What does it take to be a leader in the face of enormous flux, where disruptive change is not an endpoint, but the new daily norm? And what drives leadership ambition in some women and not...
Women vs gender: What’s in a word?
When Julie-Ann Guivarra replaced Sharman Stone in a key diplomatic role earlier this year she did so in everything but title. The name of the role changed from Australian Ambassador for Women and...
Gender-equal decision making will benefit all
Australia’s federal system is buckling under the weight of border closures. The Commonwealth and States are in a loud dispute over who is responsible for failures of pandemic control when it comes...
Can the APS maintain gender equality momentum?
The Australian Public Service is at a critical juncture. Will it remain a model employer for women and a leader on gender equality in Australia or will it fall behind other sectors? Over the last...
Imagining a feminist federal budget
Every year in the lead up to the federal budget, NGOs, businesses, and think tanks make submissions to the government about what should be included. With a government focused on deficit reduction,...
Keep minding the gaps. Plural.
The gender pay gap – the difference between men’s and women’s average full-time earnings across the workforce – provides us with a useful indicator of progress on gender equality.Australia’s gender...
BroadAgenda Wraps the Week
It’s been another week of men behaving badly – but with a difference. This week we have seen men – powerful men at the top of powerful institutions – suffer consequences.Over at AMP heads continue...
Breadwinner vs caretaker: COVID’s implications for families
COVID-19 and the compulsory regime of domestic confinement in many countries worldwide have led millions of families to deal with unprecedented and challenging circumstances. To assess the coping...
The pink-collar recession: why flexible work matters
In 1606, while self-isolating during London’s Bubonic Plague, William Shakespeare wrote Antony and Cleopatra. He also wrote King Lear and Macbeth in the couple of years prior while London was...