In this Q&A, Catherine Fox discusses her new book, Breaking the Boss Bias, with BroadAgenda editor, Ginger Gorman. Fox highlights the urgent need for gender equity in leadership. She addresses...
Category: Business
Profile series – inspiring women: Bomikazi Zeka
BroadAgenda is featuring a short series of profiles on amazing women and LGBTIQ + folks. You're about to meet Dr Bomikazi Zeka. She's an Assistant Professor in Finance and Financial Planning with...
The history of the female side-hustle
Living on a farm in regional Australia and about to welcome another child to our family unit, I was contemplating what my future commute to Sydney for my state government job would look like. It was...
What Sam Mostyn’s appointment as Governor General means
This morning we woke to the news that Sam Mostyn will be the next Governor General of Australia. Since the announcement, I’ve been wading through emails and social media posts celebrating the...
WGEA’s push for gender pay gap transparency
The term “gender pay gap” has not exactly been shooting the lights out, according to Google, but could WGEA’s pay transparency campaign be the approach that changes all that? Mary Wooldridge, head...
Striking images of women at work in Fyshwick
Across Australia, the Canberra suburb of Fyshwick is known as the butt of jokes about pornography and fireworks. But local photographer Fiona Bowring looks at the locality with fresh eyes. She's...
How women’s decisions about breastfeeding are made for them
Much discussion around breastfeeding is about women’s choice to breastfeed or not. But who really decides on how a baby is fed when a $55 billion industry is at stake? A new series of studies...
A new gender school of leadership in the Pacific
Let’s face it, it’s been a tough year. We were all hoping for a bit of respite from disease, famine and fire but 2022 has, in many ways, thrown us even greater challenges. So right now I need some...
The capitalisation and secrecy of the menstrual industry
Cash Flow: The Businesses of Menstruation, by UK-based academic Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik, delves into how much we know about the menstrual industry - its surprisingly patriarchal business model, how...