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
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It is becoming a depressingly recurring theme: the numbers for women are not good, whichever way you look at them. Read this comprehensive description of the state of play for women’s employment in the US from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania 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 [...] 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 [...] As requested, I am posting this summary of the disparities in pay and other indicators between women and men in Australia. The stats were prepared by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, in 2009 but the situation has changed little, if at all, since then: Gender Equality Stats 2009, The history of the second wave women’s movement captured via speeches and interviews. See it here |
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