Flexible working has long been seen as a solid strategy for promoting women’s workforce participation in the corporate sector. The basic thinking goes that if you end — or at least relax &…
Business
Note to Peter Dutton: Most of us support the “PC agenda” of Australian business
As Home Affairs Minister, you’d assume Peter Dutton had a lot on his plate. You’d assume that matters of national security, counter-terrorism, immigration and border protection would be co…
Meet Edwina Sharrock the midwife & entrepreneur changing childbirth education
Edwina Sharrock is a registered midwife and mum of two from Tamworth in NSW who is building an empire helping women give birth. On Monday night’s episode of Shark Tank Sharrock successfully attr…
Workplace flexibility isn’t enough. Employers must offer part-time work
Employers who don’t offer part-time work will never overcome gender inequality in the workforce, write Stephanie Reuss and Victoria Stuart from Beam Australia Beam were the winners of our 2017 Entrep…
How Jessica Ruhfus kept her startup running and is now headed for San Francisco
In 2015, Jessica Ruhfus was back living with her parents, sleeping on her sister’s bedroom floor and working three jobs just to keep her business collaboration startup Collabosaurus running. A few yea…
What you need to know about Australia’s latest major female CEO appointment: Shemara Wikramanayake
Shemara Wikramanayake’s appointment as the new CEO of the country’s biggest investment bank, Macquarie Group, is significant for women in leadership. For the first time in Australia’s corporate …
Angela Williamson’s bravery in sending the abortion tweets that led to her sacking
The hypocrisy is blatant. How many senior men have managed to talk their way out of sexual harassment allegations? Assault? Bullying? Misconduct? Meanwhile, a woman takes a stand on a personal and pol…
