Executive Summary Our landmark survey of gender diversity in the leadership of the community sector is both a good news and a bad news story.In a sector where women comprise...
The proportion of women sitting on corporate boards and executive committees in Asian companies is strikingly low compared with Europe and the United States, even though women remain under-represented in those regions too....
Women are still facing barriers to leadership positions in the government and private sector across the Asia/Pacific region, according to MasterCard’s latest Index of Women’s Advancement. See the infographic reflecting the Asia/Pacific...
WomenGenderPoliticalTransitions_Seoul2012Download This article is a Summary of Proceedings from the Regional Expert Meeting in Seoul, 4-5 December 2012.
By Dr Cathy Kezelman, President Adults Surviving Child Abuse The long-term effects of trauma experienced in childhood are a public health challenge of major proportions. Yet, despite its prevalence and impacts,...
In the lead up to International Women’s Day, Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey, Director of the Australian Centre for Leadership for Women, reflects on just how much the gender agenda has evolved...
What causes a woman to become an activist?How does this foundation shape her activism?What approach is most effective in assisting other women? This book by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey seeks to...
January 2013 COMPLETE REPORT Executive summary The Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW) conducted a research study between 19 December 2012 and 31 December 12 to explore and understand through...
A New Solution for an Age-old problem The time has come to recognise that if it has not been possible to eradicate leadership inequities experienced by women, then it is...
Aruna Gajbhiye is an Associate Professor at Tirpude College of Social Work, in Nagpur in India. Aruna has worked in a various positions like community worker, programme co-ordinator, contributory lecturer for 7 years...
At a Fiji Judiciary Criminal Law Workshop for Judges and Magistrates in June 2012, Nazhat Shameem, a Barrister in Fiji and former Fiji High Court Judge, presented a paper on Gender,...
Coaching Insights for Coaches - Listening to the Inner Game An introduction to the book's themes is at: http://youtu.be/3XQwWRnkQBM http://youtu.be/3XQwWRnkQBM "Diann's analysis of her personal experiences provides a fascinating insight into...
Setting the suffrage celebrations in context, Rosemary Cadden, journalist with the Women's Suffrage Centenary Secretariat describes the first wave "shrieking sisterhood", the second wave "women's liberation" and the third wave...
Professor James Sarros is Deputy Head of the Department of Management at Monash University. He has a Bachelors degree in arts (literature) and a diploma in education from La Trobe...
Dr Jocelynne Scutt, Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Tasmania Merit, Equality and the 'No Change' Principle in Workplace Culture Equal to a man, or less?Measured by brains, intellect, wit and intelligence.By merit in...
According to the United Nations, 140 million women and girls alive today have undergone female genital mutilation. Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), also referred to as female circumcision, is a term...
Australia’s first national Paid Parental Leave scheme started on 1 January 2011. It provides eligible working parents with 18 weeks of Parental Leave Pay at the National Minimum Wage, currently...
John Baldoni Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, once wrote: "No sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces—never is there just one cockroach in the kitchen." Mr. Buffet is...
ACLW's Expert Climate Change Panelists were asked: What are your views on what the Gillard government is attempting to put in place to reduce Australia's carbon emissions?Do you see it...
Between February and July 2011, the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse (ADFVC) at the University of New South Wales conducted a national online domestic violence and the workplace survey....