2014 has been a big year for women. There have been some very high points and some very low points, but at the end of the day, has progress been made? We think it has, and we think now is a great time to reflect on the wins we've had in 2014. We've seen women
Outgoing Westpac boss Gail Kelly is in the running to become the first Australian and the first woman to win the 2014 Morningstar chief executive of the year award outright after being named as a finalist. If successful, she would join the likes of legendary investor Warren Buffet as the best in business. The winner
Mirvac's CEO Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz has been named the Telstra Business Woman of the Year for the private and corporate sectors in the same week as the company reached a 50/50 gender balance on its board. Hurwitz was appointed CEO of Mirvac in 2012, making her one of few women in senior leadership positions in the
Captain Georgina Sutton has been appointed as Jetstar's chief pilot for Australia and New Zealand, breaking the last barrier for female pilots at major Australian airlines. She will be one of very few women in the world to have held the top pilot job at a major airline globally, joining the ranks of Captain Davina
She might not be a feminist, but Australia’s first female Foreign Minister is a huge asset to the government and aspiring women leaders. Julie Bishop has had quite a November. In between outrunning her security detail at the APEC Summit in Beijing and being named "woman of the year" by several magazines, Australia's only female
Suzanne will be attending the The 2nd Annual Women in Finance and Accounting Leadership Summit 2015, held at The Amora Hotel Jamison Sydney. The event will feature a Pre-Summit Workshop on 16 February, with the Summit to run across 17 & 18 February, concluding with a Post-Summit Workshop on 19 February. Suzanne's involvement will include the INTERACTIVE CLOSING ROUNDTABLE on the topic 'Future directions for emerging
I am a feminist. Not because I’m a whinger, or a victim, but because I understand how very fortunate I am. And I’m grateful to the women (and men) who’ve made that possible. If a footballer runs onto the field to a barrage of racist abuse, should he ignore it? Or should he call it
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
