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...
Inspiring women: Jen Webb
BroadAgenda is featuring a short series of profiles on amazing women and LGBTIQ + folks. You're about to meet Distinguished Professor of Creative Practice at the University of Canberra, Jen Webb. ...
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...
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UC program paving the way to greater female political representation It’s 2023 and nineteen women find themselves standing on the steps of Old Parliament House. They don’t share a cultural...
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...
Why don’t PhD candidates get paid parental leave?
In 2021 I was mid-way through my PhD program and three months pregnant. Until that point, I hadn’t thought much about parental leave—it’s the law in Australia, right? So it was a shock to discover...
Summer profile series – inspiring women: Maryam Ghahramani
Over summer, BroadAgenda is featuring a short series of profiles on amazing women and LGBTIQ + folks. You're about to meet Dr Maryam Ghahramani. She's a Lecturer in engineering with the Faculty of...
Pay gap transparency is only the beginning
February 27 2024 could be a turning point for gender equality in Australia. That’s the day the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) will publish gender pay gaps for Australian private sector...