It’s common knowledge that the boardrooms and upper leadership circles of major businesses in Australia are a far cry from gender equal. But there’s another insidious problem that often goes unrecogni…
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Finally! A chart confirms why mums should never work outside the home
Consider this chart an early Christmas gift. Something to put a little fizz in your bubbles, some tinsel to your tree, a ribbon around your gift. In response to the question of whether women should wo…
A tragedy with no end: Olga Edwards is found dead at the home where her children were killed
The year 2018 has had more than its share of profoundly shocking, shameful, gut-wrenching, heart-smashing, news stories. The murder of two teenage children Jennifer and Jack Edwards, a 13 year old gir…
Futurist Genevieve Bell to join Commonwealth Bank board
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia will soon have another woman on its board, after Professor Genevieve Bell was appointed as a non-executive director. There are currently four women on CBA’s ni…
Theresa May retains the calm as she survives confidence vote
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a confidence vote on her leadership of the Conservative Party, hanging on 200 votes to 117 for an 83 count majority. Having kept her cool and calm for a numb…
Films with female leads do better at box office, new study finds
For all those haters of women-led, film franchises we’ve got something to stick up your pipe and smoke: Films with female leads are more likely to perform better at the box office. A new study c…
About Maria Ressa: The courageous woman named in TIME’s Person of the Year special
Maria Ressa is a journalist and the chief executive and founder of Rappler, an online news site based in the Phillipines that has been crucial in covering the violent drug war that has erupted in the …
