AFLW stars, small business entrepreneurs: The players pulling double duty on and off the pitch
For many of the league's biggest stars, football is not the only game in town: entrepreneurs dot the league, as key players pursue business interests outside of the sport.
“The virtue signaling is wild”: As funding to women founders lags, fintech leaders call for action
Venture capital firms are failing to follow through on their pledges to support women startup founders, who already risk losing out on stable salaries when launching a new enterprise, according to leaders in the Australian fintech space.
Flying Fox, Jump Start receive $600,000 in VIC government funding to boost women-led startups
The Victorian government has announced $600,000 in additional funding aimed at female founders through programs run through Flying Fox and Jump Start Studio.
Nearly 700 women-led startups hit by new delays to $11.6 million Boosting Female Founders grant
The Boosting Female Founders scheme is facing fresh setbacks, with the federal government telling nearly 700 applicants not to expect updates before June — an eight-month delay to the program's initial time frame.
How mentoring and supporting women in the workplace can help defeat “dinosaur-age” attitudes
Women working together are a force to be reckoned with and will no longer accept second-rate treatment in any workplace, says The Executive Circle founder Shivani Gopal.
The Jobs Summit was a start, but we need to start increasing the number of women in the workforce immediately
By now it should be clear that Australia’s dismal rate of female workforce participation is something that needs to be drastically improved.
Janine Allis on what she learnt about opportunity from refugee women in Jordan
Entrepreneur Janine Allis shares what she learnt from refugee women living in Jordan who’d fled the war in Syria more than 11 years ago.
How quotas and targets can improve gender equality in the workplace
Gender equality targets and quotas can help prevent qualified women in the workplace being overlooked in favour of their male counterparts.
The government’s approach to supporting women in leadership is ‘designed to fail’ says GoKindly founder Laura Conti
The federal budget announced millions of dollars to assist women into leadership roles and into STEM. But this is a deeply flawed approach, writes Laura Conti.
Victorian businesses to get $20,000 wage subsidies if they hire women and workers in key priority groups
The $250 million Jobs Victoria Fund will form part of the state government’s broader $619.4 million Jobs Victoria program, and is designed to both support businesses as they recover from the pandemic and help more Victorians secure work.
Scott Morrison floats quotas for improving workplace culture: Should employers be taking notes?
Members of the tech community says Scott Morrison's loosely laid out plans to improve the workplace at Parliament House are the bare minimum any organisation should have in place.
Morrison government’s response to the Porter and Higgins’ cases could hinder its chances in the next election
Following the Morrison government's response to the Porter and Higgins' cases, thousands of Australians marched around the country angry and fed up at the treatment of women.
