This time last year, the predictions were rolling in regarding what kind of year 2018 would be, especially given the momentum #MeToo was gaining globally. Author Marianne Schnall declared it would be …
Empowering women to lead in Pakistan
Neetan Teejo belongs to the lower-caste Kohli tribe from Sindh, Pakistan. Like most Kohli people – who are marginalised from the rest of society – Neetan is a landless peasant (or Hari), living and wo…
Good news! More women appointed partner in law firms. BUT parity still well off
Forty two per cent of new law firm partners in 2018 are female, according to a survey of firms by the Australian Financial Review that’s been published today. While the number is still a fair way off …
‘We currently live in the era of the brain’: Dr Hannah Critchlow
Being hooked up to a machine (an electroencephalogram) that literally reads your mind, in a room packed with the brightest business and government leaders is surely a daunting prospect for most of us.…
The new normal will happen when leadership and entrepreneurship are ColourFULL
As women of colour we believe that we deserve to be seen and heard for who we are. We want a seat at the proverbial ‘table’ of leadership and entrepreneurship just like our fellow Anglo-Celtic female …
‘We have a responsibility to keep people safe from violence’: Uber GM Susan Anderson announces women’s safety initiatives
Uber in Australia & New Zealand has today announced a suite of initiatives specifically targeted at keeping drivers and riders in the region safe. “Over the last year under the direction of Uber’s…
‘The most powerful thing we have as women, is us’: Linda Burney on life and leadership
Shadow Minister for Human Services and Prevention of Family Violence, Linda Burney knows a thing or two about making it in politics against adversity and inevitably, against the odds. Raised in rural …
The curious case of the female CEO
It’s Thursday morning, and a message flashes up on my phone. Another invitation to meet for coffee from a fellow business executive, wanting to find out more about me and my business. Initially, these…
‘Until you’re out of the workforce, you have no idea how hard it is to return’
Three years ago the Sydney-based consultant, Fran Caratti, adopted her niece after her sister passed away. “She was my sister’s daughter who had grown up in Perth,” Caratti explains. “She came to live…
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…
