# Workplace Gender Equality Agency

- **Website:** <https://wgea.gov.au>
- **Primary alias:** `wgea.gov.au`
- **Founded:** 2012
- **Employees:** 11+
- **Location:** Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Company kind:** GOVERNMENT AGENCY

## Description

WGEA, or the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, is committed to achieving gender equality in the workplace. Their aim is to create equal opportunities and outcomes for both women and men, ensuring that everyone can access and enjoy equal rewards, resources, and opportunities, regardless of gender. This includes providing equal pay for work of equal value, removing barriers to women's full participation in the workforce, granting access to all occupations and industries, including leadership roles, and eliminating gender discrimination, especially in relation to family and caring responsibilities. Australia has made progress in the pursuit of gender equality, but there are still prevalent gender gaps in the workforce. Currently, Australia's gender pay gap is at 22.8%, only 19.4% of CEOs are women, and 12% of primary carer's leave is used by men. However, 56% of employers have taken action to address pay gaps and 78.6% support flexible work. Workplace gender equality matters not only because it is fair, but also because it is linked to a country's overall economic performance. It can lead to improved national productivity, increased organizational performance, better talent attraction and retention, and enhanced organizational reputation. To learn more about Australia's gender equality scorecard and the progress being made, you can review WGEA's publication on the subject. Achieving gender equality in the workplace is not just a moral imperative, but it also has substantial economic benefits. WGEA is dedicated to promoting gender equality and helping organizations thrive.

## Industries

- ⚖️ Government _(under Law and Government)_
- ⚖️ Law and Government

## Links

- [youtube](https://youtube.com/wgeagency)
- [twitter](https://twitter.com/WGEAgency)
- [instagram](https://instagram.com/wgeagency)
- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/workplace-gender-equality-agency)
- [facebook](https://facebook.com/wgeagency)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idJRhbI-dC/w/820/h/205/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1781945852202)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idJRhbI-dC/w/400/h/400/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1781945852282)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Supernova | #ffcb05 | accent |
| Buttered Rum | #a5860f | dark |
| Cornflower Blue | #629eef | light |

## Fonts

- OpenSans — asset _(google)_
- Helvetica — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idJRhbI-dC/w/200/h/34/id-ecl0vgg.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1781945852349)

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