The Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (CLW) commends the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations for its Report, Making it Fair, released on 23 November 2009. The Inquiry which began in June 2008 has resulted in an in-depth Report that acknowledges pay equity as a “basic human right” and the […]
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Analysis of Australian Liberal party and the Media’s Role During the events which took place towards the end of 2009 in the in the Australian Liberal party when support for former leader of the Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull was declining over his Emissions Trading strategy and his leadership of the Liberal Party, the Australian Centre
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In 1986, the concept of the glass ceiling was used to explain why women, despite achieving certain levels of success in industry and business are prevented from reaching the most senior levels of management due to an invisible barrier that is almost impossible to breach. Twenty years later, despite research, evidence and an array of
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In 1986, the concept of the “glass ceiling” was used to explain why women, despite achieving certain levels of success in industry and business are prevented from reaching the most senior levels of management due to an invisible barrier that is almost impossible to breach. Twenty years later, despite research, evidence and an array of
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A prominent company director has called for companies who do not promote women to board and executive positions to be named and shamed. Kevin McCann, chairman of Origin Energy, has called on the Australian Securities Exchange to create guidelines that would require listed companies to detail female participation in the top echelons of management. “Frankly,
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The Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW) in 2009 conducted an online survey in 2009 about the difficulties women face getting into boards. 317 women participated in the survey, with 92% being Australian. The findings reveal key insights into why there are so few women on boards and the effectiveness of resources to
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ACLW Leadership Achievement Award for Women Information ACLW’s Leadership Achievement Award for Women (LAAW) ran in 2006 — 2009. It was established to recognise women in the community who use their own initiative to create and implement projects for the benefit of the community and in collaboration with the community. ACLW was known as CLW at
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The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) conducted a national telephone survey between July and September 2008 to investigate the nature and extent of sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Two thousand and five telephone interviews were conducted with people aged 18 to 64.[ 1] The sample of survey respondents was representative of the Australian population
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There are many definitions of leadership. Leadership literature abounds with many theories of leadership including the Great Man Theory, Trait Theory, Behavioral Theories, Situational Leadership, Transactional and Transformational Leadership. However, what do we know about the leadership perceptions held by Australian women who practice it and venture out on their own to achieve for the
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This report analyses the gender dimension of climate change and the policies enacted to mitigate and adapt to its impacts with the aim of developing gender sensitive approaches with regards to mitigation measures, adaptation projects and national regimes. According to the report, natural disasters and environmental damage associated with climate change are worse for vulnerable
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In 2000 CLW launched a Leadership Questionnaire to explore women’s definitions of leadership, their perceptions of how leadership developed and how its development in the workplace was encouraged. It was also designed to be a reflective tool enabling the respondent to identify their vision and what they needed to do to make their vision a
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Social Entrepreneur: Leaders who inspire people to take risks, who find clever ways of using abandoned assets, who give others the confidence to develop their skills and potential. Botsman and Latham, 2001 Effective community leadership is increasingly recognised in Australia as elsewhere, as an important contributor to local social development. The leadership approach is based
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