Category: Womens Agenda

More than $10 billion in superannuation has now been withdrawn by Australians, just over three weeks since the launch of the government’s early access scheme. Billions more are likely to go, with Australians able to access an additional $10,000 on the 1st July. Half of all claims

Data released by Treasury reveals that as of May 11th, almost 1.4 million people have accessed their superannuation early, and more than 463,000 of them were under the age of 30. Young people aged between 26-30 withdrew from their superannuation funds at a higher rate than any

When I migrated to Australia from Pakistan in 1992 and commenced my studies at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), I quickly realised I could not afford the available childcare in my local area. That’s how I got involved in a campaign to establish affordable, student-centred childcare at the

Are men shit? In the words of Australia’s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, “Shit men don’t explain everything or nothing.” Okay, maybe she didn’t say that, but I like to think she would have — if asked. On Friday, an article entitled “I had to choose being a mother”

Women in the arts often need to fight extremely hard to get paid “a third” of what their male counterparts are paid, even when they’re multi-award winning actresses with almost three decades of experience, according to Australian actress Cate Blanchett. Speaking with former Prime Minister, Julia Gillard,

Lisa Su has become the first woman ever to top the Associated Press’ annual survey of CEO compensation with a pay package valued at US$58.5 million last year. Su is the CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, a company with a market value of US$53.250.4 million in March

This article is supported by Monarch Institute, Education for the Real World. When COVID-19 hit and Australia was forced into lockdown, many of us (perhaps most) put any plans for upskilling to the side. Pressures of maintaining a functioning family life, home-schooling as well as setting up

For many of us, a lasting memory of Australia’s COVID-19 lockdowns will be about toilet paper shortages and insanely jacked up prices for hand sanitiser. But there’s an untold story about the panic buying phenomenon. At the same time toilet paper disappeared off the shelves, so too

Social enterprise Two Good, American Express and Deliveroo are joining forces to support women impacted by domestic violence in NSW by donating 3,000 meals to women’s refuges. The initiative has come about in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, as more women are experiencing heightened barriers to escaping

Even before COVID-19 households with children with a female main income earner were more than twice as likely to live in poverty as those where the main income earner was male. New analysis, released on Thursday, highlights the impact of caring roles on poverty in Australia as

A little over a year ago, laser physicist Professor Tanya Monro became the first female Chief Defence Scientist for Australia. The appointment followed an incredibly successful career. She obtained a PhD at the age of just 26, already had numerous patents to her name, had written hundreds

New thinking is critical to innovative product development, but we only start thinking about things differently when we are challenged to do so. The best product development teams contain different points of view, with these visions contributing to problem solving by sparking ideas and challenging individual concepts