Ed's Blog We’re ‘so busy’ but in December we at least pretend to get along I love this time of year and all its associated madness.
Business Australia’s 50 highest paying jobs are paying men significantly more Just weeks away from welcoming in the year 2017 and it’s still a man’s world when it comes to leading the world’s largest organisations.
Business How Fortescue Metals became the second ASX company in Australia’s history to have a board dominated by women A few years ago Fortescue Metals Group was the last ASX50 company to have an all-male board.
Business Newspaper gender diversity? Just over 1 in 5 sources are female In news that won’t surprise regular newspaper readers, women continue to account for just a fraction of the experts quoted by journalists or published as commentators.
Ed's Blog Sexism, solidarity & the sisterhood out in force There’s “a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women”.
Advice The key thing you need for making a big thing happen A few months ago I sat opposite Nicola Hazell at BlueChilli’s Sydney office, and watched as she used a whiteboard marker on a table to outline a vision for transforming gender diversity in the tech startup scene.
Ed's Blog ‘Be pretty & cute. Do not express an opinion. Don’t act too smart & do not age’: Madonna blasts the rules for women. “I stand before you as a doormat … Oh, I mean, as a female entertainer”.
Business It’s not journalism, it’s harassment: solidarity surrounds Samantha Armytage How could anything remotely positive stem from a woman enduring the ignominy of being followed by photographers and having images of her going about her Sunday splashed across the internet, calling for particular attention to be paid to her underwear? It seems oxymoronic to suggest there is any upside.
Business ‘I can’t have it all’: Why men like James Brayshaw and John Key are walking away from their jobs. “I’ve got to get better at being a dad, and a partner, being around a bit more, not being stressed and knackered when I am,” he said.
Ed's Blog The dreadful reason women’s cricket made it to the front page It’s not every day that women’s sports makes the front page of any newspaper, let alone a national broadsheet like The Australian.
Ed's Blog How Australian women rallied together online to deliver real change in 2016 2016 was the year that everyday Australian women wielded real power online.
Ed's Blog The girl who just escaped East Aleppo who’s captured international attention We see the violence and misery in our social media feeds.
