Skills and training: The Productivity Commission has produced a massive 300 page report on the vocational education and training in which it mentioned women just five times. To build robust funding...
By Julie Hare
The university tipping point: why women are winners … and losers
Higher education: Women enrol in higher education at far higher rates than men and are far less likely to drop out. But their long-term graduate outcomes are sadly lacking in comparison. They have...
Gender News: This week 17-23 July
1. 'Extreme' Queensland LNP vetting allegedly focused on female candidates' sexual histories. The Guardian. 23 July.A small “cabal” of LNP powerbrokers is accused of using extreme vetting processes...
The university tipping point: why women are winners … and losers
In his best-selling book, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell describes a tipping point as “that magic moment when an idea, trend, or...
Gender News: July 3-9
Gender News: Each week we scan the world's media to find the most interesting, insightful and informed stories about women and gender equality for you. This week: why some corporate leaders have...
COVID doesn’t discriminate; lack of female representation does
Women in leadership: To mark Constitution Day, the ABC's Big Ideas spoke to a panel of experts about the Covid-19 pandemic and the constitution. Has the Federation equipped the nation to address...
BroadAgenda Wraps the Week!
There’s a delightfully whacky moment in Madeleine Albright’s biography (actually there are many!) in which she ponders the possibility that once upon a time, somewhere in the cosmos, an apprentice...
Corporate board diversity hampered by ‘laggards’
Women in leadership: Few corporate, social responsibility 'hot topics' have grasped popular attention in the business world recently as much as gender diversity. Board diversification has been...
Why desperate mothers hide domestic violence
Family violence: As COVID-19 continues its rapid spread, so too does its insidious shadow - domestic violence. But like the deathly virus, family violence remains largely invisible. Not just to the...