2018 has been a year of stagnation on workplace gender diversity according to new US research from McKinsey. Women in the Workplace 2018 a study conducted in partnership with LeanIn.org drew on data f…
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#LetHerSpeak: Laws that silence survivors of assault need to change
Jane Doe* was 15 when she was groomed and repeatedly sexually molested by her 58-year-old high school maths teacher. At 16, she reported the abuse to her school and then the police before proceeding t…
More women in sport executive roles? A new program could see just that
There’s no denying it’s been a big 12 months for women’s sport. From huge crowds across the major leagues– AFLW, NRLW, cricket and soccer through to momentous headway on gender…
‘Parliament is decades out of date & too blokey’: Malcolm Turnbull on Q&A
The former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spent an hour on television on Thursday evening for a special episode of the ABC’s Q&A program. He was calm and confident as he fielded questions o…
Tesla appoints Telstra CFO Robyn Denholm as Chair
Elon Musk technically has a new boss, with Robyn Denholm being named his replacement as Chair of Tesla and leaving Telstra in the coming months to take up the position. Denholm was only recently appoi…
‘The impact I feared is being felt profoundly’: ABC reporter’s statement on Luke Foley
The worst part is that the worst part is not necessarily a man putting his hand down a woman’s dress and into her underpants without consent. It’s what that woman has endured since. On Thursday the AB…
Exam scores tampered to reduce number of women at Tokyo Medical School
A medical school in Tokyo has been forced to accept more than 60 female students after admitting it had discriminated against women for the past two years. The school admitted that in August this year…
