Medibank has issued a challenge to corporate Australia with their policy offering 14 weeks paid leave to all parents, regardless of whether they’re the primary or secondary carer. That 14 weeks …
Meet the woman changing the future of work one girl at a time
Madeleine Grummet likes to connect the dots, and wears many hats in the process. A creative, serial entrepreneur, journalist, innovator and mother of four girls, she’s bringing it all together a…
Women now hold 30% of ASX 100 board positions, but still long way to go
The 30% milestone for women on boards has been reached across the ASX 100, while the number of women on the boards across the full 200 is also at an all time high. Up from 25.4% this time time last ye…
Care about diversity? Then speak up: Tim Soutphommasane
If you really care about diversity in leadership, then you need to speak up about it according to Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane. And upon speaking up, take heart from the fact th…
Angela Merkel shares telling photo from G7 Summit
We don’t know what Angela Merkel is saying to US President Donald Trump, but we hope he’s listening. The German Chancellor shared the above photo on her Instagram account, saying it captur…
Spain gets a majority female Cabinet: ‘One day this won’t make headlines’
Pedro Sánchez, the new prime minister of Spain, has done something remarkable in announcing his new Cabinet. He’s found the women! Eleven of his new 17 Cabinet appointment are female, and six male. Th…
How the resilience of women changes leadership and communities
If you want a very good reason why more female leaders are needed, look no further than some of the major humanitarian disasters that have occurred internationally in the past few years, and the resil…
Some day we won’t call it ‘flexible’ work, it’ll just be work
In the not-too-distance future, I’d like to see an end to the term flexible working. Not because I don’t think more of us should be working in ways that actually suit our circumstances. Bu…
Female entrepreneurs rethinking fashion and saving 94,300 plastic bottles from landfill
It’s World Environment Day, and there are countless examples of innovative female entrepreneurs doing their bit to find new ways of addressing environmental challenges. That’s especially t…
For the women who’ve ever felt mentally & physically shattered after maternity ‘leave’
In the lead up to my first stint of maternity leave I thought I’d be taking more of a holiday than entering the most physically and mentally exhausting time of my life. That’s the problem with t…
