School of Health & Social Development, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Vic., Australia.
Health Promot J Austr. 2019 Sep;30(3):359-370. doi: 10.1002/hpja.227. Epub 2019 Jan 1.
Numerous resources exist to support workplaces to undertake gender equality work; however, it is often unclear which existing resources are being utilised by Australian workplaces. One group that can provide insight into the use of existing resources is the professionals who have undertaken gender equality work in their organisation.
Purposive sampling was used to identify informants with experience undertaking gender equality work. A sample of 12 informants was recruited from five employment sectors: five informants from the women('s health sector; two from other organisations in the health sector; three from local government; and one each from manufacturing and education. One in-depth semi-structured interview was conducted with each informant. Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis.
Four themes emerged from data analysis: "Organisational Context," "Legitimising Gender Equality Work," "Demystifying Gender Equality" and "Embedding Gender Equality into the Workplace." Mechanisms such as drawing on the evidence base, developing internal communications strategies, establishing a working group, undertaking training, conducting an audit, and reviewing policies and procedures were used to embed gender-based considerations into the workplace. A range of resources to underpin most of these approaches was discussed by informants.
Informants had a sound understanding of approaches they could use to address existing gender inequality; however, they did not always utilise existing resources to support them to undertake their chosen approach. SO WHAT?: A clearer online database needs to be established to allow workplaces to access a compilation of existing resources and any evaluation on their use.
有许多资源可以支持工作场所开展性别平等工作；然而，通常不清楚澳大利亚工作场所正在利用哪些现有资源。可以深入了解现有资源利用情况的一个群体是在其组织中从事性别平等工作的专业人员。
采用目的抽样法确定有经验从事性别平等工作的知情者。从五个就业部门招募了 12 名知情者作为样本：五名来自妇女（健康部门；两名来自卫生部门的其他组织；三名来自地方政府；一名来自制造业，一名来自教育部门。对每位知情者进行了一次深入的半结构化访谈。使用主题分析对访谈记录进行了分析。
数据分析中出现了四个主题：“组织背景”、“使性别平等工作合法化”、“揭开性别平等的神秘面纱”和“将性别平等纳入工作场所”。采用了一些机制，如借鉴证据基础、制定内部沟通策略、成立工作组、开展培训、进行审计以及审查政策和程序，将基于性别的考虑纳入工作场所。知情者讨论了一系列可以支持大多数这些方法的资源。
知情者对他们可以用来解决现有性别不平等问题的方法有很好的了解；然而，他们并不总是利用现有资源来支持他们选择的方法。因此：需要建立一个更清晰的在线数据库，以便工作场所可以访问现有资源的汇编以及对其使用情况的任何评估。
