Madeline Hislop

Australia’s national gender pay gap has officially dropped to 13.4%, marking a small decline of 0.6 percentage points in the gap between men and women’s full-time earnings over the last six months.

Gender Equity Victoria is calling on the Victorian government to invest $271 million as the state pursues its economic recovery.

Melinda Gates has called on governments to start thinking about childcare as “essential infrastructure” as they rebuild their economies.

Dr Kirstin Ferguson is the only Australian to have been named in a list of 30 leadership and management “thinkers to watch” for 2021.

Women who do not fit typical “feminine” stereotypes are less likely to be taken seriously if they claim they were sexually harassed.

It’s no secret that regional SMEs did it tough last year, faced with a pandemic and the devastating consequences of bushfires.

“Investors notoriously doubt female founders ... [and] Black founders contend with systemic inequity at each step of their journey,” said Serena Williams.

Google will experiment with a flexible workweek when employees return to the office sometime next year, the tech giant’s CEO has revealed.

Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services Linda Burney has introduced a private members’ bill to parliament, calling for ten days paid domestic and family violence leave.

New Zealand has declared a climate emergency, with Jacinda Ardern saying the symbolic gesture is “an acknowledgement of the next generation”.

Women of colour face a “double-triple” glass ceiling in their professional lives, says #ColourFULL 2020 keynote speaker Sadhana Smiles.

“In our five years in England, we faced financial hardship ... I changed schools three times, changed friends and changed continents.”