Marina Go

I have made no secret of the fact that I support quotas as a means of achieving gender equity for leadership.

Last night I attended Women’s Agenda’s sister publication StartUp Smart’s inaugural pitching event, So You Think You Can Start Up at the glamorous office of sponsor Servcorp in Sydney’s Chifley Tower.

It’s not very often that a question about my career path and life plan stops me in my tracks.

January is the month when the majority of people with a career crisis finally confront it.

Ten years ago I was flown first-class to Dubai for a job interview.

My mother phones most evenings to ask if I have news.

Feisty women are judged harshly in our society.

The news that Dolly magazine was closing after 46 years of holding the hands of teenage girls while they navigated the painful years of puberty, felt like the passing of a friend for so many women on social media.

Earlier in the week my father phoned to ensure that I had received the website link he had sent via WhatsApp.