Women in Business
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Access to capital still a barrier for women-led small businesses
First 5000 | March 11, 2022Access to capital is still a significant barrier to growth for women-led small businesses, according to new research conducted by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman’s (ASBFEO) office for International Women’s Day held this week.
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Harvard executive education alumni support for female founders in Australia
First 5000 | March 8, 2022As we celebrate International Women’s Day today we look to the work of the Australian Government sponsored Boosting Female Founder (BFF) mentorship program.
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Equal Pay Day recognised this week
First 5000 | September 3, 2021Australian women in 2021 have had to work about two months more, on average, to earn the same as men did last financial year.
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Women face 101 year wait for financial gender equality: Financy
First 5000 | March 8, 2021Despite 2020 being a tough year, the financial progress of Australian women is trending in the right direction, but it will still take a century to achieve equality, as systemic issues hamper improvement in the unpaid work gender gap.
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Women want COVID-19 flexibility to stay: survey
First 5000 | November 13, 2020Working from home during COVID-19 brought meaningful flexible work to the NSW public sector and allowed women to balance their jobs and lives, according to the Public Service Association’s first ever What Women Want survey.
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HESTA launches 40:40 Vision campaign for at least 40% women in ASX200 executive roles by 2030
First 5000 | October 1, 2020HESTA has launched 40:40 Vision, an ambitious investor-led initiative that aims to see women fill at least 40 per cent of executive roles in the ASX200 by 2030.
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COVID-19 risks reduction of women in STEM jobs
Alan Finkel | July 30, 2020The events of 2020 are reshaping the way we live, work, teach and learn. And while we have all been affected differently, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women has been particularly significant. Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel and Lisa Harvey-Smith, Professor and Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador, UNSW, explain.
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More women at the top proves better for business
First 5000 | June 24, 2020As Australia moves towards economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report shows that more women on Boards and in senior leadership positions drives better company performance, greater productivity and greater profitability.
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NSW gov research reveals new approach could promote equality in recruitment
First 5000 | March 10, 2020A trial by the NSW Government shows it could just take a phone call and email to job candidates to begin driving gender equality in the workforce and help increase the number of senior leadership roles held by women.
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How gender bias impacts the workplace and how to beat it
First 5000 | March 6, 2020Bias might be built in to how our brains work, but that doesn’t make it acceptable. Recent advances in psychology and neuroscience have given us unprecedented insight into how biases interfere with good decision-making.
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Childcare limits stop professional women returning to work: report
First 5000 | March 4, 2020Reducing workforce disincentives facing professional, university educated women could add up to 12 million working hours to the economy annually, the equivalent of an extra 6,500 highly talented women in the Australian workforce.
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Pay gaps closing faster in leading-practice employer group
First 5000 | February 26, 2020The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) and the University of Queensland’s AIBE Centre for Gender Equality in the Workplace has released a new report that demonstrates that a group of leading Australian organisations are closing their pay gaps faster than other employers reporting to WGEA.
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Podcast: Bobby Mahlab talks Mentor Walks and women in media
Darren Woolley | February 10, 2020Managing Marketing Podcast host Darren Woolley and Bobbi Mahlab founder and managing director of Mahlab discuss how the Mentor Walks program started, some of the main issues for women working in media and the evolving nature of business.
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New national engineering taskforce releases report to tackle gender disparity
First 5000 | January 21, 2020A new independent national taskforce to tackle the deficit in the numbers of women studying engineering has launched a report which identifies a need to change the perception of engineering in society and schools if gender diversity in engineering is to improve.
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What women want in 2020
First 5000 | December 24, 2019Flexible working opportunities, diverse senior leadership teams, clear policies, company purpose beyond the dollars and leadership trumped networks, social activities and free lunches are women want in the workplace, according to The Leadership Institute’s 2019 study of working women.
