[Podcast] The System Isn't Broken It Was Build This Way - Dr Niki Vincent

What happens when someone who faced judgment as a teenage mother, discrimination as a single parent, and systemic barriers at every turn becomes Victoria's inaugural Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner? You get Dr. Niki Vincent, a quiet revolutionary whose lived experience of inequality has become her greatest weapon in dismantling the systems that perpetuate it.

In this episode of Chasing Financial Equality, Dr. Vincent joins Kane Jackson to unpack how personal struggle becomes political insight, how to drive institutional change with both compassion and compliance powers, and why data only matters if it leads to action through radical transparency.

From conducting explosive investigations into discrimination in police forces and fire services to implementing groundbreaking legislation across Victoria's 300+ public sector organisations covering nearly half a million workers, Niki reveals the hard truths about systemic bias and how the Gender Equality Act is forcing organisations to face them with unprecedented accountability.

Together they explore why gender equity isn't just an ethical obligation, but a structural redesign issue that intersects with finance, class, race and power. Drawing on insights from Caroline Criado-Perez's "Invisible Women," they examine how our systems are literally built around male bodies and life patterns, externalising costs onto everyone else.

Expect practical insights on driving change from the grassroots up, moving personal stories of resilience and transformation, and an inspiring call to make equality not a side project — but business as usual.

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