Partner Content Speaking up is a superpower and more women need to be heard Catherine McGrath started WomenSpeaking in 2018 to help women build confidence in public speaking. Her workshops run across Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
News & Views Melanie Silva to lead Google Australia and New Zealand Australia can now celebrate another female leader at the top of a tech giant locally, with the appointment of Melanie Silva as the next MD of Google ANZ.
News & Views Nauru’s President pens song for Jacinda Ardern: the ‘star to unite us all’ She started her trip to the Pacific Islands Forum defending her need to return home early, finished with a new song written by Nauru’s President for her.
News & Views Julie Bishop: ‘Appalling behaviour’ and lack of female parliamentarians ‘unacceptable’ Julie Bishop has come out swinging against her own party, declaring she’s the low representation of women in her party is “unacceptable”.
News & Views New research confirms millennial men are leading a backlash against women’s rights A landmark national survey about social attitudes to sexism & gender inequality by the University of Canberra reveals some uncomfortable truths.
News & Views Getting more women on boards can make companies greener: Research New research finds that companies with women on boards experience fewer environmental lawsuits than their diversity-lacking counterparts.
Emerging Leaders Playbook Difficult conversations: Nine things emerging leaders should consider Anyone who plans on having a big career has to accept that difficult conversations are a fact of work. Your best bet is to learn how to manage them.
Soapbox Yes childcare’s expensive but pushing to limit the quality of early childhood education is wrong Parents have plenty of reasons to complain about the cost of childcare, but arguing in favour of policies that would diminish quality childhood education in wrong.
News & Views The awards for the most sexist remarks of the year are in The ‘winners’ of the 26th Annual Ernie Awards for Sexism were determined at a dinner last night at NSW Parliament House.
Soapbox A ‘woman problem’? No, the Liberals have a ‘man problem’, and they need to fix it The Liberal Party room is dominated by male MPs who anoint leaders in their own image. It’s not a woman problem that’s the issue.
Partner Content ‘I will continue this fight until I see every child in school’: The remarkable pursuits of Malala Yousafzai An Evening with Malala Yousafzai presented by The Growth Faculty will see Malala take the stage in Melbourne on December 10 and in Sydney on December 11 in a world first.
Entrepreneurs ‘It breaks my heart’: Jodie Fox says Shoes of Prey has paused operations to consider options Shoes of Prey’s Jodie Fox has issued a heartfelt statement today, sharing that the high-profile business she co-founded in 2009 has ceased normal operations to “consider its options”.