Ed's Blog What if Google never hired Marissa Meyer Marissa Mayer’s pregnancy has received more attention than the appointment that put Mayer in the international media spotlight in the first place.
Ed's Blog The 2020 Agenda: a vision for the future of work New research regarding gender diversity in senior management positions is usually startling, but rarely surprising Women working full-time still earn, on average, 17.
Ed's Blog Board appointments: an indicator of gender equality progress? Seeing more women appointed to leadership positions is core to Women’s Agenda.
Ed's Blog No signs of ‘nanny culture’ developing here The Gillard government has acknowledged what most of us already know about childcare.
Ed's Blog The quest for gold in Rio starts in the boardroom Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has moved to take the spotlight off the so-called underperformance of our athletes at the London Games (that is, against expectations we’d end the games with a top five finish in the medal tally) and place it instead on the “attitude and ownership” at the management level of some, unnamed, sports.
Ed's Blog Relationships can end, financial decisions will last a lifetime Today, Sara Lucas reminds us of the results of the last Financial Literacy Survey by ANZ which brands ‘females’ as a group with “low financial literacy” – along with under 25s and people with no formal post-secondary education, as having low financial literacy.
Ed's Blog Anna Bligh’s vow with husband on career priorities It’s the modern marriage vow of our time: to have and to hold, through his career and mine.
Ed's Blog Kate Lundy: sports must earn right to funding, and board diversity matters Don’t blame the athletes for Australia’s underperformance at the London Olympics, nor a lack of funding in sport.
Ed's Blog Women still 17.5% worse off: time for organisations to get hit with a big stick? There are plenty of amusing stories regarding employers attempting to wiggle out of reporting to the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency on their workplace gender programs, according to the woman responsible for dealing with them, Helen Conway.
Ed's Blog Abbott’s ‘problem with women’ doesn’t extend to his chief of staff Tony Abbott was ejected from Parliament yesterday by the Deputy Speaker of the House Anna Burke because he can’t take orders from a powerful woman, according to some Labor members.
Ed's Blog Gillard reminds women why they should want to be PM When you witness relentless, vicious attacks on Prime Minister Julia Gillard, as well as some of the atrocious rumours that have been circling the Internet, you have to wonder what it’s doing to the next generation of female politicians.
Ed's Blog Where’s the world’s worst region for the representation of women in parliament? Next door to us There are few countries in the world where women remain unrepresented in parliament, but a number of those are right on Australia’s doorstep.
