The stars of this year’s Women’s Forum were the men who promise to change the world
Posted on 25 October 2010.
The predictable topic for discussion at last week’s Women’s Forum Global Meeting in Deauville, France was quotas. Dubbed the Davos of women, the annual gathering attracted a raft of female business and political leaders, and 23 chieftains of industry — 13 of them men — committed to six concrete measures to improve the gender balance […]
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Is being a woman – and the social pressures that come with being of the fairer sex – the reason why women need more help with financial planning?
Posted on 25 October 2010.
Panty hose. Make up. Hair cuts and colours. And an ever changing wardrobe. Being a woman is expensive – don’t we know it. And made all the more so by the increasing gender pay gap in Australia. This article not only points out what we’ve long known about the costs of being a woman, but […]
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Check out the latest news on my Community Noticeboard – including the new business making wishes come true for Christmas and for Starlight kids
Posted on 25 October 2010.
Latest news on my Community Noticeboard is a new business specialising in making wishes come true… for anyone who believes in Santa as well as Starlight kids, who will benefit from every sale at With Love From Santa. Check it out.
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Australia’s response to the Tory Burch Foundation – the organisation that’s Head Over Heels about empowering women entrepreneurs
Posted on 22 October 2010.
Thank you to Sara Lucas who posted a comment on yesterday’s blog about The Tory Burch Foundation launched in the USA to support women entrepreneurs. In response to my question on whether something like this would fly here in Australia, Sara posted information about Heads Over Heels, a new organisation founded in Australia earlier this […]
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A global snapshot on The World’s Women – landmark UN report shows some improvement in the status of women, but still a long way to go
Posted on 22 October 2010.
Those of you interested in statistics and data will love this new UN report released this week in New York on the state of play for women around the globe. It’s not a quick read – at 284 pages!!!! – but includes a comprehensive review of that women and employment, health, education and all things […]
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Quotas for female politicians in Canada? Not if this journo has her way…
Posted on 22 October 2010.
Off the back of news this week that the former prime minister of Canada, Kim Campbell has she wants gender parity in Canadian politics comes another wave of rationale for why we don’t need quotas for women. According to Campbell, sex is “the fundamental category where parity ought to be assured” and her plan is […]
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