Men outnumber women in top-paying academic jobs and university leadership.
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Without affirmative action through gender quotas and targets, we will have another 30 years of glacial progress on gender equity in academia.
Selection panels interrupt women more than men and ask them more follow-up questions, subtly questioning their competence.
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The vast majority of managers said they wanted “the best person for the job”. They had less idea of just who that might be, or how to ensure appointments on merit and equity targets co-exist.
When women make up 30% of boards that’s when it starts having an impact.
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The only predictor of boards reaching 30% female directors is if it has a director who sits on another board that has already met the target.
Nearly 70% of dance professionals are women, but none of Australia’s major dance companies has a female art director.
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Since 2017, only 13% of full-length works by Australia’s major dance companies have been choreographed by women.
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Examples from Ireland and New Zealand show that, unless determined measures are taken, masculine political cultures will ensure the gender imbalance remains.
O'Dwyer is establishing a fighting fund to bolster female representation in the Liberal party.
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Money no doubt will be useful, but it won’t be enough to significantly boost the number of Liberal women in federal parliament.
Malcolm Turnbull announces changes to the Ministerial Code of Conduct in the wake of the Barnaby Joyce affair.
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Malcolm Turnbull’s acknowledgement of gendered power imbalances in parliament reveals that the gendered nature of politics is under challenge.
Political parties have increased the numbers of female legislative candidates. But the numbers of elected female legislators haven’t significantly increased.
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Indonesia obliges political parties to have at least 30% of women candidates in their legislative candidates list. But then why this hasn’t significantly increase women’s electability?
Paul Keating drove a policy agenda that had been rallied after the 1993 victory.
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After 1993, Paul Keating became ever-more dominant in cabinet policy discussions to ensure a legacy for the Labor government.
There are five women in the Turnbull government cabinet, making up just 24% of members.
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Setting targets is one way to attain more female MPs, but it must be accompanied by cultural change.
Healthcare workers tend to think that women are better than men at the job and that there is a bias in favour of women.
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The effect of gender quotas on an organisation’s performance depends on employee’s attitude towards quotas, which in turn depends on the labour market environment.
Despite its progressive nature, The Age newspaper has never had a female editor-in-chief.
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Women remain systemically underrepresented at the top levels of Australia’s most powerful institutions – including the media, universities, government, judiciary and corporate sector.
Labour MPs gather ahead of their women’s conference.
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Are quotas the best way to challenge sexism and discrimination in politics and workplaces?
Most of Australia’s women federal MPs sit on the opposition benches of parliament.
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Australia is lagging behind other countries in adopting practical measures to achieve gender balance in public decision-making.
The Coalition has just 13 women MPs, including cabinet ministers Julie Bishop and Michaelia Cash.
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Without quotas to correct the effects of these gender biases, the under-representation of women Coalition MPs is effectively guaranteed.
Women still need male champions.
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David Morrison being unofficially anointed a “Warrior for Women”, reflects the belief that women need male champions in order to succeed.