A study which was conducted between 2015 and 2016 by the Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW) to explore the underrepresentation of women in minority groups in leadership in Australia and…
From loathing to loving: How I tricked myself into liking my body
I love my body. I love everything about it: its shape, its curves, its dimples. I look at it as a beautiful work of art. Now, that isn’t true. Not even close. But, as the mother of three girls that is…
The truth about the 2017 Budget’s impact on women.
There is consensus today that Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull have done a good job with the 2017 Budget. It’s been described as a Labor budget, as planting the seeds of a possible turning po…
How the financial cost of domestic violence hurts women
While Australia has a national conversation on domestic violence, some of the harms of this violence remain in the shadows. The ways violence degrades women’s financial status and access to economic r…
“Can I speak to your husband?” How to respond to the question that won’t die
Late last year, I had the funniest thing happen. We were having a pool fence installed at home and when the two tradesmen turned up, I came outside to greet them. They asked for my husband (he’d…
Wanted: More female councillors
Just over 100 years ago, Victorian women became eligible to stand as local councillors. As is often the case in Australia’s history, the occasion was marked with bureaucracy rather than bloodsh…
Be more confident but don’t be too pushy. Speak up but not too much. Are you confused? Join the club
This week we heard that the new PM Tony Abbott was disappointed (with himself presumably) that there was only one woman in cabinet and then we learnt it was because these jobs were appointed on merit …
Nine quotes that had women talking this year
From Julia Gillard’s “misogyny” speech to Margie Abbott’s media blitz on behalf of her husband and US congressmen attempting to rewrite biology and take claim over women’…
Try to spot the women on the Forbes power list
There are 71 people on Forbes‘ annual list of the most powerful people in the world released today; just six of them are women. And if that doesn’t depress you enough, check out how Forbes…
Women on boards: sick of hearing about it yet?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is losing patience, and I think many of us here in Australia can relate. She’s fed up with the still small number of women on European boards. “With more wo…
