Sheneli Dona is the founder and CEO of The Dona Faith Alliance, a new human rights organisation that promotes youth engagement in human rights issues. Barely out of her teenage years, she’s already wo…
These women in Vanuatu highlight the strength of the female network following a crisis
Kristina Stefanova recently travelled to Vanuatu to witness the first ever National Women’s Convening. She saw the difference women’s leadership can make in humanitarian action when female…
Gillian Triggs appointed UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
Professor Gillian Triggs has been appointed Assistant High Commissioner for Protection in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Triggs, who recently completed a five-year te…
Losing my executive job felt awful but I’m glad it happened
Brené Brown held an inspiring show in Melbourne last week. If you have lived in a cave over the last few years, she is a famous research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Soci…
Lifelong bullying led Paula Stevens-Dunn to start a world class leadership program
Paula Stevens-Dunn believes cultivating a leadership mindset is essential for young girls and sets them up for everything they do in life. Her leadership program for teenage girls, The Limited Edition…
Breaking the mould with Karlie Noon
Karlie Noon’s story is the first of our series profiling women participating in the annual She Leads Conference in Canberra on 2 August, as part of an inspiring day of discussion, networking and actio…
Where art thou? Women at G20 remain a ridiculous rarity
The saying goes that a picture paints a thousand words but, really, the pictures from the annual G20 Summit, held in Japan this year, paint a picture that can be summed up with far fewer than a thousa…
Jodi McKay elected as Labor leader in NSW
For the first time in NSW’s history two women will serve in Parliament as Opposition Leader and Premier, following Jodi McKay‘s election as NSW Labor leader. The former journalist and Stra…
Sue Squillace appointed CEO of Carat Australia & New Zealand
The Dentsu Aegis Network has appointed marketing and media executive Sue Squillace as CEO of Carat Australia and New Zealand. The role has been vacant since September last year and Squillace will comm…
‘I want to be transformative’: Meet CEO Michelle Gallaher
Michelle Gallaher is the newly appointed CEO of the company ShareRoot. Her appointment to this top job comes off the back of findings that just 11 ASX200 companies have female chief executives. Gallah…
