Research and Publications

Promoting CALD Women’s Participation on Boards and Decision-Making Positions – Research Study Report

In October 2012, FECCA received funding from the Australian Government Office for Women within the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to undertake the Women’s Leadership and Development Strategy/Promoting of CALD Women’s Participation on Boards and in Decision-Making Positions Project (the Project). The overall aim of the Project is to enhance the […]

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Interim Report to the Australian Government Indigenous Voice Process

Submission by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey as featured at The National Indigenous Australians Agency https://haveyoursay.voice.niaa.gov.au/submissions/view/sbm179d379e08759ec06a4ef Individuals, communities and organisations were invited to provide feedback on how they think the proposals could work for them. Public input was sought to help the Indigenous Voice co-design groups to further develop and refine the proposals so that final recommendations

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Will Australia and the EU achieve Global Gender Equality in a post Covid-19 world?

In a year marked by the unprecedented global Covid-19 pandemic, the stark reality of its impact on women globally in 2020 could not be clearer. With an awareness that a lack of progress in gender equality has exacerbated the Covid-19 pandemic’s gender impact, will countries strive to achieve global gender equality in a post Covid-19

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Leadership Interviews

The Australian Centre for Leadership for Women between 2000 and 2019 invited prominent national and international female and male leaders in different sectors to focus on how they became leaders, the forces that shape them and their vision and their reflections on leadership. These unedited interviews offer an insight into the individual’s values, leadership competencies

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Unique Leadership of Minority Women Report 2017

The Unique Leadership of Minority Women’s Report is based on a research study by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey. It aimed to explore the underrepresentation of women in minority groups in leadership in Australia and to what extent is diversity inclusive of minority women in Australia?  Specifically the following minority groups were involved: Aboriginal and Torres Strait

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Pathways to Gender Equality in Australia – The role of Merit and Quotas

About ‘Pathways to Gender Equality – The role of Merit and Quotas’ (Edited by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey)In Australia there continues to be an unprecedented level of awareness of the glass ceiling for women in many key sectors. A surge of strategies to overcome the gender equality gap has also been spearheaded by public and some

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Articles published in The Conversation

The Conversation is an independent source of analysis, commentary and news from the university and research sector. Rodgers-Healey, D. (28 July 2014) We must do better to curb discrimination against working parents. The Conversation. 28 July 2014. http://theconversation.com/we-must-do-better-to-curb-discrimination-against-working-parents-29696; Also published at Workplaceinfo.com.au; womensagenda.com.au Rodgers-Healey, D. (20 September 2013) Would business tolerate the Abbott Cabinet Gender Imbalance.

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Considerations for Australia’s next Woman Prime Minister

So that Australia will have a woman Prime Minister sooner rather than later, the E-book, Considerations for Australia’s next woman Prime Minister by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey presents an analysis on issues to do with gender and leadership based on a reflective, interpretive and explorative stance of Julia Gillard’s Prime Ministership.   17 leading Australian women accepted an invitation

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Women rated Former PM Gillard above Mr Abbott before Labor Leadership Change

Findings of Survey about Former PM Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott  The Australian Centre for Leadership for Women (ACLW) conducted a research study which commenced on 24 June 13 and closed on 26 July 2013 when PM Julia Gillard announced her resignation after losing a leadership ballot to Kevin Rudd on 26 June 2013.  The

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Women’s Activism – Insights for empowering women from global women activists

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 answer these questions about women’s activism through studying the individual journeys of self-empowerment and activism of 12 leading global women activists who reflect

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Australian Women’s Views of PM Gillard and Mr Abbott Research Report

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 an online survey how women view Prime Minister Gillard and Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott’s performance in terms of their leadership and understanding of women’s issues. 

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Abandoning Leadership for a Better Way of Being for Women and Men

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 not that more should be done to strategize what women can do within the existing boundaries of leadership, but to question the very boundaries themselves.

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Coaching Insights for Coaches – Listening to the Inner Game

Coaching Insights for Coaches – Listening to the Inner Game An introduction to the book’s themes is at: http://youtu.be/3XQwWRnkQBM “Diann’s analysis of her personal experiences provides a fascinating insight into how awareness of the inner game makes coaching work for both coach and client. The models and charts provide useful templates for thinking about how we

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