News & Views Plan International Australia launches bold new campaign to stop women feeling unsafe after dark I’ve found myself in a number of precarious situations walking home late at night in Sydney.
News & Views Elise Delpiano appointed Julia Gillard’s Next Generation Intern EMILY’s List Australia has announced today that Elise Delpiano will be the first recipient of the Julia Guillard Next Generation Internship.
News & Views UN Women creates major new position to address sexual harassment and discrimination UN Women has stepped up its efforts to help end women’s experiences of sexual harassment, by appointing Purna Sen to a newly created leadership position.
News & Views Can politics get more family friendly? Yes, and it should lead by example Female politicians in Australia and around the world are mixing breastfeeding and politics in growing numbers. But aside from this practical and symbolic change, what more needs to be done?
Politics Turnbull’s 30th Newspoll loss: Why Australians won’t back a white bread government Malcolm Turnbull faced his 30th consecutive Newspoll loss last night. A milestone, given his justification in 2015 for toppling Tony Abbott for the same reason. Are Australians sick of a government that fails to represent them?
News & Views Let’s not revise history: Gillard could not have raised her gender earlier There’s now greater awareness and more widespread acceptance that being a female leader is a unique and colossal challenge.
News & Views Leading HR executive Emma Hogan appointed NSW Public Service Commissioner New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has introduced leading private sector human resources executive Emma Hogan as the new NSW Public Service Commissioner.
Leadership Where would we be #withouttwitter? Leading women share their thoughts Where would we be #withouttwitter? The social platform often gets a bad rap from politicians but is it warranted? We ask leading women in the #Auspol Twitter community to share their thoughts.
News & Views Women in parliament: A look at the numbers as new female politicians start With Labor’s Ged Kearney now in the lower house, and Kristina Keneally (Labor) and Amanda Stoker (Liberal) selected for Senate positions, what do the numbers look like now?
News & Views Half a billion reasons to care about teenage girls, yet the government does nothing New research from Plan International Australia looks at the huge gaps and injustices faced by women in developing countries.
Uncategorised Amanda Stoker replaces George Brandis in the Senate There’s officially another woman in the Senate, after Amanda Stoker was preselected by the LNP over the weekend and formally sworn into the Federal Parliament on Thursday.
Leadership Note to politicians: Millennials aren’t disengaged, we’re just sick of you Millennials get a bad wrap: We’re narcissistic, entitled and politically disengaged. But is this the truth or are we really just sick of the politicians representing us?
