Men outnumber women almost two-to one in senior academic positions in Australia’s universities. But there is a way that female academics can play a vital role in bridging that gap.
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Articles on Women in Leadership
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Staggeringly slow progress keeps women out of power and out of the top jobs.
Instead of award ceremonies for high achievers, let’s recognise the women struggling to get by at work.
There are many different ways to try to boost numbers – but they all require at least some effort.
Peta Credlin is in the classic “double bind” of all women in power: if they take charge, they transgress the gendered expectations that “female qualities” are best suited to a supporting role.
An admission: last year I wore a bubblegum pink t-shirt. The occasion? Cancer Research’s Race for Life. If I told you that I only ever wear black and grey, you might be rather surprised. Indeed, I have…
Only 20.1% of university vice-chancellor and principals are women, according to a new report from the Equality Challenge Unit. This wide gender gap at the top of universities makes it all the more vital…
The announcement of Gail Kelly’s departure as Westpac chief executive is a real and symbolic loss for women, many of whom see her as a role model. Women in Australia now make up just 3% of CEO roles in…
In a region that has long had the worst representation of women in politics in the world, Fiji’s recent election delivered some good news: one in seven Fijian MPs are women, while the parliament now has…
As I write this I can hear a clique of blokes guffawing at morning news conference. Not a woman at the table … We are marginalised and excluded by the blokes’ club because admitting women would change…
Women make up 64% of Pro Vice Chancellors, 65% of Deputy Vice Chancellors and 77% of Vice Chancellors in Australian universities. Would such a headline cause a reader to re-scan the article to make sure…
Women in US politics with more feminine faces tend to be more successful, especially in the conservative states, according…
Along with deductions, write-offs and reconciling accounts, Australian businesses have ended the financial year with their second report on diversity strategy and compliance with the ASX Corporate Governance…
Accounts in the media over the past week explain, or rather rationalise, the downfall of our first female Prime Minister. One-time feminist warrior Eva Cox found that Julia Gillard failed to communicate…
At a time of much hand-wringing around the future of manufacturing in this country, especially in sectors dominated by foreign multinationals, we might take solace in the emerging efforts of an under-appreciated…
There is a common theme in public debate on gender diversity – a focus on the unique benefits women bring to boards, the warm, inclusive and ultimately unquantifiable merits of a gender diverse boardroom…
Germaine Greer had been responding to a questioner on the ABC’s Q&A program (March 19, 2012), who asked what advice the panel would give to the Prime Minister Julia Gillard on her image problem. Gillard’s…
Despite great aspirations and considerable effort towards attaining more women in leadership, progress over the last 10 years has at best been slow, as a recent report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics…
The 2012 Australian Census of Women in Leadership, released on Tuesday, paints a mixed picture of gender equality in the workplace. According to the Census report, women now hold 12.3% of ASX 200 directorships…
Australian companies have the lowest percentage of women in top executive roles compared to other countries with equivalent corporate structures, a new report has found. The 2012 Australian Census of Women…
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
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Honorary Fellow, Melbourne Business School
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Professor, UTS Business, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, James Cook University
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Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in International Business & Strategic Management, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow in Journalism, School of Communication & Creative Arts, Deakin University
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Honorary Professor, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Masters of Commerce Student, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Management, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney
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Dean of Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor in Equality and Diversity Management and Director of the Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice, Oxford Brookes University
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Director, Centre for Ethical Leadership at Ormond College, and Professor, Melbourne Business School
