Angela Priestley

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.

No ‘best of’ list can satisfy everyone.

Stories of sexual harassment are everywhere.

So what’s a woman to do? It’s clear that many of our readers are becoming increasingly frustrated with the current state of politics, all on top of the fact progress for women in leadership is still slow and the structural and cultural impediments affecting women’s workforce participation don’t look like disappearing anytime soon.

For all the efforts being made to boost women’s workforce participation, there’s one aspect that’s not always discussed: the fact some women simply do not want to return to work.