Georgie Dent

She was scaling the ranks in a global investment bank, earning a great income, living and working between London and New York and in line for a significant promotion.

GAY CLASS UPROAR was the headline sprawled across The Daily Telegraph’s front page yesterday.

I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t a little heart-wrenching to write.

Yesterday the cover of the latest Australian Women’s Weekly magazine popped up on my Instagram feed.

At age 15 Sophie McNeill borrowed her school’s video equipment and, without her family knowing, travelled to East Timor to make a documentary about the health crisis that was unfolding.

An update: The Australian Financial Review’s Michael Stutchbury has responded to this story.

Tanya Plibersek knows her way around the issues facing Australian women.

It’s been over a week since we learned that the government had opted to make working mothers – past, current and prospective – the losers in this year’s budget.

To say the Abbott Government’s paid parental leave policy has few friends is an understatement.

Petra Buchanan, the former CEO of the Australian Subscription Television Association, has today been announced as the chief executive of the McGrath Foundation.

The outgoing president of the Federal Liberal Council Alan Stockdale has described the underrepresentation of women as an important concern for the party.

Avril Henry, also known as Lt General David Morrison’s leadership coach, was one of three Australian women invited to present at the Global Summit of Women in Paris earlier this month.