It's not everyday you get given a mic to chat to a room of over 900 people about some of your favourite topics! 🙌 It was a real privilege to share my thoughts at #AustralianCleanEnergySummit2024's Women in Renewables lunch on a net zero by 2050 world.
By 2050, I hope that we no longer need to have WiR clean energy events because our natural state would be one filled with a diversity of thought (read: thought, not gender! Because this is what this is really about). But we're a long way away in Aus, which recent stats Workplace Gender Equality Agency released made clear. In the electricity sector, women represent 30% of the total workforce. Women also represent only 18% of the total workforce’s total renumeration upper quartile, however fair more equally at 49% in the total renumeration lower quartile. 📈 Systemic change does not happen by accident, so we have a long way to go ✊🏽
Diversity of thought is critical to facilitating this energy transition and achieving net zero. So, I reiterate what I said today. To all my ladies out there, please give yourself permission (be entitled!) to be your full authentic selves. And, men, please ask yourselves: how can I be more self-aware of the power systems (pun only half intended!) and subtle nuances in my workplace to create a culture that welcomes a diversity of thought?💡
Thank you Julia Souder for being an amazing and supportive co-panellist and to Ashleigh Dalmau & the Clean Energy Council for giving us the space to be our full authentic selves and share our thoughts. Here's to more women lifting each other up, and to each and every one of us being our honest and authentic selves 🤘🏽🤘🏽🥳
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