Jordi Roth

If you were asked to name a ‘woman’s job’ what would spring to mind? Prime Minister of Australia? The managing director of the International Monetary Fund? The head of the World Health Organisation? The COO of Facebook? Wrong! Women do hold those jobs but the ‘correct’ answer is probably not the one you’re thinking.

The US Republican party doesn’t exactly have the best track record on understanding how women think, act or vote.

Iceland is set to host a UN conference in January.

When Fortune released its first list of the world’s most powerful businesswomen in 1998, most of those featured came from creative fields like media and publishing — and as it noted at the time, none who were heading up top “blue chip firms” .

As news broke regarding (now former) NFL Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice punching his then finance, Janay Palmer, unconscious in an elevator, most people reacted with outrage.

The US, like Australia, has a pretty persistent gender pay gap problem.

The former head of the Financial Times Group, Rona Fairhead, is slated to become the first woman to lead the BBC after it was announced she was the preferred government candidate to take on the role of chair of the BBC Trust.

It’s sad to hear of another case of sexual harassment against women in politics.

Women in sport might just get a little more attention when US network CBS launches the first all-women sports show next month.

Susan Wojcicki has been called the most important person in advertising, named the 12th most powerful woman on the Forbes 100, and is one of just six female CEOs of the top 100 tech companies in the US.

By now, you’re probably familiar with the numbers regarding women on screen.

Jill Abramson’s very public firing this year made considerable noise when she was forced out as the first female executive editor of the New York Times in May.