Virginia Haussegger will facilitate panel discussions on 19/20 June
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‘Future Shapers’, ANU’S Crawford Australia Leadership Forum
Virginia Haussegger will facilitate the ‘Future Shapers’, ANU’S Crawford Australia Leadership Forum
EU-Australia Emerging Leaders Forum
Virginia Haussegger will be the host of the EC-Australia Emerging Leaders Forum
Towards gender parity in parliament: Overcoming structural barriers
Women in politics. It’s a topic we are still talking about even though it is almost a hundred years since Edith Cowan became the first woman to be elected into an Australian parliament in 1921. It...
Women in politics: Future proofing Australia
When I reflect on my own journey to politics, I return to 1975. It was my first year as a school psychologist, but more importantly it was the year that Australian women began to see changes that...
Not so super: Gender differences in superannuation
Superannuation is one of the three pillars of retirement income - the other two being the age pension and private savings. The Keating Government introduced the compulsory employer paid...
Gender Inequality and the Two-Body Problem
When an opposite-sex couple decides whether to move for a job opportunity, their outcome often depends on the gender of the person who was offered that opportunity. When men are offered career...
Microcredit in the developed world: Warm, not cold money
Having worked alongside women from many different backgrounds and ethnicities for almost 20 years in urban UK settings, it became clear to me that women often struggle with money. Not because of any...
Embracing feminism: the case of Finland
Creating a feminist stateThe Finns see gender equality as a cornerstone of development and economic progress, and have been significant supporters of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s...