Shrinking the Gender Gap

Shrinking the Gender Gap: Actions to Drive Change

Closing the gender gap requires proactive steps that empower women and create equitable opportunities for all. As a leader in your organisation, here’s how you can make a meaningful impact:

Foster Collaboration Across Genders: Encourage men to advocate for pay equity, take paternity leave, and support women rising into executive roles. Progress accelerates when both sexes champion change.

Champion Workplace Flexibility: Stand up for policies that support families, such as parental leave and improved provisions for menopause, fertility, pregnancy loss, and mental health. Flexibility benefits your entire team.

Promote Health and Wellbeing: Support and educate your workplace and family about maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including achieving a BMI of less than 30. A healthier workforce benefits everyone.

Rethink Hiring Practices: Consider whether your hiring process values the unique strengths of male and female candidates equally. Diversity of perspective fuels innovation—are you assessing it fully?

By making these changes, you can contribute to a fairer, more inclusive workplace. For advice on tackling the gender gap, or implementing D&I strategies in your hiring process reach out to the JMR team. Together, we can make a difference.