The boss of one New Zealand-based company might soon be feeling particularly popular. Not only is he pushing to make the four-day (full time pay) week trial he started a couple of months back permanen…
Barack Obama: Men are ‘getting on my nerves’, let’s empower more women
When things look too corrupt or too broken, that’s the time to get in and fix it. At least that’s what former US president Barack Obama suggested overnight to an audience of young leaders …
Gender equality is not just good for business, it’s good for sleep
We’ve seen the evidence that gender equality is good for business and good for the economy, but this latest research puts a new spin on the benefits: couples in more gender equal societies sleep…
Flexible childcare until 11:30pm? It’s now reality at one centre thanks to this female entrepreneur
We love seeing innovation in the childcare sector. Particularly when it comes from female entrepreneurs who are tapping into their own experiences raising kids in order to create something better. Las…
Alexis Ohanian’s sweet tribute to wife Serena Williams (& why he’s pushing for paid parental leave)
We always knew Serena Williams’ return from maternity leave would be big, but the way she’s stormed the court to become an advocate for new mothers is something else. Off the court William…
How Emma Isaacs is Winging It on business, five kids and time management
Emma Isaacs acquired the then little-known Business Chicks when she was just 26 years old. She saw the opportunity while sitting at a Business Chicks event with her friend Olivia Ruello. The former ow…
‘If England gets beaten, so will she’: And England did…
Watching the latter stages of the World Cup semi final between England and Croatia this morning, it was difficult to forget a domestic violence awareness campaign shared on social media. The graphic p…
Childcare centres sending kids home with dinner boxes to help exhausted parents
If, like me, you find the post-childcare or after-school dinner particularly challenging and therefore often end up resorting to weetbix and peas, you’re going to love this. One childcare operat…
Joe Hockey says all-male ‘mateship’ ambassadors program ‘should be fixed’
When our US-based contributor Meggie Palmer saw the list of 15 people who had been appointed ‘patrons of mateship’ to mark our relationship with the United States, she saw a common theme. …
The money Surfer Zoe Steyn should have won has been crowdfunded and will be donated to charity
When comp-winning surfer Zoe Steyn was pictured last week with a giant cheque featuring half the prize money of her male counterpart, social media went into a spin regarding the blatant pay disparity.…
