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International Women's Day

April

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the rally in Canberra on Sunday to call for action to end violence against women.

Albanese confronts domestic violence crisis

Women are angry, and the prime minister is dodging criticism even as he calls an emergency meeting of national cabinet on domestic violence.

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  • Jennifer Hewett

March

Ella Curran briefly harboured an ambition to become a politician but a school excursion to Canberra cured her of that notion.

Girls know more about how to rule the world, but it’s boys who want to

A global study found that girls have a greater understanding of civics and citizenship. Boys, however, are more likely to want to become a politician.

  • Julie Hare
Katie Stevenson

‘Good human beings’: Critical thinking the key to a good life

Taking risks and walking on roads less travelled emboldened these women to land careers they never imagined possible.

  • Julie Hare
Anna Sutherland at her Kurraba Point home.

Gen Z women fall behind homeownership

Women overall are edging out men when it comes to homeownership, but younger females fall well behind their male counterparts.

  • Nila Sweeney
Amy Patrick: “Asking for help is not a sign of weakness.”

Finance wanted me to be macho. I preferred honesty

A fund manager describes how she learnt that humility could make her a successful investor and manager.

  • Amy Xie Patrick
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Danielle Wood, chairwoman of the Productivity Commission

This is how to win the productivity prize

If a country used only half its factories, it would waste a lot of its productive potential. The same is true if we tap into only half of society’s brainpower.

  • Danielle Wood
Women to Watch.
Punitha Senniappan, Principal Architect at SEEK.

The ‘crucial’ factor for tech leaders to get ahead

A mentor can help future female leaders by acting as a sounding board and passing on skills and coaching.

  • Tess Bennett
Women to watch. L to R: Ellie Coates, director strategy and integrated operations at Fortescue; Vivien Cheung, vice president, infrastructure at IFM Investors; and Nancy Wang,  director, sustainable finance at ANZ.

Meet the Women to Watch in 2024 in five key sectors

To mark International Women’s Day, The Australian Financial Review has nominated emerging Women to Watch across five key sectors – and asked them for their advice and how they made it.

  • Sally Patten
This week’s exposé on Four Corners revealed that female teachers at Cranbrook private boys’ school feel unsafe and marginalised by toxic behaviour.

Why it’s time to end single-sex schooling

All forms of segregation have been systematically rooted out of society except the gender divide in our most elite schools.

  • The Parrhesian
Qantas head of climate change Fiona Messent: “You don’t have to tick nine out of 10 of the selection criteria.”

Positive influence: Saving the planet is a big drawcard

Men outnumber women three to one in the energy sector, but the desire to make a difference as the planet warms is drawing many women to jobs in sustainability.

  • Agnes King
Women to Watch.
Katrina Efthim Managing Director, Investment Banking at Citi.

Calling the shots in investment banking

Women are underrepresented in client-facing roles, but banks are slowly moving to change the status quo.

  • Kanika Sood
Nancy Wang leads portfolio development for ANZ’s sustainable finance team.

Resilience and a leap of faith to advance in banking

Leaders in retail banks point to how progressive the industry is, with shared ambitions in boosting everyone around them.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
Vivien Cheung

Not ‘one of the boys’: Fundies with a different leadership style

Up-and-coming and leading fund managers share their journeys through the wealth sector and impart their best lessons.

  • Lucy Dean
Barriest Katherine Brazenor

‘The best revenge is living well’: How to deal with sexism

From making room at the bar to encouraging ‘Space Ladies’, female lawyers and consultants are advancing in male-dominated fields.

  • Hannah Wootton

February

Workplace Gender Equality Agency CEO Mary Wooldridge.

When we talk about the gender pay gap, this is what we mean

The Workplace Gender and Equality Agency released individual employers’ gender pay gaps for the first time. Here’s how to understand the numbers.

  • Lucy Dean
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March 2023

Kellie Wood of Schroders, Anita Costa of IFM Investors, Kate Howitt of Fidelity, Sophia Rahmani of Mable Brown-Abbott, Jun Bei Liu of Tribeca Investment Partners and Sarah Shaw of 4D Infrastructure at the ASX in Sydney on March 6, 2023. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

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Hesta CEO Debby Blakey wants Labor to reinvest savings from taxing super at a higher rate into closing the gender super gap.

These ‘two simple measures’ would close super gender gap by 2050

Every year that paying superannuation on parental leave is delayed leaves women who take a year off to have children $6000 worse off in retirement, says HESTA.

  • Hannah Wootton
Purple and pink cupcakes were on offer in offices across Australia on Wednesday.

Flowers and cupcakes on International Women’s Day, but no pay equality

Corporate Australia was out in force to tweet, post and otherwise berate their staff into believing gender equity was imminent in their organisations.

  • Hannah Wootton
Jennie Blumenthal led a 250-person team as a partner with consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Why Gen X female executives are quitting their jobs

Jacinda Ardern, Sheryl Sandberg, Nicola Sturgeon and Susan Wojcicki are part of a wider trend as female leaders reappraise what matters.

  • Jonnelle Marte
From left Jo Spillane, executive director, Macquarie Capital;  Mina Radhakrishnan, CEO, Different; Shamini Rajarethnam, CEO, Rationale; Professor Emma Johnston, Deputy Vice- Chancellor, Research USYD; Dr Nicole Kuepper-Russell, deputy CEO, 5B

‘I taught myself to be brave’: How these execs beat imposter syndrome

Emerging female leaders, featured in The Australian Financial Review’s 2023 Women to Watch list, share how they overcame moments of self-doubt.

  • Sally Patten

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