Game Changers

Lisa Kewley was last week named the recipient of the James Craig Watson Medal for 2020. The ACT astronomer is an ARC Laureate Fellow at ANU.

There’s been a number of game-changing first for women in traditionally male-dominated areas of sport. Across the global, these are banner times for women in sports.

We’re profiling fire-affected female-led businesses here on Women’s Agenda. Here, we meet Jemma Coad, from the online retailer Cotton and Style.

British darts professional Fallon Sherrock took out her opening match, the first time a woman has succeeded over a male player. 

mPort’s Dipra Ray and CEO of Springday, Georgie Drury have mergered their companies to deliver state of the art health care through technology.

This week, The Link features Dr Cathy Foley, Chief Scientist at CSIRO and a passionate advocate for collaboration, STEM and women in science.

Last week, Kemi Nekvapil’s podcast ‘The Shift Series’ beat TED and Tony Robbins to take up #2 spot on the Global Apple Podcast charts.

Loren O’Keeffe, founder and CEO of Missing Persons Advocacy Network (MPAN), is also a 2019 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards winner.

Regional Universities Network have published a booklet showcasing the incredible scientific achievements by reseachers in STEM.

A new guide wants to help get more women nominated and winning prizes in the STEM space, to bolster their careers and challenge stereotypes.

Senior business analyst Mayase Jere spoke to us about empowering teams across the world through her persistence on strong communication and inclusion.

Female engineers continue to face discrimination in the work place:12.6% of civil engineers and 8.3% of mechanical engineers are women.