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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...
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,...
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....
Dr Shirley Randell (www.shirleyrandell.com.au) has in 2006 taken up a new position in Rwanda as Senior Advisor, Responsibility and Accountability in Local Government - RALG/Gender for nine countries in East and...
Tony Abbott's latest thoughts on paid parental leave have been said to have created uncertainty for families who might be planning to have a baby, ripples of discontent in his...
21 November was Go Home on Time Day, an initiative of The Australia Institute. Now in its fourth year, Go Home on Time Day provides an opportunity for raising awareness...
In light of the upcoming Federal Election, a research report has been published based on ACLW's study to help inform how women intended to vote in the 2010 Federal Election...
Whilst much is known about the difficulties women face attaining leadership positions in the corporate world, little is known about women in non-traditional trades such as in construction. Starting with...