There are many ‘truths’ espoused by both men and women about the gender pay gap. This is not a ‘men don’t get it debate’; rather, an opportunity to hold up the mirror to ask why this is so. And it can be changed. Our community has an unconscious bias regarding pay equity. It does not matter
Large, established organizations are finally starting to accept that gender imbalances are a business problem. Yes, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella recently lit up the blogosphere with his unfortunate suggestion that women should not ask for pay raises. (He quickly apologised.) But gaffes like his are increasingly out of step with the mainstream. This summer, Google
Speaking at a Women in Media event at the National Press Club this afternoon, Julie Bishop has raised a number of controversial topics. She started by commenting on being the only woman in cabinet, in saying “I pay tribute to all the women who have been cabinet ministers before me. The challenge I have set
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is being talked up as a future leader of the Liberal Party, Queensland Liberal MP Teresa Gambaro has told a private gathering of female ambassadors. Ms Gambaro speculated that Ms Bishop could "one day" become Prime Minister, after criticising the number of females in Parliament as too low. Ms Gambaro made
The Prime Minister's chief of staff Peta Credlin has established a network of female staffers within the government so that they can "support each other" and maximise their exposure to other women in leadership roles. The Coalition Women's Staff Network will be launched by Prime Minister Tony Abbott next Wednesday evening. Women's Weekly editor Helen
A new Gallup poll found that American men and women prefer a male boss to a female one. Though the popularity of women bosses has improved since the 1950s, it hasn’t changed much in this century. Instead, the number of people who say they prefer men has decreased, and “no preference” has increased over time.
Today, everyone’s talking about egg-freezing. Because apparently, it’s the silver-bullet for women who want a big career in the glimmering, money-encrusted compounds of Silicon Valley. Breaking new ground in the employee-perks department, Facebook and more recently, Apple, are offering to fund retrieving and freezing a woman’s eggs as part of her employee benefit scheme, effectively allowing
As unrelated as life at work and life at home may seem, a mixture of the two creates value in a way that neither does on its own. As parents settle into the new school year — a time for new schedules, new activities and new demands — the pressure to balance life and work
Nazli Guler is a Conference Producer at the Sydney office of the Liquid Learning Group. With a background in journalism, Nazli produces content for senior leaders in various sectors and industries with the ambition to drive change and inspire potential leaders to initiate innovation. On the Women in Energy and Resources Leadership Summit 2014 in
So it’s been a week since the Channel 10 premier of the highly anticipated Madam Secretary, right after the somewhat abrupt end to the season finale of The Bachelor, which still seems to be making headlines for the wrong reasons. Or maybe they’re right when you consider the old adage any publicity is good publicity.
