Coalition breaks promise made to women

The Coalition has broken a key promise to appoint more women to state boards.

Coalition breaks promise made to women

All but three out of 14 government departments failed to reach a 40% gender representation target.

Women have the lowest representation in important, economic, decision-making bodies, and make up just 25% of members of boards under the Department of Finance and 22% under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

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