In the current program of The Finance Quarter on ABC24, Andrew Roberston asked me if it’s true that “the big end of town is a boys club – and the boys want to keep it that way”? This isn’t the first time I’ve been asked this question – you may have seen my commentary on […]
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Why its still a Boys Club at the big end of town – my thoughts on this on The Finance Quarter on ABC24
Posted on 07 November 2010.
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A Corporate “Mobility Linked” Lock-out – guest blog post by Susan Plunkett PhD
Posted on 01 November 2010.
Over the past months I’ve read a number of engaging SheEO blogs on women in leadership roles and moving into the boardroom. Those are aspirational goals and ones that every little girl should have in her toy garage or dollhouse at the ready. But, what about those women who are more than competent, but for […]
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AICD announces 70 Board Diversity Scholarships for “board ready” women
Posted on 27 October 2010.
John Colvin, CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors is really leading the ranks of good guys and showing his commitment to gender diversity on boards with the announcement of a new Board Diversity Scholarship Program by the AICD. Under the program, the AICD together with the Australian Government Office for Women will award […]
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Why Australia must embrace a new wave of feminism
Posted on 26 October 2010.
This is the topic of a presentation I’ll be delivering this Friday evening at TedXWoolloomooloo in Sydney. I’ll be taking to the stage alongside a number of thoughtleaders including an Indigenous Elder, a Fellow of Lowy Institute, a future thinker and a heatlth economist… each of us arguing the case for the topic we are […]
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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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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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