Category: Womens Agenda

With the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony kicking off tonight, anticipation about the Games is growing across the world. With about half of the Australian population currently in lockdown, this year’s Olympics might provide a welcome distraction over the next couple of weeks. Here’s a list of

The successful test and trace strategy of NSW, which controlled the Crossroads Hotel outbreak a year ago, has not worked as well against Delta, writes C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW in this article republished from The Conversation. The Greater Sydney lockdown began on June 26 and almost a

On his first day in the job as CEO of KPMG, Andrew Yates made a powerful announcement about the firm’s leave policies that would make national headlines. He announced that all new parents would get 26 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of their “primary” or “secondary”

Potentially hundreds of women founders remain confounded following an email error this week that saw business owners told they were successful in moving to the next round of the Boosting Female Founders grant process, and then emailed again to be told they weren’t. Now, women who received

If there’s one thing Nina Mapson Bone knows about her colleagues, it’s that no one wakes up in the morning thinking they won’t give the work day their best effort. In fact, at Beaumont People, a recruitment firm founded by Nikki Beaumont, where Nina is Managing Director,

It’s that time of the week again, and we’ve been busy collating the latest books, podcasts, audiobooks and movie must-watches for you to get lost in during lockdown. Thanks to our partner, Scribd for supporting this feature. Memoir: Judith Lucy- ‘Turns Out, I’m Fine: How Not

Each week on Women’s Health news, we’re learning how different women manage their health alongside their careers and other work. This week, meet Shirley Chowdhary, host of our own Women’s Agenda podcast series, The Leadership Lessons. She shares with us her health routine, and why managing

Late last year, I was given the gift, relief and grief of a diagnosis for my chaotic brain. Like many women, I discovered that I had ADHD only after my own child was diagnosed. The response from the people I love was both over and underwhelming:

The Matildas kickstarted their Olympics campaign with a 2-1 win over New Zealand’s Football Ferns on Wednesday night. When the final whistle blew at an empty Tokyo Stadium, celebrations were high for the Australian team, especially for Captain Sam Kerr, who managed to break her five-game goal-scoring

A doctor in the United States has posted a confronting message about the risk of young people not getting vaccinated for COVID-19, saying when you need it most, “it’s too late”. Dr Brytney Cobia who works at Grandview Medical Centre in Birmingham, Alabama says that in

Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has publicly mansplained to Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk about why she should attend the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, despite her previously saying she would not attend. In an exchange just hours after Palaszczuk won Brisbane the hosting rights for the 2032

Raising capital is hard for everyone and much has been written about the unique challenges faced by female entrepreneurs. I started my first tech company, Posse.com in 2012 and I pitched it hundreds of times before I closed a round of funding. I remember hearing vague complaints