Yahoo CEO’s ban on working from home makes perfect sense
Posted on 28 February 2013.
I’m on holidays in Bali at the moment, and decided to log in this morning to submit this piece to Women’s Agenda – not because I miss being at my Mac, but because I’ve believed for a long time that flexibility at work is vital to advancing women at wor…
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Oops… my apologies
Posted on 23 February 2013.
Yesterday when I posted asking you to vote in the Agenda Setter awards, I wasn’t aware that voting was closing the very same day. So I apologise for asking you to do something that clearly you could not.
A big thanks to those of you who continue …
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Please vote and forward to support the push for childcare reform via the Agenda Setter Award
Posted on 22 February 2013.
Three years ago on International Women’s Day I launched the Make Care Fair alliance with the goal of getting policy makers to seriously rethink childcare and readjust policies, systems and those all important places across Australia to better serve the…
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Make Care Fair – update on childcare reform petition and meeting with Minister Ellis and her response
Posted on 12 February 2013.
This is a long overdue update on the Make Care Petition which many of you will know I launched almost two years ago to get childcare reform on the political agenda. At the time of the petition launch we ran a survey and 86% of respondents said th…
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PM Julia Gillard announces election date – so what can we expect in the battle for the female vote?
Posted on 30 January 2013.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced today that the next Federal election in Australia will be held on September 14, sparking what may be be the longest political campaign we’ve ever seen here. So how do the major parties currently compare…
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Over 2,000 women vie for just 30 places in BBC Expert Women’s Day initiative PLUS how to join the Women in Media expert database
Posted on 29 January 2013.
With a 9:1 male/female expert ratio on the BBC1 News at Ten, it’s no wonder the network is looking for female talent to add to its expert panel. So what is the biggest obstacle women face in getting on air? Themselves and the Imposter Syndrome, a…
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