WEN VIC Breakfast Event: Gatekeepers and norms: barriers to achieving gender equality

Breakfast event Thursday 12 December 2024
Gatekeepers and norms: barriers to achieving gender equality

The Women in Economics Network (WEN) Victoria branch invites you to join us for breakfast on Thursday 12 December to explore some of the barriers to achieving gender equality. Join Dr Marina Gertsberg from Melbourne University and Sruthi Srikanthan from Deloitte Access Economics as they discuss the impacts of biased gatekeepers and gender norms in achieving gender equality.

Event Details

Date: Thursday 12 December
Time: 8.30am to approximately 9.30am. Attendees are welcome to arrive from 8.00am for a coffee, light bite to eat and networking.
Cost: Members $5, non-members $10 (click here to join)
Inclusions: Light breakfast snacks and tea/coffee
Venue: Deloitte, 477 Collins Street, Melbourne

About the Panellists

Dr Marina Gertsberg is an (Advanced) Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Finance at the University of Melbourne.

A central theme in her research is that it is enough for a few people who are gatekeepers to be biased against women to introduce a gender bias into the whole system. In her work, she aims to understand where the gender bias is in the system and how to redress it.

Sruthi Srikanthan is a Partner in the Health Economics and Social Policy team at Deloitte Access Economics, and leads the gender economics practice. She has experience across a broad range of health and social policy sectors including aged care, welfare, disability, child protection and health services planning.

About the moderator

Isabelle Layton is an Economist in the Office for Women in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, where her role focuses on gender disaggregated data to inform policy to improve outcomes for Australian women. Isabelle’s Economics Honours thesis explored the Gender Pay Gap in Australia.

Prior to working for the Commonwealth, Isabelle was a Senior Policy Advisor in the Victorian Government and has previously worked at Deloitte Access Economics.

Isabelle is the former Chair of WEN Victoria and has been a committee member since 2019.