OurSay is a fantastic new community that is promoting democratic debate, it’s next questions forum being with Australia’s Prime Minister, no less! It’s an online community that works by allowing anyone to submit a question – but here’s the crux – …
Tag Archive | "Family Motherhood and Home"
Please vote for my question to the Prime Minister on OurSay – on how to better engage women in our workforce
Posted on 12 July 2012.
Posted in BlogComments (0)
Until men are talking about having it all, women never will
Posted on 04 July 2012.
Can women really can have “it” all? No, I say, until men want it too. Media has been awash this week on this issue: former Whitehouse staffer Anne-Marie Slaughter put forward her view on why women still can’t have “it&rdqu…
Posted in BlogComments (0)
The PM’s Childcare Summit: The cold, hard facts relating to childcare, working women and the Australian economy:
Posted on 09 June 2012.
Prime Minister Gillard’s rushed childcare summit last week has put the spotlight back on the issue of affordable, quality care and why – like it or not – childcare is an issue for all. At my end, I’ve been in contact with …
Posted in BlogComments (0)
Melinda Gates says it’s time to put contraception back on the agenda. Your thoughts?
Posted on 24 May 2012.
In her capacity as Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates has seen first hand the challenges women around the world face in owning their health, happiness and opportunity. She is committed to helping women overcome their…
Posted in BlogComments (0)
Competition, all-girl groups and the case for single-sex schooling
Posted on 04 May 2012.
I’ve been asked in the past whether single-sex schooling is appropriate in a gender balanced world, and being a co-ed kind of girl myself, I wasn’t really sure. So I was interested to read the results of this new study which found robust di…
Posted in BlogComments (0)
Abbott’s nanny plan – can we all just calm down and get clear on the facts?
Posted on 29 March 2012.
Ever since Tony Abbott, leader of the Opposition, announced his plan last weekend to consider an extension of the childcare rebate to include in-home carers – or nannies – there’s been a flurry of activity, criticism, misinformation a…
Posted in BlogComments (0)