Thousands of women globally have used social media to share their own stories of pregnancy discrimination in light of US Senator Elizabeth Warren’s own declaration that she was subjected to this…
This government wants to blame ‘choices’ over discrimination. That won’t close the gender pay gap.
Tomorrow (28th August) is Equal Pay Day and a great opportunity to review our Government’s road map to gender equality. But as Kristine Ziwica finds, there’s a lot of ‘choices’…
The comments on a post about a CEO hiring a CFO who happens to be pregnant show how far we have to go
You never really know when something you write on social media is going to ‘blow up’. It could be an observation on its own, part of a group discussion or hashtag topic, or you could be responding to …
‘How could they do this?’ The bitter (and sadly common) pill of redundancy during pregnancy
Halfway through 2018, we started talking about a new baby. To be honest, it had been part of conversations for the last 5 years but we had always held back. The timing was never quite right. I wanted …
Feel for Meghan Markle but most women can’t ‘scale back’ while pregnant
I feel for Meghan Markle, who is pregnant during her current Australia tour. A schedule requiring travel and dozens of appearances in a matter of weeks, each of them while being publicly scrutinised f…
Why Tracey Spicer ditched being the “good girl”.
The annual She Leads Conference will see women come together in Canberra on 1 June for a day of discussion, networking and action on women’s leadership. Women’s Agenda is proud to support the event ag…
Moves to dump Kelly O’Dwyer the week after she gives birth? A new low from the Liberal Party.
Less than two weeks ago the Liberal member for Higgins, Kelly O’Dwyer, gave birth to her second child, a baby boy called Edward. Eight days later reports surfaced that her seat is under threat. …
