From Tracey Spicer to Mia Freedman and Lindy West, there are a number of excellent new memoirs from journalists and businesswomen available right now. But today (we’ll come to the others on Women’s Ag…
Anne Fulwood: This week women’s workforce participation became a global issue, and Ivanka Trump helped
As one of Australia’s representatives to the W20 (Women20) Engagement Group, Anne Fulwood was happy to see Ivanka Trump in Germany this week. Below she explains why, and shares her own speech from the…
She persisted: Bill O’Reilly ousted from Fox, but praised (and paid) on his way out
It wasn’t the dozens of sexual harassment claims that saw Fox News host Bill O’Reilly finally shown the door after numerous sexual harassment allegations, but rather the 50 or so advertisers that star…
When men talk gender diversity and the lies that are told to women
I’m not going to thank men for attending women’s conferences and events. It should never be perceived as a chore to get out and learn from women in business or leadership, or to simply listen to a wom…
‘If you’re lucky to have opportunities, you need to do right by them’: Interview with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was interviewed on stage at the Women in the World Summit late last week. He spoke on everything from his relationship with his mother, to feminism, to Donald Tr…
‘Misogyny played a role’: Hillary Clinton on her crushing defeat, and how she’s dealing with it
How do you deal with a devastating defeat? Especially one that’s as public as it could possibly be? Well if you’re Hillary Clinton, you retreat to the woods – for a period. But then you emerge m…
When a man in power won’t dine alone with a woman who’s not his wife
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a bit of a problem for women going on in the White House. And I’m not talking about the problem regarding the person currently occupying the hot seat. Rather, this p…
Donald Trump refuses to shake hands with Angela Merkel.
It’s the diplomatic exchange everyone is talking about. The White House press secretary Sean Spicer has said the US President Donald Trump “didn’t hear” Germany’s Chancel…
‘It’s all fake news!’: Trump says he’s loving it, but doesn’t appear to be
He got what he wanted. Now the President of the United States is dealing with the consequences. Part of those consequences involve Donald Trump having to regularly front up to the media, who want to a…
Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer rivals Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump
Chances are you have seen or heard about comedian Melissa McCarthy impersonating US President Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live. It is glorious so if you haven’t watched it, do …
