News & Views Women make up half the animation team on screen adaptation of Alison Lester’s classic ‘Magic Beach’ Women make up half the animation team on the much anticipated screen adaptation of Alison Lester’s classic ‘Magic Beach’
Climate Representation of women at COP29 stalls as calls for climate action grow As climate change continues to worsen, the representation of women at COP29 has remained stalled at about a third of participants.
Business Australia is abundant in female innovators but scarce in support systems for them Australia’s tech sector is booming.
News & Views Take ‘leave from meetings’, block time for thinking: How this Microsoft leader thrives with flexibility Elena Wise, Director at Microsoft, redefines work-life balance, advocating for flexibility and transparency in leadership.
News & Views ‘Replacing the old white boys’ club with the new white girls’ club’: Report shows organisation boards need more cultural diversity Inclusion of culturally diverse and Indigenous Australians is lacking on boards of organisations, despite a gender balance of 40% female.
News & Views Matt Kean introduces gender diversity targets for state-owned and public financial corporations in NSW NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has introduced gender diversity targets for the boards of state-owned and public financial corporations.
News & Views Companies with gender-diverse senior leadership teams get higher profit margins: Research Boosting female representation in leadership and senior management teams results in higher profit margins and better company performance.
News & Views Cricket Australia’s new gender rules give much-needed clarity to athletes and clubs Cricket Australia has made a significant contribution to gender diversity policy by producing a very detailed set of rules and guidelines for cricket.
News & Views ASX200 companies fail to meet target of 30% women on boards The Australian Institute of Company Directors has revealed that, as at the end of June 2019, women represented 29.7 per cent of directors on ASX 200 boards.
News & Views Australia’s next parliament will be unrepresentative of the population New research predicts Australia’s 46th parliament will be unrepresentative of the population when it comes to gender, cultural background and physical ability.
News & Views New appointments at Grant Thornton edge board closer to parity A series of appointments announced by Grant Thornton mean women now represent 44% of the board as opposed to just 22% earlier this year.
Leadership Workplace gender diversity has stalled, new McKinsey research shows 2018 has been a year of stagnation on workplace gender diversity according to new US research–Women in the Workplace 2018– from McKinsey.