Is it enough to “hope” for more diversity in next year’s Startup Muster top mentors list? As a female mentor of Angela Priestly’s once told her, hope is not a strategy.
It’s clear after the 2023 Startup Muster report’s first version of the top eight mentors in the sector that we must find a better action plan to have more diversity and inclusion in Australia’s startups.
This week, we also take a look at a staggering report that shows three in five employers in Australia are failing to take sexual harassment and discrimination complaints seriously.
But we also have a few wins to recognise, including the Matildas’ pay boost, a positive update on US reproductive rights and a woman on live TV in Australia leading the way in normalising conversations of menopause and perimenopause.
Stories included this week:
- Matildas to receive pay boost and equal treatment under new CBA
- How US voters turned out to support abortion rights
- The all-male mentor list is a symptom of a sick startup ecosystem
- Three in five employers fail to take sexual harassment and discrimination complaints seriously
- ‘I don’t think hormones respect national television’: Guest host praised for normalising perimenopause symptoms on live TV
- Senator Larissa Waters to motion inquiry into the impact of menopause and perimenopause on women
- Reserve Bank issues first cash rate rise under Michele Bullock
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