Qualifications recognition for skilled NESB women

The problem of qualifications recognition is particularly acute for NESB women those least likely to be Principal Applicants, most likely (along with refugees) to be out of the labour force at the time of migration, and therefore least likely to get their qualifications assessed in advance. The consequences can be profound, given that women's intermittent participation in the labour force means there is a shorter time period anyway in which to recoup the returns from their training. Such factors enhance the likelihood of preference in families being given to males' requalification and career progression in Australia a choice which compounds women's initial career disadvantage.