Posts tagged "women in business"

This week marks the first birthday of my business. It’s also my son’s first birthday. Yes, I started a business at 37 weeks pregnant.

How these giant shifts in work will contribute to future economic prosperity will depend on whether men and women access flexible working equally.

Small business women operating in Victoria are speaking out about what they need to survive the fourth, and potentially not the last, snap lockdown by the Victorian government. 

For women entrepreneurs in regional Australia, connection — with their local communities and with each other — has never been more important.

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.

Many women leaders and business owners were inspired by fashion designer Carla Zampatti, writes fellow entrepreneur Naomi Simson.

With the sudden death of Carla Zampatti, Australia has lost perhaps its most successful and loved fashion designer. She was primarily a proud, feminist fashion designer, promoting economic independence and agency for women.

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.

A disproportionate number of women business owners find affordable access to childcare in Australia a barrier to growing their businesses.

Five years after launching Inspiring Rare Birds, Jo Burston has achieved a lot. But, she says there's more to be done.

Here's what we know about Macquarie Group CEO Shemara Wikramanayake and Fortescue Metals CEO Elizabeth Gaines.

The budget pledged $36 million to the Boosting Female Founders fund. But strict eligibility criteria means many women-led startups miss out.