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In 5 years, this Australian astrophysics lab reached 50% women. Here’s how they did it

Many organisations, from community sporting groups to the United Nations, have set themselves a target of gender parity: ensuring half of staff or members are women. Gender parity is desirable because training and retaining equal halves of a population’s available talent influences an organisation’s growth, problem-solving capacity and future-readiness.

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City 'failing to fully tackle alpha male' culture penalising women, MPs told

Treasury committee hears that sexual harassment is still 'prevalent' in the Square Mile

Evening Standard

Women, including PM Katrin Jakobsdottir, go on strike in Iceland, the world’s most gender equal society

The prime minister joined other women in Iceland on a strike to call attention to the remaining inequalities in their society even though the country ranks highest globally in terms of gender parity.

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Iceland PM joins crowd of 100,000 for full-day women’s strike

Katrín Jakobsdóttir says she wants nation to achieve full gender equality by 2030 as over a quarter of population attend event in capital

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Aussie Women Will Earn $2 Million Less Than Men In Their Lifetime — This Needs To Fucking Stop

The Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce has shared a list of recommendations that could help ease the $128 billion gender pay gap.

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Women want change, society needs change

While India’s founding fathers ensured that India was early to adopt universal adult suffrage, the role of women in shaping the country’s political future still remains minimal

The Hindu

Corruption watchdog cleared – as it happened

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Gender parity offers hope in ‘otherwise bleak landscape’ for corporate social goals, S&P says—It projects women will be 50% of leadership by 2030

The number of women in the boardroom and C-suite has more than doubled since 2010, per S&P’s analysis of the Russell 3000.

Fortune

When is Women’s Equality Day?

It acts as a call to action for people and groups to actively support gender equality

Evening Standard

We're in the middle of a generational power shift. Here's how women are redefining it

"The Power Code" authors Katty Kay and Claire Shipman explain how women are changing what it means to have power.

Fortune

Nine out of 10 people are biased against women, says ‘alarming’ UN report

Researchers ‘shocked’ at lack of progress, and entrenched social norms that curtail women’s chances in politics, business and work

The Guardian - UK

Women in tech: What good practice should look like

Creating a modern and supportive environment that will attract and retain female talent requires impactful actions.

TechRadar

Gender pay gap data of large Australian businesses to be published

An embarrassing day is coming for Australian businesses that have a large gender pay gap, with the data from individual organisations to be made public.

ABC News

Focus on financial, digital inclusion at G20 meet to bridge gender inequality gap

Women delegates of a G20 meet in Goa on May 8 laid emphasis on the financial and digital inclusion of women across the globe to bridge the gender inequality gap.

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FKN GOOD: A New Law Means Businesses With Dogshit Gender Pay Gaps Will Be Named And Shamed

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The Conversation

Corporate management: Women are losing ground and need to be more strategic, but the culture must also change

Management consulting firm McKinsey recently released its eighth study on the advancement of women in the corporate world (Women in the Workplace 2022). Although it focuses on large U.S. companies, many of its findings point to a future where women’s representation in senior management positions will become increasingly rare, and…

Evening Standard

Remove barriers for every individual to end gender inequity, says first female head of Rotary International

The first female Rotary International president in the organisations’s 117 year history said a number of barriers remain for women in the workplace, particularly for those who could not work during the Covid pandemic.

The Independent UK

From the ‘great break up’ to the ‘great make up’

IWG’s Chief Commercial Officer Fatima Koning on why so many women are leaving senior leadership positions - and what firms can do about it

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AAP

NSW election lacking 'vision' on gender equality

Women's advocates have slammed the major parties in NSW for failing to offer voters cohesive gender equality policies in the upcoming state election.

Bangkok Post

Reports: Gender equality in the workplace still falls short

Despite years of promoting gender equality in the workplace and female empowerment among leaders and organisations worldwide, significant progress is lacking, according to recent studies.

The Guardian - UK

Women’s Institute remains relevant to members of all ages

Letter: With 30,000 new members joining last year, the organisation is still very much alive and kicking, says WI chief executive Melissa Green

Wales Online

'It feels like we've gone backwards on gender equality in the workplace' says Wales TUC boss

Women still have a long way to go before achieving equality in pay and terms and conditions of employment says Shavanah Taj, Wales TUC general secretary

Fortune

Is it time for workplace gender quotas?

Helene Panzarino, associate director at the London Institute of Banking and Finance's Centre for Digital Banking and Finance, said gender parity is taking too long to achieve.

AAP

Australian gender inequality 'not zero-sum game'

A task force on women's economic equality will recommend the federal government pay superannuation on paid parental leave and improve childcare rules.

ABC News

Women's Economic Equality Taskforce chair Sam Mostyn addresses National Press Club — as it happened

Women's Economic Equality Taskforce chair Sam Mostyn addresses the National Press Club, saying the next generation "is why we strive to reach equality for all".

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