Science in Australia Gender Equity points to its achievements in ‘22

SAGE describes its mission as to “embed genuine and sustainable gender equity, diversity and inclusion across the Australian tertiary education and research sector,” notably through the Athena Swan accreditation framework.

It points to success in its impact statement for last  year– reporting SAGE accredited universities have a higher proportion of women in key leadership positions than others, 30 per cent to zero for chairs. The gap for MRIs is less,  33 per cent to 24 per cent.

But it’s the comparisons for staff at universities that make its strongest case.

All SAGE accredited universities have formal flex-work arrangements, compared to 60 per cent of others and 97 per cent of SAGE unis provide secondary carers with full during parental leave compared to 40 per cent of those that are unaccredited.