World Economic Forum

Founder of Raise Our Voice Australia Ashleigh Streeter-Jones is the only young representative from Australia to join the World Economic Forum.

Men will dominate the next G20 meeting, to be held in Indonesia in November. But this year, there are calls to strengthen women’s empowerment

Carbon utilisation expert Sophia Hamblin Wang has been selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders for 2022.

Australia has slipped backwards in the Global Gender Gap Index, with the World Economic Forum ranking Australia at number 50.

And really, 2030 is ambition. It’s more like 100+ years to wait for gender equality globally. Here’s the situation in Australia.

STEM of STEAM? There are calls that arts should be better factored in when considering great STEM careers of the future. Not all are convinced.

The number of female CEOs leading ASX 200 organisations has gone backwards, dropping from 14 to 12 over the past year. Waiting for centuries is pointless.

Australia needs a gender responsive budget & we need it yesterday because Australian women are falling way behind in terms of economic security.

Environmental activist and 16-year-old Swedish school student Greta Thunberg is the young woman behind the global movement of student activism for climate action.

Oxfam International Director Winnie Byanyima and historian Rutger Bregman discuss The Cost of Inequality at Davos & it’s gone viral.

Once again Jacinda Ardern has proved to be a breath of fresh air on the world stage, urging leaders to act on climate change at the World Economic Forum.