National Gender Pay Gap
Source: https://www.wgea.gov.au/data-statistics/ABS-gender-pay-gap-data - Workplace Gender Equality Agency (August 2025), National Gender Pay Gap
Source: https://www.wgea.gov.au/data-statistics/ABS-gender-pay-gap-data - Workplace Gender Equality Agency (2024), Australia’s Gender Equality Scorecard (November 2024)
Source: https://www.wgea.gov.au/publications/australias-gender-equality-scorecard - Australian Bureau of Statistics (2020–21), How Australians Use Their Time
Source: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/how-australians-use-their-time/latest-release - Australian Bureau of Statistics (March 2025), Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, Australia
Source: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/barriers-and-incentives-labour-force-participation-australia/latest-release - A home of one’s own.
Source: https://www.aiiw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/A-Home-of-Ones-Own-research-report-UPDATED-NOVEMBER-2024.pdf - Australian Bureau of Statistics (March 2025), Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, Australia
Source: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/barriers-and-incentives-labour-force-participation-australia/latest-release - World Economic Forum (2026), The Finance Gap for Women Entrepreneurs is $1.7 Trillion, Mark Muckerhide, CARE USA
Source: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/10/women-entrepreneurs-finance-banking/ - Chief Executive Women (2025), Senior Executive Census 2025: The Pipeline Problem
Source: https://cew.org.au/news-views/new-research-gender-diversity-in-corporate-australia-stalling-as-accountability-fails - Chief Executive Women (2025), Senior Executive Census 2025: The Pipeline Problem
Source: https://cew.org.au/news-views/new-research-gender-diversity-in-corporate-australia-stalling-as-accountability-fails - Australian Bureau of Statistics (2025), Measuring What Matters
Source: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/measuring-what-matters/measuring-what-matters-themes-and-indicators/cohesive/representation-parliament#progress - Pathways to Politics (2025), Gender Scorecard 2025: Women in Australian Politics
Source: https://pathwaystopolitics.org.au/knowledge-hub/scorecard-women-political-representation/ - Personal Safety, Australia, 2021-22 financial year Source: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/crime-and-justice/personal-safety-australia/latest-release
- Our Watch (2025), Calculated from Bricknell S. (2023), Homicide in Australia 2020–21
Source: https://www.ourwatch.org.au/quick-facts - IPSOS (2022), International Women’s Day 2022 – Charts AUS, in collaboration with the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London
Source: https://www.ipsos.com/en-au/one-five-australians-thinks-women-who-say-they-were-abused-often-make-or-exaggerate-claims-abuse-or - Australian Human Rights Commission (2022), Time for Respect: Fifth National Survey on Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
- Women of Colour in Australian Workplaces (2024), Women of Colour Australia
Source: https://womenofcolour.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/WoCA-Workplace-Report-2024.pdf - UNESCO (2023), Out of School Rate, GEM Report
Source: https://education-estimates.org/out-of-school/
Additional Source: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/progress-girls-access-education-what-new-unesco-data-reveals - UNICEF (2025), Global Databases: Child Marriage
Source: https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-protection/child-marriage/ - Educating Girls: A Major Solution for Climate Resiliency
Source: http://populationgrowth.org/educating-girls-a-major-solution-for-climate-resiliency/ - UN Women, “Women Suffer the Most from Climate Displacement”
Source: https://wrd.unwomen.org/explore/insights/women-suffer-most-climate-displacement - Pinho-Gomes AC et al. (2023), Women’s Representation in Clinical Trials of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, Clinical Kidney Journal
Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10469102/ - Pinho-Gomes AC et al. (2023), Women’s Representation in Clinical Trials of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, Clinical Kidney Journal
Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10469102/ - McKinsey Health Institute (January 2024), Closing the Women’s Health Gap: A $1 Trillion Opportunity to Improve Lives and Economies
Source: Link here. - Australian Human Rights Commission (2024), Face the Facts 2024
Source: https://humanrights.gov.au/education/stats-facts/statistics-about-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-women-and-girls#_edn5 - UNESCO (2024), Global Education Monitoring Report – Gender and STEM Participation
Source: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000386285 - Minister for Sport Annika Wells (12 December 2024), $3.2 Million for Women Leaders in Sport
Source: https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-anika-wells-mp/media/32-million-for-women-leaders-in-sport - National Library of Australia – Sport and Australian Culture: Women in Sport
Source: https://www.library.gov.au/learn/digital-classroom/sport-and-australian-culture/women-sport - A Monument of One’s Own
Source: https://www.amonumentofonesown.com/ - Gender Matters Results, Screen Australia
https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-news/2023/10-31-gender-matters-results-2022-2023 - Ipsos (2023), Majority of Men Support Gender Equality – Global Study
Source: https://www.ipsos.com/en-au/majority-men-support-gender-equality-ipsos-global-study - IPSOS (2022), International Women’s Day 2022 – Charts AUS
Source: https://www.ipsos.com/en-au/one-five-australians-thinks-women-who-say-they-were-abused-often-make-or-exaggerate-claims-abuse-or - IPSOS (2024), International Women’s Day 2024
Source: https://www.ipsos.com/en-au/international-womens-day-2024 - IPSOS (2024), International Women’s Day 2024
Source: https://www.ipsos.com/en-au/international-womens-day-2024 - World Economic Forum (2025), Global Gender Gap Report 2025 – Key Findings
Source: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/06/global-gender-gap-report-2025-key-findings/ - Deloitte (2022), Breaking the Norm: Unleashing Australia’s Economic Potential
Source: https://www.aiiw.org.au/news/breaking-the-norm-unleashing-australias-economic-potential/ - Chief Executive Women (2025), Senior Executive Census 2025: The Pipeline Problem
Source: https://cew.org.au/hubfs/01_Website%20Content/Downloadable%20Resources/25_01%20CEW%20CENSUS%20DISPATCH%20A3.pdf?hsLang=en-au - McKinsey & Company (2023), Diversity Matters Even More
Source: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-matters-even-more-the-case-for-holistic-impact - Report: Social housing keeps women safe from family violence expands economy
Source: https://everybodyshome.com.au/report-social-housing-keeps-women-safe-from-family-violence-expands-economy/ - McKinsey Health Institute (January 2024), Closing the Women’s Health Gap: A $1 Trillion Opportunity to Improve Lives and Economies
Source: Link here.
The Amplify Kit was published in November 2025.