Monash Business School launches new program to help empower CALD women in the workplace Monash Business School is launching a new executive education program for women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
This small business is renting a ‘secret apartment’ to help women escape domestic violence “I’m sharing this video today in case you happen to stumble upon this in your feed … and think to yourself: I could do this, too," says Cherie Clonan.
Report shows 60% increase of women in boardrooms, but changes to cultural diversity remain slim A new report examining 300 organisations and more than 2000 board seats has found a 60% rise of women in boardrooms over five years, but marginal changes have occurred when it comes to cultural diversity.
Not a dating app: Women are calling out men who use LinkedIn to send unwanted advances The largest online professional networking platform has been facing backlash as women speak out about receiving unwanted and inappropriate attention from men on their profiles.
COVID-19 has perpetuated the global gender income gap, which will now take 135.6 years to close According to the World Economic Forum, closing the global gender gap will now be pushed back by an entire generation — from 99.5 years to 135.6 years.
“Team Anywhere”: Atlassian’s new flexible work model means employees will only go into the office ‘four times a year’ “Team Anywhere” is a new policy that will see the $80 billion tech giant’s 5,700 global staff work from any location in a country where Atlassian has a corporate entity.
Data shows women suffer from Zoom fatigue more intensely than men, so what’s to blame? A new Stanford study reveals how the shift from in-person meetings to online ones has taken its toll more intensely among women.
Reducing the stigma: Future Super introduces paid menstrual and menopause leave Future Super’s latest policy seeks to change the stigma and taboo surrounding menstruation and menopause by giving people who experience symptoms the choice to work from home and the possibility of taking paid leave.
Do women-owned ventures need more female investors? Solai Valliappan thinks so The young tech investor turned a page in her life when she realised the gross shortage of women in the tech investment space, and particularly women of colour.
“Burned out”: Study shows the devastating impact of COVID-19 on women in tech The report, which was undertaken by nonprofit Girls in Tech, looked at the ways the NGO’s 40,000 members were coping during the pandemic.
Ita Buttrose, Lucy Turnbull and more call on the PM to “address Australia’s gender crisis” A number of prominent Aussie women have signed an open letter urging Scott Morrison to take action and "move towards a better, more equal future".
Google partners with Dress For Success to upskill more than 100,000 Black women Google's new initiative aims to overturn the bleak economic reality facing hundreds of thousands of Black women in the US.
