Dame Annette King is someone you always want at the table. The dinner table or the board table, or perhaps even the kitchen table as she chops veg for a family roast. She is delightful company and...
By Julie Hare
The paradox of power: Why men target women leaders
There’s a scene in the movie Bombshell in which the character Kayla Pospisil, a young and justly ambitious producer within the Fox News empire, is called to a one-on-one meeting with the obesely...
Gender News: This week 24-31 July
'This too will pass': Messages of support to Karens from Jans who have been here before. ABC. 30 July The ABC asked Jans (of "not happy, Jan" fame) to share their perspective on the Karen...
For every victim, there is an abuser: workplaces and domestic violence
It was an evening in January 1998 when my partner landed a blow to my eye that would see me hurtle across the room and onto the floor. In that split second before, I registered him coming at me,...
Shift the numbers, shift the culture
Women and Law: Could the Dyson Heydon investigation have happened without women at senior levels in the High Court? Because there is one thing we know for sure, an equal and diverse leadership team...
BroadAgenda Wraps the Week: radical impatience for change; the Dyson ‘enablers’; and the baby ‘no brainer’
Now here’s an interesting fact I just tripped over. We know that only 7 percent of Fortune 500 companies in the US have women CEO’s, but did you know that only 7 percent of the world’s population is...
Missing in plain sight: Women in vocational education
Skills and training: The Productivity Commission has produced a massive 300 page report on the vocational education and training in which it mentioned women just five times. To build robust funding...
The university tipping point: why women are winners … and losers
Higher education: Women enrol in higher education at far higher rates than men and are far less likely to drop out. But their long-term graduate outcomes are sadly lacking in comparison. They have...
Gender News: This week 17-23 July
1. 'Extreme' Queensland LNP vetting allegedly focused on female candidates' sexual histories. The Guardian. 23 July.A small “cabal” of LNP powerbrokers is accused of using extreme vetting processes...