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It’s Time to Right a Historic Wrong – Pay Equity
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...
Shattering the Glass Ceiling
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...
Broader Considerations for the Quota Approach
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...
Push to name and shame companies not promoting women
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...
Women Getting into Boards Report 2009
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,...
Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
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...
Leadership Views of Australian Women Leading in the Community
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,...
Gender and Climate Change
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...
Community Leadership
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...
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