The Australian National University’s first Judge-in-Residence, Justice Rachel Pepper, has called on the legal profession to do more to retain women lawyers at the top of the industry. Justice Pepper, who served as a NSW barrister for 14 years before being appointed to the judiciary, has decades of experience watching the way women fare in
Saturday’s NSW state election saw a series of wins for women, particularly on Labor’s side of politics. At current count, the total Labor representation in the lower house of the NSW Parliament will be made up of almost 50% women. Across all parties, women will now constitute approximately 30% of members. A projected
Last week, the Australian Financial Review revealed the keynote speakers for its Banking and Wealth Summit for 2015. The run sheet included 10 men, and not one woman. The AFR’s Editor in Chief Michael Stuchbury has since issued a response, saying the publication acknowledges that a lack of diversity in the summit is something that needs to be
Once again, a troubled company is hoping a woman can help turn it around. After three years of slumping sales, Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has named Cher Wang, currently its chairwoman, as CEO, replacing Peter Chou. In 2011, HTC’s global smartphone market share reached a peak of 11%—in the US, it even bested Apple and Samsung in
The Women in Engineering Leadership summit was held in Auckland yesterday (18 March 2015). I was honoured when Liquid Learning invited me to Chair the day. It was a great event with over 90 participants. What an incredible group of inspiring speakers who have achieved awesome success around the globe and in NZ. As you
In the wake of another International Women’s Day, at Engineers Australia we are still lamenting our inability to attract and retain women. Why is this happening? I’d argue it’s happening because Australia has an attitude problem and the Australian workplace culture does not support women in engineering (and many other professions) to achieve their potential.
Fair Go For The West: If more women are to enter the workforce fathers need greater working flexibility. IF we want to see more females in the workforce, employers have to show greater flexibility towards working dads, an expert panel of leaders in business and education told the NAB women’s forum. Channel Seven’s Melissa Doyle
Despite the fact that most women understand the importance of self-promotion for their advancement, they do not intentionally use it. We have been conditioned to take the back seat and wait to be recognized. As a consequence, we often have this inner argument about how to proceed with self-promotion. We know we should do more
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in a female economy. Women are doing the majority of the household shopping. Women are expected to control $28 trillion in consumer spending this year. Women are a growth market twice the size of India and China combined. The above sounds strange when you consider some of the
