Sexual inequality in the workplace

Jessica Irvine in Canberra's sex wars are underpinned by real sexual inequality in Aussie workplaces exposes some dreadful statistics highlighting discrimination in the work place:

5 : The number of female chief executives of Australia's top 200 companies listed on the stock exchange, or 2.5 per cent.

14.6 : Percentage of women on ASX 200 boards.

55 : Number of ASX 200 companies without a single woman on their board.

29 : Percentage of women in Parliament.

37 : Female members of the House of Representatives, out of 150 members.

29 : Female members of the Senate, out of 76 members.

$19.50 : Entry-level zookeeper hourly pay.

$15.90 : Entry-level personal carer or support worker hourly pay for providing care to our elderly on award wage.

17.5 : The percentage gender pay gap today between male and female full-time earnings, up from 15.9 per cent in 1994.