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My Keynote Address to the National Labor Women’s Conference in Brisbane on May 14 in which I celebrate Labor’s success in women’s political leadership but call on the government to take urgent action to improve women’s workforce participation by addressing equality in employment via the EOWA legislation, and to radically reform childcare. Nat Labor [...] In Australia in the 21st century the private sector is taking the lead in promoting equality for women in employment and championing women to be leaders in the business world, a field the federal government once had made its own. Read my article in the Sydney Morning Herald, December 18 2010 Congratulations to Carol Schwartz for this important initiative. Check out the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia In Melbourne later this week they are having an “IQ Debate” on the topic: Has Feminism Failed? The evidence supposedly is that because we have not yet reached the nirvana of equality this is the fault of feminism. When asked about this by the Sunday Age newspaper, I replied that it is society – not [...] 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 [...] |
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