Rose Powell

UnitingCare director of Social Justice Karen Bevan will soon commence a 12 month mentoring program with a leading business person after being awarded the annual Not For Profit Mentoring Scholarship by McCarthy Mentoring.

Women may be more likely to find ethical compromises unacceptable and even view ethics differently compared to men, according to a new report published by the University of California, Berkeley.

Does career success make women less likeable and men more so? According to Sheryl Sandberg, who catapulted the “likeability penalty” conversation into the spotlight with her career memoir Lean In, the answer is yes.

The dominance of men in MBA programs may be ending as universities evolve their courses to better meet the demands of women, and answer calls from the business community to produce a different kind of leader in the future.

Britain will hold a significant “ceremonial funeral” for deceased former prime minister Margaret Thatcher next Wednesday, with more than 2000 current and former heads of state, politicians and leaders invited to the St Paul’s Cathedral event including a number of prominent women.

Carrie Tiffany’s second novel Mateship with Birds won the first ever Stella Prize for women’s writing earlier this week, elevating her to a new status of ambassador for women in literature and the creative arts.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is one of 37 women to claim 33 places in TIME Magazine’s annual 100 most influential people list.

Jemma Birrell returned home from Paris last year to take the reins of the Sydney Writers’ Festival, one of the world’s largest literary events.

Following years of pushing for more women on ASX-listed boards – and making some, albeit extremely slow progress – activists are now turning their attention to the senior executive ranks and urging investors to do the same.

There has been much debate this week comparing the Gillard government’s existing paid parental leave scheme, which pays new working mums minimum wage for 18 weeks, to the Coalition’s proposed scheme, which would offer women their full salary for 26 weeks (capped at $75,000, or $150,000 per year).

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is currently visiting Papua New Guinea for the first time on the job, with the issue of gender-based violence on the agenda during her meetings with PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill.

Four high-powered businesswomen have come together to invest in women rising to the top of Australia’s start-up sector.