It’s been more than two decades since equal opportunity for women legislation was first implemented, but representation of women in leadership positions in Australian business is still stubbornly low.…
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Women now run the country, and win the sports medals. So what next?
Just think. Six Australian women have just won gold at the Olympics*. As we see these women pump the air, fall to their knees and kiss the ground, we seek out stories on what they have achieved and ho…
Saudi Arabia’s first female athletes labelled “prostitutes”
The first two females to represent Saudi Arabia in the Olympic Games received a warm welcome in London, but they copped some criticism back home. Track athlete Sarah Attar became the first female trac…
Don’t let the underrepresentation of women in business deter you
In a guest post for Forbes, Elissa Sangster, the executive director of the Forte Foundation, listed the top 10 traits of female business leaders and said the one thing they have in common is that they…
The childcare debate rages: Call for government to raise childcare rebate cap and cover in-home care
The Australian Childcare Alliance has called on the Federal Government to raise the cap on the Child Care Rebate to $8,100 and cover centre workers acting as in-home carers. The reform blueprint also …
‘She’s a Leo’: the outlook for Women’s Agenda
Former journalist turned astrologist Jessica Adams has been kind enough to do a reading on the birth of Women’s Agenda. We’re pretty happy with her take on our future – particularly predicting our ‘pe…
Sally Pearson gets her gold, we take a look at her career
Australian sprinter Sally Pearson didn’t care how fast she ran, as long as she got that gold medal. Moments after beating US rival Dawn Harper by just 0.02 seconds to win Olympic gold in the 100m hurd…
Kiwi CEO sells social media business to Google
Further forging her spot as a leading tech CEO, female entrepreneur and Kiwi expat Victoria Ransom has sold her social media marketing business to Google for a reported $238 million. Co-founded four y…
Where are the women? Still not on the ASX
There are 1200 companies listed on the ASX that do not have a single woman on their board, according to data compiled for Women’s Agenda. That’s almost 60% of the 2020 companies on the exc…
The 2020 Agenda: a vision for the future of work
New research regarding gender diversity in senior management positions is usually startling, but rarely surprising Women working full-time still earn, on average, 17.6% less than men working fulltime.…
