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Women need to recalibrate feminist action so that it’s not just about them advancing in society on men’s terms. Shutterstock

Feminism has failed and needs a radical rethink

Eva Cox, University of Technology Sydney

The second-wave feminists of the 1970s wanted to create radical shifts in gender power. Instead, women have settled for much less.
Research shows when there are three women on a board, as opposed to one, they are seen as individuals rather than the “female voice”. Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

Companies prefer ticking boxes to breaking the glass ceiling

Martijn Boersma, University of Technology Sydney

Australia’s largest companies are happy to tick gender reporting boxes, but when it comes to pay equity they are largely silent.
The study found that the average total remuneration for female managers was equal to just the base salary for their male counterparts. From www.shutterstock.com

Female senior managers paid $100,000 less than their male counterparts: study

Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University; Alan Duncan, Curtin University, and Rachel Ong ViforJ, Curtin University

Women receive less pay than men, especially at a top management level, and are less represented on the board of organisations, a new study has found.
We now have parity in medical schools, but not in the high-powered positions and specialties in medicine. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Female doctors in Australia are hitting glass ceilings – why?

Helen Dickinson, The University of Melbourne and Marie Bismark, The University of Melbourne

Women are typically the dominant group within medical schools and yet remain under-represented in formal leadership positions and particular speciality areas.
Australia’s defining narratives are apparently stories by, for and about white cis men. George A. Spiva Center for the Arts

Three ways Screen Australia can actually improve diversity in the industry

Deb Verhoeven, Deakin University

Australia’s defining narratives are apparently, with rare exception, stories by, for and about white cis men. We need more than Screen Australia’s new measures to address gender equity in the film industry.
Even with Kate Winslet and Judy Davis cast in The Dressmaker, the film was considered too high a risk for international buyers. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.

We’re right to make a scene about gender equity in the Australian screen industry

Sue Maslin, RMIT University

If the Australian screen industry is to grow into the future and prosper, it cannot ignore the untapped creative talent and leadership potential of women. We need strategies to address this problem.
Evacuees gather at a rescue centre after this month’s floods in the Philippines. But for many women the danger doesn’t end here. EPA/Francis R. Malasig/AAP

Worldwide, climate change is worse news for women

Hilary Bambrick, Western Sydney University

Climate change isn’t gender-neutral. The effects are likely to hit the world’s poorest women hardest of all, because they are more likely to lack the resources to escape natural disasters or disease.
This is an unusual sight in business. Women are more likely to sit at the side of the room. The number one rule to be successful is to sit at the table. Shutterstock

Women need to start believing that they’re fabulous – then we’ll start to see change

Miemie Struwig, Nelson Mandela University

Women need to start believing in themselves to be successful. Men own their success but women attribute it to external factors. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg learned this a while back.
A South African woman needs to work two months more than a man to earn the equivalent salary in a year. Shutterstock

Women are still paid less than men in South African companies

Anita Bosch, University of Johannesburg

The South African gender pay gap is estimated, on average, to be between 15% and 17%. Employers are benefiting unduly from the historic undervaluing of women’s skills and contributions.

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  3. Gender bias
  4. Gender gap
  5. Gender pay gap
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  10. Women's rights

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