News & Views Almost half of Rio Tinto employees have experienced bullying A report commission by Rio Tinto has found that almost half of its workers say they have been bullied, harassed, or racially discriminated.
News & Views Men speak more & listen less when interviewing women, according to study of 2000 job interviews Unconscious bias exists. When when a male interviews a female, they speak more and listen less than when interviewing another male.
News & Views A tough time for progress on women in tech, and sexism & harassment continues More than one in five women in IT have experienced sexual harassment and more than half saying they had experienced gender discrimination.
Leadership Natasha Stott Despoja elected to UN committee on the elimination of discrimination against women Natasha Stott Despoja election to the UN’s CEDAW, marks the first time Australia will serve on the committee in almost three decades.
News & Views Judge dismisses U.S women’s soccer team’s claim for equal pay The judge denied the US women’s soccer team had been systematically underpaid in comparison with their male counterparts.
News & Views ‘Disappointing’: The latest gender equality scorecard for Australia is in & it’s not pretty ‘Disappointing’ is the way the WGEA director Libby Lyons describes the results from Australia’s latest gender equality scorecard.
Life Gender pay gap is at its most extreme for women in their 50s New research released by UK based organisation Rest Less has revealed that the gender pay gap at its most extreme for women in their 50s.
News & Views The US Supreme Court is considering LGBTQ+ rights in landmark cases The US Supreme Court heard three cases that could change American discrimination law, on what will be one of the most important days in LGBTQ+ history.
News & Views This government wants to blame ‘choices’ over discrimination. That won’t close the gender pay gap. How prominently does discrimination feature in the government’s recent road maps for gender equality, including action to address the gender pay gap?
News & Views Four ways your name can affect your job prospects According to research, your name has a big influence on your job prospects and can cause problems in the hiring process, writes Ricardo Twumasi.
News & Views What 1800+ women told us about their ambitions and the hurdles they face More money, promotions, further education and better flexible working options are high on the ambitions list for women. But women are feeling sequeezed.
News & Views Exam scores tampered to reduce number of women at Tokyo Medical School A medical school in Tokyo has been forced to accept more than 60 female students after admitting it had discriminated against women for the past two years.