Angela Priestley

Stella Prize winning author Clare Wright spent ten years researching her book, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, culminating in a 500-page tome of captivating storytelling sharing the lives and experiences of women during the Gold Rush.

When it comes to women’s workforce participation there are two core elements that need to be challenged: the first concerns assumptions about women at work.

This week former NSW premier Kristina Keneally announced she was stepping down from her role as CEO of Basketball Australia to spend more time with her family, especially her two teenage sons.

Violence is featured on the front pages of every major newspaper this morning, with the Daily Telegraph dedicating a special nine-page section to the fight that stopped a nation.

The percentage of women on ASX 200 boards is at an all time high at 18.

We put a lot on young people when we expect them to choose a career upon leaving school, or even in their early twenties after finishing tertiary education or some other qualification.

Every now and again a prominent figure makes an ill-informed comment regarding women’s workforce participation and representation.

There will be plenty of pain in today’s Federal budget for women, but there’s one particular area where the hit will be relatively contained.

Anne Summers believes there’s one thing missing from the corridors of power in Canberra: a powerful lobbying group for women.

It’s difficult to offer a sweeping statement on whether Treasurer Joe Hockey’s first Federal budget will be ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for women.

Architecture is yet another industry where the ‘pipeline’ has long been expected to supply enough women to see it shift from being heavily male-dominated to offering a more equitable gender mix.

Don’t get too disheartened by the persistent 17.