As we get ready to finish another year at the childcare centre and watch the next wave of children getting ready to go off to big school, I am overwhelmed by the gratitude and love that exudes from pa…
Life is a circus and I am the juggling act: When does it stop?
Juggling work, study and three kids under 10, Melanie Ohl often asks if it’s all worth it. Writing from Central Queensland, she believes something’s gotta give for the working mums of the …
Wake up big business: Here’s how to better value women and make 2017 a seriously profitable year
It starts with women. Marketing expert Bec Brideson urges businesses to change up old habits and appreciate the value of women as employees, customers and brand advocates. In KPMGs 2016 global CEO re…
Why getting more women on boards is so necessary
Women continue to be under-represented in leadership positions across many sectors with the consequent under-utilisation of their talents and skills at decision-making levels. While this isn’t news to…
What will it take to breakthrough on gender equality? Start here
It would be fair to say that I attend my fair share of conferences and events on the subject of gender equality. And so it was with an attitude of complacency that I rolled up to the Breakthrough Conf…
‘What a list of women we celebrate says to women like me’
Everyone needs a girl gang. In real life, I’m lucky to be surrounded by a group of courageous, intelligent, funny women who can deliver the right dose of honesty, feistiness and care. But I also have …
How the financial cost of domestic violence hurts women
While Australia has a national conversation on domestic violence, some of the harms of this violence remain in the shadows. The ways violence degrades women’s financial status and access to economic r…
Confessions of an American living in Australia dealing with Donald Trump
It’s been two and a half weeks since the election. Two and a half weeks of shock, horror, disbelief and tears. I feel as though I am grieving, mourning a breakup or a death. Being an American abroad i…
A focus on financial resilience out of reach for Muslim women
We must include and support Muslim women when talking about financial resilience, says Maha Abdo, the CEO of the Muslim Women’s Association who shares her story below. This interview is publishe…
No time for silence and meekness: Be an agent for positive change
For the rest of November, we’re working with Business Chicks to help counter a bad result for women in leadership in the US election — inviting women to share a note of encouragement to ot…
