Yesterday
Why women should never get married – ever
A new book by Australian feminist Clementine Ford aims to stop females entering into an institution that does them harm.
- Theo Chapman
This Month
Kate Morris’ goal is to make 10 other women ‘really wealthy’
Th Adore Beauty co-founder says the way to get serious about addressing under-investment in female fund managers and founders is the $3.5 trillion superannuation industry.
- Jemima Whyte
Women lawyers face barriers from client demands
‘Primitive notions’ of what a ‘good’ lawyer looks like are holding back the career prospects of women in the legal industry.
- Maxim Shanahan
Lawyers, barristers put on notice over sexual harassment
Non-compliance could result in lawyers losing their practicing certificates or the disbarment of barristers, the profession’s watchdogs have warned.
- Hannah Wootton
Pay gap pioneer Claudia Goldin wins Nobel economics prize
The Harvard economist has devoted decades to identifying the sources of gender pay discrimination and the deep-rooted inequality for women in the workplace.
- Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander
Jailed women’s activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize
Iranian authorities have repeatedly imprisoned Narges Mohammadi as she fights for women’s rights in the heavily oppressive regime.
- Jon Gambrell and Mike Corder
Women are asking for promotion, but men keep getting them: study
Men are promoted based on potential, but women must first prove their worth, the study and survey of US and Canadian companies found.
- Ella Ceron and Emily Chang
Managers see gender equality progress, as workers stall
Businesses with more advanced strategies to address gender disparity consistently saw greater performance on participation and pay equality
- Maxim Shanahan
Automation threatens the learning curve for junior lawyers
Tasks that young lawyers traditionally cut their teeth on are about to be hugely disrupted, and female graduates will suffer the most, new research shows.
- Maxim Shanahan
September
- Opinion
- University
Why targets for poor kids going to uni won’t work
A good higher education system should not set artificial targets for social equity that aren’t compared with other post-school options.
- Andrew Norton
Sex Discrimination Commissioner puts mining, legal, retail on notice
Anna Cody says the commission is ready to enforce the new positive duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Legal industry
Law is still a man’s world: High Court judge
Jacqueline Gleeson says three men from NSW spoke more to the nation’s highest court last year than all women combined.
- Michael Pelly
Meet the writer who says men were not born to rule
British author Angela Saini’s enlightening trip through history and science reveals the truth about the patriarchy, and that it might not be males’ best option.
- Julie Hare
‘Don’t let boys have all the fun,’ Macquarie CEO urges potential recruits
Just one third of applicants for graduate roles at Macquarie are female, Shemara Wikramanayake said, meaning women were “self-selecting out of what we are doing” at entry level.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Macquarie’s future starts with these 120 school girls
Shemara Wikramanayake says Macquarie has a problem attracting women into its graduate program. An event with 120 schoolgirls this week aimed to change that.
- James Thomson
‘I wasn’t the chief deal-doer’: Ex Mirvac boss’ recipe for CEO success
Boards should broaden the talent pool from which chief executives are selected to include leaders with marketing and human resources experience, says Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, president of Chief Executive Women.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Opinion
Matildas and Barbie show the business case for gender equality adds up
An equal number of CEOs named Michael and Matilda, Bob and Barbie, Tom and Tilly would mean a better economic future for us all.
- Marie Festa
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why BHP’s boss says gender targets are profitable
CEO male-female equality is still 50 years off, but the big miner’s chief says a better balance has helped boost its performance and returns.
- James Thomson
- Exclusive
- Liberal Party
Fighting fund launched to fix Liberals’ women problem
As NSW Liberals open preselections in seats they are trying to win back, a wing of the party hopes to gain ‘a competitive edge’ by backing more women candidates.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Why this exec took four months off after the birth of his son
At companies with more than 100 employees, the proportion of men who took primary parental leave more than doubled to 13.5 per cent in the year to March 2022.
- Sally Patten
