Category: Womens Agenda

As a female-led media organisation that has reported on women’s careers and work for eight years now, we’d love to have been able to cover what happened at the ‘Women’s Job Creation’ forum held by the Office for Women and the Minister for Women today. We’d especially

For the first time in six years, no women of colour CEOs are on this year’s Global 500 list. The list calculates the world’s largest 500 companies by revenue. This year’s companies employ a total of 69.9 million people worldwide across 32 countries. Out of the 500

Our world has changed. Right now, we are out of the CBD, out of offices, we are online, we are collaborating, creating, connecting. We are managing anxiety, uncertainty, and significant social disruption. Many of us are separated from family and friends, and some of us, have lost

If you haven’t seen a therapist before, these are the steps to get started, writes Louise Stone, from Australian National University in this piece republished from The Conversation. Last week, the Australian government announced it will provide ten extra Medicare-subsidised psychological therapy sessions for Australians in lockdown

The word ‘unprecedented’ has been getting thrown around a lot in 2020. But five months since the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic, there is a lot going on now that is no longer unprecedented. And ‘unprecedented’ should never be used to cover up the fact

A group of predominately women-led businesses are spearheading an urgent campaign calling on the Government to make early childhood education and care free. The Make It Free campaign was borne from the frustration and disbelief a number of female entrepreneurs experienced when the Federal Government announced it

Indian food delivery giant Zomato has introduced paid period leave for all of its more than 5,000 employees who menstruate, in a bid to build a more inclusive culture and tackle stigma. In a note to employees, Zomato founder and chief Deepinder Goyal announced women and transgender

As someone who has spent much of her life working towards structured goals in sport, Paralympian Madison de Rozario has been adjusting to a whole new world of uncertainty. Like many athletes in Australia and around the world, de Rozario’s dreams of Tokyo 2020 were taken from

For the better part of the last century, surf life saving clubs have been a fixture of coastal communities and have played a major role in enriching the lives of many Australians. Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA), the peak authority on water safety, drowning prevention and rescue,

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern launched her re-election campaign over the weekend, telling supporters she is grateful for New Zealand’s “team of 5 million” and detailing her party’s plan for economic recovery from COVID-19. The centre point of Ardern’s launch was the pledge of a $NZ311

Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman Teela May Reid has been awarded this year’s Daisy Utemorrah Award at the WA Premier’s Book Awards for her unpublished manuscript “Our Matriarchs Matter.”The Sydney based co-creator of Blackfulla Bookclub was presented with the award at the State Library of Western Australia last

Modest changes to Australia’s paid parental provision can help address the gender gap in unpaid and paid work between mothers and fathers, writes Owain Emslie, Danielle Wood, and Kate Griffiths from Grattan Institute in this piece republished from The Conversation. Grattan Institute research published today shows the