It’s the ultimate lose-lose. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. If a woman fails to publicly complain about sexual harassment, she will later be asked, with disbelief and incredulity, why? Why did…
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Michelle Guthrie sacked as Managing Director of ABC
The ABC board have fired the managing director Michelle Guthrie, two years into her five year term. In a statement Guthrie has said she is ‘devastated’ by the decision “despite no cl…
When it comes to gender equality, we are more powerful together
2018 has been touted by many as the ‘Year of the Woman’. From an increase in women running in US elections, to the first Prime Minister taking parental leave while in office– momentum for gender…
Pay transparency is power for women and could be a possibility
It was a Labor Party idea, but the Morrison Government hasn’t yet completely ruled out a push to force companies with more than 1000 employees to disclose their gender pay gaps. Prime Minister S…
Sophie Power’s mid 100 mile race photo breastfeeding her son continues to go viral
A photo of ultra-marathon runner and tech co founder Sophie Power has gone viral over the past couple of weeks, as Strava shared the image capturing “motherhood, enduring and the strength of the…
‘Know your worth’: Meet Kirsty Webeck, a rising star in Australian comedy
A lot of people follow non-linear career trajectories but Kirsty Webeck takes the cake. For Kirsty, a communications degree led to a six year stint in Taiwan teaching English, which resulted in a job …
Doubt the sisterhood? Read Women Kind & stand corrected
Kirstin Ferguson spent the first 20 years of her career in male-dominated fields – in the air force, law and business – desperately hoping no one would notice that she was a woman. On that basis had a…
