News & Views Senior TV executive lands a big job & is described as “mum of four”. TV executive Alex Mahon is appointed CEO of Channel 4 & is described as “mum of four” in headline. Why is her family status relevant?
News & Views Is there a reason the “working mum” case study needed a photo of a naked woman? Is there a reason the working mum case study needed a photo with a naked woman? The Daily Telegraph published a story on the 2017 budget with a nude mum.
News & Views Tony Abbott blasts ‘anti-men, politically-correct rubbish’. Tony Abbott blasts anti-men, politically-correct rubbish on radio with Ray Hadley today referring to a HRC proposal to create gender balanced boards.
Leadership “We need to back ourselves”: Michelle Deshong on the rise of Aboriginal women leaders “We need to back ourselves,” Michelle Deshong on the rise of Aboriginal women leaders, ahead of the 2017 She Leads conference.
Advice How I respond to sexist attitudes How to respond to sexism at work and propel yourself forward. Lawyer Michelle Chadburn encounters sexist attitudes often & this is her response.
Ed's Blog Latham, Legs-It and how to respond to flame throwing Mark Latham being inflammatory again is predictable. So is the Daily Mail’s Legs-It front page. How do we respond to flame throwers?
Ed's Blog The newspaper front page you have to see to believe. The Daily Mail frontpage on Brexit is unbelievably sexist as it focuses on whether Nicola Sturgeon or Theresa May have the best legs.
Leadership Julia Gillard: Don’t be bullied into not calling sexism out. Julia Gillard: Don’t be bullied into not calling sexism out. Someone who imposes sexist stereotypes plays the gender card not the woman who calls it out.
News & Views Fiona Scott: Tony Abbott’s comments about my sex appeal were “damaging” Fiona Scott says Tony Abbott’s comments about my sex appeal were “damaging” in the 2013 election campaign. They undermined her to male colleagues.
News & Views What happens when a man & a woman swap email signatures? ‘It sucks’. When a man & a woman swap email signatures for two weeks? Martin R. Schneider @SchneidRemarks & Nicole Hallberg @NickyKnacks discovered it sucks.
Politics Tanya Plibersek: It’s time for a concrete plan for women in Australia Tanya Plibersek writes it’s time for a concrete plan for women in Australia. We won’t break down the barriers to gender equality by chance.
Ed's Blog How do I really feel about International Women’s Day? Underwhelmed. International Women’s Day attracts so much attention but it doesn’t amount to substantive change. Platitudes don’t help gender equality.