{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Feminist Acts","title":"#6 - \"You must be the stripper.\" Fixing the building industry's woman problem.","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3914,"description":"One in ten Australians work in construction. But it has the worst gender equity in the country. \nOnly 13% of construction workers are women. Just 2.5% of tradespeople are women. Two-thirds of construction firms have zero women on their boards. \nThe toxic culture that follows produces some of the worst rates of mental ill-health and suicide in any sector. On most building sites, there isn't a single bathroom for a woman to use.\nSo how do you change an industry that hasn't moved in thirty years? \nIn this episode, you'll learn:\nWhy hiring on \"merit\" in construction means hiring mates, and what happens when the mates are all blokes\nHow the industry loses $8.3 billion every year by keeping women out\nWhat construction culture actually looks like for women (and why \"you must be the stripper\" is the opening line of this episode)\nGuests:\nProfessor Paula Gerber, Faculty of Law, Monash University\nRebecca Dickson, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, Monash University\nDr Valerie Francis, Founder, Constructing Equity\nHosts:\nBecky Batagol, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University\nKate Seear, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University\nMentioned in this Episode:\nRead Rebecca Dickson and Paula Gerber’s proposal for ambitious quotas for female participation in the construction industry that all contractors seeking to work on government projects must meet, along with a strict compliance regime to ensure that the goal is achieved\nRead Valerie Francis’ commentary responding to Bec and Paula’s proposal \nWorkplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)  Gender Equality Scorecard 2024-25 (27 November 2025) which shows that just over half of companies in the construction industry have no women on boards (see page 34). mentioned by Bec.\nWorkplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), Tackling the ‘pipeline problem’ in construction requires more than employer action (30 May 2024) discusses the kind of cultural change needed to achieve gender equality in the construction industry\nThe National...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9qpaPxX9PgYAW5RSDNWabBKNADT3ptoX-L5GcGDtzBg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yOWQ3/MzEzZTg5Yjg2ZGQ4/ZDU0YzIzZTdjMzRh/NDdlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}