Congratulations to Carol Schwartz for this important initiative. Check out the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia
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Letter to the Australian Financial Review by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner: Your article entitled “ASX gender targets raise legal danger” (July 5) argues that listed companies risk breaking the law by pursuing gender targets required by the Australian Securities Exchange. This risk does not arise if the action taken by the company is a “special [...] by Anne Summers Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2010 Julia Gillard may have played down the significance of her sex when she became Australia’s first female prime minister yesterday, saying she “did not set out to crash my head against any glass ceilings” and pointing out that she was also the first redhead to lead the [...] The answer seems to be Yes. Read this provocative article in the New York Times of 1 April (and no, it is not a joke). Read article As of July 1, 2010 the Australian Securities Exchange will require all listed companies to report on the numbers and positions of women in their companies as part of their corporate governance reporting requirements. This important reform will show which companies are dragging their feet when it comes to hiring and promoting women, in management [...] In a radical step, the government of Nikolas Sarkozy has introduced legislation to require all listed companies in France to have 50 per cent of their directors women within five years. Companies must have 20 per cent women directors within 18 months and 40 per cent within four years. These requirements exceed those introduced in [...] |
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