You can’t be what you can’t see. So when the 64 newly enrolled Indigenous students at the University of Canberra begin their studies this year (on top of around 350 existing Indigenous students),...
Category: Leadership
Recognising the achievements of sportswomen: Correct the Internet
A few days ago, BroadAgenda editor Ginger Gorman spotted a stunning Internet campaign, designed to "Correct the Internet", allowing female elite athletes to take their rightful places in the history...
“Be ruthless with structures and kind with people”
Having initiated one of Australia’s most successful campaigns against sexual assault, Chanel Contos shares some valuable advice: “Be ruthless with structures and kind with people.” Chanel believes...
A new gender school of leadership in the Pacific
Let’s face it, it’s been a tough year. We were all hoping for a bit of respite from disease, famine and fire but 2022 has, in many ways, thrown us even greater challenges. So right now I need some...
STEM: It’s time to measure our impact
As an astrophysicist, I’m used to being the only woman in the room. I’ve participated in, or witnessed so many initiatives that aim to teach people how to navigate a broken system, rather than...
An urgent, joint letter – costs in sexual harassment litigation
Here at BroadAgenda and the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation at the University of Canberra, we are proud signatories to a joint letter that has been tabled in Federal Parliament this week. We believe the...
Modern leaders steering with their head and heart
Who is the kind of modern leader we need to elect, reward, and celebrate? Through the uncertainty of the past few years, revolving doors of leaders in some governments around the world, and the...
The revolutionary in Whitlam’s Government who fought for women
In Old Parliament House, Canberra, (now the Museum of Australian Democracy), there’s an exhibition called Australian Women Changemakers. Along with the new crop of brilliant young...
Banishing imposter syndrome: ‘I’m the real deal’
Former Channel 4 Editor at Large Dorothy Byrne says lazy generalisations can make women feel disempowered and undermine their ambitions. She gave this speech at the recent national Women in Media...