Jane Thomson said that all wine industry businesses should use the Industry Gender Equity Toolkit. Image supplied
Jane Thomson OAM will attend the 70th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations headquarters in New York as a part of the official UN Women Australia delegation.
With support from both Wine Australia and Australian Women in Wine, Thomson is focused on using the opportunity to “urge the Australian wine sector to accelerate progress on gender equity at home”.
“We can be proud of the conversations the Australian wine community has started, but conversations don’t change culture on their own.
“What changes culture is what we choose to implement, measure and lead on day after day, vintage after vintage,” she said.
Thomson has also called on businesses to increase awareness and uptake of the Australian Wine Industry Gender Equity Toolkit, a practical guide meant to assist with driving change across the sector.
“Wine Australia and Australian Grape & Wine has given the industry a genuinely useful tool in the Australian Wine Industry Gender Equity Toolkit. Now the opportunity – and the responsibility – is on all of us to use it,” she said.
Thomson asks that all vineyards, suppliers, distributors, retailers, media, educators and industry bodies make a public commitment in 2026 to adopt the toolkit. She emphasised that gender equity isn’t just something ‘nice to have”’ but a competitive advantage when done right.
“If the Australian wine industry wants to keep attracting brilliant people — and keep them — we need to build workplaces where women can thrive, lead and stay,” said Thomson.
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