Ed’s Blog

When Shoes of Prey co-founder Jodie Fox met an investor in a bar recently, she was greeted with a rather awkward comment.

Vegetable producer Kalfresh had a serious “bloke problem”.

A massive study by The Guardian has found what many of us already expected to be true – that female writers cop the most abuse when it comes to publishing stories online.

So it’s true.

There are elements of the 60 minutes/Sally Faulkner saga that we’ll never understand, nor completely get the truth on.

If you need another reason to promote the value of women making decisions in organisations it’s this: female purchasing power.

Australia could use some more billionaires.

Hillary Clinton is playing the ‘woman’s card’.

The below is an edited extract of a speech I gave at the Australia Post Tall Poppies Summit last week.

There’s a significant divide between the superannuation savings of men and women, a problem that contributes to the fact Australian women retire with an average $92,000 less than men.

Parents and non-parents have been at war with each other over the last few days after Meghann Foye told the New York Post why she should get a little “me time” – like women who take maternity leave.

This budget may have been about “jobs and growth” but it’s certainly not one about jobs for working parents – particularly women keen on returning to the workforce after having children.