Most large organisations in Australia have set targets to minimise gender inequality. From pay transparency to flexible work, paid-parental leave top-ups to mentoring and unconscious bias programs. Bu…
Films with female leads do better at box office, new study finds
For all those haters of women-led, film franchises we’ve got something to stick up your pipe and smoke: Films with female leads are more likely to perform better at the box office. A new study c…
Women don’t need to ‘act like men at work’, but the opposite may help
“Women need to act more like men at work”. It’s a line oft repeated and therefore implicitly believed by many; and at face value it’s plain to see why. Men are still dominant i…
Female-led businesses you can get behind this Christmas
Everyone loves Christmas, but not everyone loves Christmas shopping. We’ve compiled a brief list of female-led businesses that offer up a bunch of gift options available online (with minimal str…
‘Ban Gavin McInnes’: Marcia Langton, Nyandol Nyuon & Kerryn Phelps lobby Parliament to act
On the lawns of Parliament House this morning, three fed-up women– Dr Kerryn Phelps, Professor Marcia Langton and lawyer Nyadol Nyuon– will directly lobby Immigration Minister David Colema…
‘An equality agenda’: Daniel Andrews announces 50 percent female cabinet
Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews has confirmed his commitment to an “equality agenda” starting with the appointment of three new women and an historic 50 percent female cabinet. New addit…
‘Respect for women in politics is years behind’:Julia Banks quits the Liberal Party
The Morrison government has been dealt another critical blow this morning, after influential MP Julia Banks quit the Liberal Party in favour of the crossbench. Banks, who was a vocal opponent of the g…
The ‘most dangerous place’ for women is inside their own home, UN study says
More than half of female murder victims last year globally, were killed by their partners or family members a new United Nations study has reported. Released to coincide with the International Day for…
‘We currently live in the era of the brain’: Dr Hannah Critchlow
Being hooked up to a machine (an electroencephalogram) that literally reads your mind, in a room packed with the brightest business and government leaders is surely a daunting prospect for most of us.…
‘The most powerful thing we have as women, is us’: Linda Burney on life and leadership
Shadow Minister for Human Services and Prevention of Family Violence, Linda Burney knows a thing or two about making it in politics against adversity and inevitably, against the odds. Raised in rural …
