Talks and Masterclasses
We run a series of talks and masterclasses that examine important topics on gender and mental wellbeing in the workplace, such as:
- The Mental Load
- The Future of Work
- Understanding and Correcting (Gender) Data Bias
Mental Load
Are your employees staggering under their mental load?
1 in 3 working mothers are considering downshifting or stepping out of the workforce.
Mothers and caregivers carry greater mental loads. But all employees carry mental loads of varying heaviness. And the challenge of managing hybrid, flexible and remote workforces have intensified these burdens.
Understanding the mental load can help your workplace maintain a diverse and healthy workforce.
We can help you organisation understand the mental load
The mental load is the invisible work of managing a household. It can also be unrecognised extra responsibilities in the workplace.
The University of Melbourne’s Gender Equity Initiative helps individuals, companies and governments make more informed decisions for a more equitable and inclusive future of work for women.
We are developing a tool to measure mental load. We can help your organisation understand:
- The latest research on mental load
- The impact of the mental load on burnout and mental health amongst your employees
- How you can help your employees manage their mental loads and engage more equally in work
- Related topics relevant to your workplace.
“I wanted to see some ‘ah ha’ moments, and this was absolutely the case. People were disappointed the presentation didn’t go longer.” – Cleone Shannon, Strategy and Consulting Manager, Accenture
The Future of Work
Work is changing. Can your workplace adapt?
Work isn’t working for women.
4 in 10 women experience gender discrimination at work. Heavier caregiving loads and other gender biases make women more vulnerable to new remote ways of working, automation and the rise of artificial intelligence.
How will your organisation ensure women aren’t left behind?
We can help your organisation and employees prepare
The University of Melbourne’s Gender Equity Initiative helps individuals, organisations and governments make more informed decisions for a more equitable and inclusive future of work for women.
We research the impact of technological changes on the future of women at work. We can help you and your employees understand:
- Future of work trends and how they’ll impact women at work
- How these trends link to skills, jobs and careers
- How to build the four skills that will be key to the future of work
- Related topics relevant to your workplace.
“It was very empowering to hear how women are well positioned to thrive in the 'new' workplace." – Lucy Cooper, Strategic Talent, Culture and Business Partner, Woolworths
Understanding and Correcting (Gender) Data Bias
Are your data-driven decisions really unbiased?
Workplaces increasingly make decisions based on data – and supported by artificial intelligence.
Data is how we describe workplace success. It can be how we select people for jobs.
But even data can be biased. And that can skew decisions to disadvantage groups of people, including women. How will your organisation ensure it's making accurate and inclusive decisions?
We can help your organisation counter data bias
The University of Melbourne’s Gender Equity Initiative helps individuals, companies and governments make more informed decisions for a more equitable and inclusive future of work for women.
Our research program measures sources of discrimination and bias at work. We can help your organisation understand:
- How data drives decisions in the workplace
- How to identify types and sources of bias in data
- How bias can influence data in overt and covert ways
- How to mitigate gender bias in data
- Related topics relevant to your workplace.