Category: Womens Agenda

NASA’s Dr Christyl Johnson has told a Sydney audience of startups, investors and innovators about the power of diversity in innovation, sharing why it will be key to space exploration and ultimately the future of the planet. Noting NASA’s ambitions to get the first woman and next man on the

Earlier this week, we published a piece from founder Kathryn Van Kuyk, who shared her experience of being overlooked as her male co-founder’s ‘plus one’ at a tech conference. It struck a nerve. Below South Australian MP Paula Luethen writes about similar experiences she’s had in politics. As a new

Malcolm Turnbull has declared the slow pace of women studying computer science and engineering is a “big conundrum” facing Australia. Speaking at StartCon 2019 today in Sydney, the former Australian prime minister said that more money needs to be put behind promoting women in STEM. ______ Check out The STEM

Heading to Sydney over the next month or so? You’re in for a treat. The sunny city will be at its most spectacular as the Christmas season gets into full swing. Below we have a complete guide of things to do. First up, you’ll be needing to stretch your legs

In her 2017 book, “Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny” Cornell philosophy professor Kate Manne coined a new term, “himpathy”. Like “mansplaining” and “manspreading” before it, other new words that entered the feminist lexicon giving women a word for something they long experienced but struggled to articulate, himpathy was quickly

Fortescue Metals CEO Elizabeth Gaines has come in second on Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year list, for her work leading massive revenue and profits at the Perth-based iron ore miner that has a 50 per cent female board. Fortune notes Gaines’ achiements since she took over the top job in

The 2020 Grammy nominations are in and women are leading the way, especially in the four major categories: record of the year, album of the year, song of the year and best new artist. The most nominations of any artist went to Lizzo, who received eight nods, four of which are

For the second time this week, I woke up with smoke in my lungs. Sydney, a city which should be experiencing clear and sparkling skies at this time of year, is instead shrouded in a blanket of eerie, almost apocalyptic, grey haze. A grave reminder of the tragedy unfolding across

Prizes and accolades can be significant career milestones for women in STEM and act as a great way to showcase talent. But competition wording, awards criteria and prize names could be getting in the way. A new guide released Wednesday aims to address this, helping organisations to improve their standards

Pouring your heart, soul and finances into a new business is exciting, but in the game of entrepreneurship, risk is an inevitable partner, writes Zee Der-Levine To date I’ve launched three businesses, each into alien sectors, and I’ve had one epic failure (I’m talking bankrupt failure), alongside thousands of invaluable

Susan Anderson is the Regional General Manager of Uber for ANZ and North Asia. She shares some of the strategies Uber is pursuing to address women’s safety, especially since establishing an Australia and New Zealand Uber Women’s Safety Forum.  Every day, Uber connects 15 million trips around the world. At

While many people are comfortable with women leading businesses, they don’t feel the same about women at the top of government. This is according to a survey released on Tuesday from data consultancy Kantar and the Women Leaders Global Forum. The study measured the “Reykjavik Index” which scores perceptions of female