Unlike Taylor Swift, not many women can afford to go to court over $1. We need to make reporting sexual harassment easier for Australian women, writes employment lawyer Cassandra Taylor. Last week’s …
Debunking the myth that jobs can only be done full time
Can part time work actually be easier at a senior level? Could more full-time roles actually be part time? According to Natalie Smith from the Queensland University of Technology, yes. She argues that…
Why Conrad Liveris always asks for a female lawyer
Recognising the talents of female lawyers isn’t hard – they’re right in front of you, writes Conrad Liveris, who has his own personal ‘equitable briefing’ policy. A coup…
The key reason humble CEOs are in short supply
Believe it or not, humble CEOs do exist. But they are very rare. Mariano L.M. Heyden and Mathew Hayward from Monash University explain why, in this piece republished from The Conversation. Humility is…
Women are the most effective emergency responders & must be celebrated this World Humanitarian Day
When a disaster strikes, the media is all too-often bombarded with images of grief stricken, hungry and homeless women and children. We are told that they are the victims and that we, of course, can s…
What have you done for another woman today?
We have all heard the expression “women are their own worst enemies”. Personally, I have always felt this sentiment is just another way to undermine some of the most valuable and important relationsh…
Dads also needed in childcare Campaign for “Families”
On Sunday, News Corp and the non-profit group Parenthood launched a “Fair Go For Families” campaign about childcare. I wanted to love it. I really did. I wanted to channel Tom Cruise and jump up on th…
Success of gender quotas depends on how employees feel about them
If you think your boss is in their position only because of a gender quota and not because of merit, it could affect the work you do, writes Edwin Ip, from the University of Melbourne in this piece re…
That time I was mansplained to on a plane for ten hours
Sometimes the lows can outweigh the highs as a woman in business, especially on airplanes. Monica Wolff explains. There’s something undeniably exciting about the first few minutes of a flight. Settlin…
Sexual assault: Where was the university leadership?
Universities appear to have taken inappropriate and unreasonable responses to reports of rape, writes Michelle James, a Principal in Abuse Law at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. There’s much to digest in t…
