Time for women’s workforce status to improve

Australian women have one of the lowest labour market participation rates in the OECD, are underrepresented in the leadership ranks of public companies and continue to receive only 82.5 per cent of what men earn.

This situation is bad for the economy, bad for national productivity, and bad for women.

It is also a shocking waste of [...]

Time for affirmative action

If Julia Gillard and Barack Obama can benefit from affirmative action to give them a leg-up (Obama to get into Harvard, and Gillard to finally get preselection for a seat in parliament) then why can’t we do the same to help women get ahead in Australian companies?

Victorian Premier’s Women’s Summit 2009
 

My appearance on Q&A 3 September

Anne Summers on QandA

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