In closing out the G20 Labour Ministers' meeting held in Catania, Italy, on 22-23 June, government representatives from the world’s 20 richest countries issued a joint statement that focused on the issue of gender equality. The ministers committed to renewed effort in closing the gender gap in labour market participation rates by 25% by 2025 (the Brisbane target). They also listed a series of new policies to be put in place to limit the effects of the pandemic on the fight for gender equality.
In 2014, G20 labour and employment ministers agreed the ‘Brisbane Roadmap’ that aimed to close the participation rate gap by 25% and bring 100 million women into employment by 2025. Seven years on, and while the ministers do note that progress has been made (nearly half of the countries are on track to meet the target), they also agree that women are over-represented in care work professions and in informal and unpaid work settings. The 20 governments have thus decided to set new targets in the
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