Ed's Blog Yes you can find women for boards: 30% target a reality It’s true! Large ASX-listed organisations can reach the 50/50 parity mark when it comes to the gender make-up of their boards.
Ed's Blog Happy Monday: Women working four more years than men Now here’s what you don’t want to see first thing on a Monday morning at the start of another working week.
Ed's Blog How a woman can make a statement on the Brownlow carpet You can wear gowns of sequins, gowns with four metre trains, gowns that have all sorts of bizarre cuts and shapes.
Ed's Blog Muscle up: You might be ‘leaning in’ against a workplace pushing back Have you been doing a whole lot of ‘leaning in’ only to find yourself coming up against a brick wall? You’re not alone.
Ed's Blog Clinton plays the Gender Trump Card Given the vileness of the man she was up against, Hillary Clinton’s restraint during her first encounter with Donald Trump during yesterday’s presidential debate is admirable.
Ed's Blog The magic of meeting the Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards finalists Today we’re announcing the winners of the Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards at a luncheon in Sydney.
Ed's Blog The unrealistic expectations placed on female leaders and the need to celebrate what we do This is an edited extract of a speech I gave at the Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards luncheon Wednesday (5 October).
Ed's Blog Australia just got its first fully professional domestic women’s sporting team It’s been a long time coming, but a sporting team in NSW has made the record books by becoming the country’s first domestic women’s team to be fully professional.
Ed's Blog The tip-toe dance around a sexist potential world leader What’s with the niceties and politeness when it comes to responding to Donald Trump? Sure, he is the Republican nominee for the US presidential election, and he could still win the race and become the next US President.
Ed's Blog Big career dreams can end early for girls Nine out of ten Australian girls don’t believe they’re treated equally to boys, and many say sexism is preventing them from reaching their potential, according to new research released yesterday.
Ed's Blog Violent threats a daily work hazard for some At what point would your dream job become your ultimate nightmare? Would it be when you received your first threat of rape? Or your second, your third? What if you became the target of rape threats every day, with so many such threats made in so many corners of the Internet you couldn’t possibly keep track of them all? That’s the reality facing some women in public life.
Ed's Blog ‘It’s a tough time’: The challenge for women in their late twenties and thirties You take notice when somebody as experienced and accomplished as Wendy McCarthy acknowledges one of the most difficult periods of a woman’s life – her late twenties and thirties.
