Fay Calderone and Veronica Lee As we digest the sobering results of the International Bar Association’s ‘Us Too?’ report which has our profession in Australia leading the pack in sexual harassment and…
It’s time for leaders – not victims – to stamp out sexual harassment in workplaces
It is valiant to admit that despite our best intentions we have failed to curb sexual harassment in workplaces. The number of women who say they have experienced sexual harassment at work has increase…
Men avoiding mentoring women is not the answer.
On Monday evening’s episode of Q&A on ABC Liberal minister Karen Andrews advised men to protect themselves from misconduct allegations by avoiding mentoring women one-on-one. “I would discourage a…
More than 1 in 2 women have experienced sexual harassment at work: ACTU
The Australian Council of Trade Unions says that 61 per cent of women who have completed their survey have been sexually harassed at work, including through unwanted sexual attention and inappropriate…
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 from McKinsey. Women in the Workplace 2018 a study conducted in partnership with LeanIn.org drew on data f…
Not even men behaving badly gives women an equal shot at leadership
A New York Times report indicates that at least 201 prominent men in America have lost their jobs or roles after public allegations of sexual harassment since the Harvey Weinstein story broke the #MeT…
What sparked #MeToo’s momentum? Women speaking out en masse.
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the latest iteration of #MeToo, which was first initiated by activist Tarana Burke in 2006. It is not one year since women began speaking out about sexual h…
Sexual harassment must be prohibited under industrial law to drive real workplace change
It’s a year since the stories of now-disgraced Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein first began to hit the headlines. #MeToo spread like wildfire, fuelled by stories of lecherous bosses, creepy collea…
New survey shows sexual harassment is rife, complaints are ignored & women fear for their jobs
A new survey on workplace sexual harassment has found that almost 75 percent of Australian women who complained to their employer were not satisfied with the outcome, with more than one in three sayin…
Harassed, abused, assaulted at work? We all have stories & it’s time they’re told
I had dinner recently with a group of friends when someone confessed she was feeling increasingly angry about something that had happened at work a few years ago. She is married to a friend of mine an…
