By Madeline Hislop Earlier this month, a new radio station for women by women was launched, connecting female listeners with some of Australia’s most recognizable media personalities. Headed up by long-time radio personality Jo Stanley, Broad Radio brings together a hilarious and intelligent team of broadcasters, including Angela Pippos, Anjali Rao, Bianca Chatfield, Kerrie Stanley, Kirsty Webeck, Shelley Ware and Zoe Daniel,…
By Madeline Hislop Sarah Thomas will make history as the first woman to officiate the Super Bowl on February 7, after being selected as part of the officiating crew. The National Football League (NFL) has announced that Thomas will serve as a down judge at the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida. Thomas previously made NFL history when she became the first…
Warren Buffett once asked a group of students to think of a classmate they felt had the makings of success long term, such that they would want to get 10 percent of that person’s earnings for the rest of their lives.
By Carrie Kwan As an Australian woman, mother, business owner, and the facilitator of a community network of business-owning mums, I’ve been reflecting on my many conversations and the collective experience of women and families balancing work and life in 2020. Has the great gift of this pandemic period been to finally call the bluff on having to choose between ambition,…
“Well-behaved women rarely make history” and we’ve had a lot of those this year. Here are seven lessons we can take from a few key women who made history
By Halley Bondy The outcome of the 2020 election has made one thing crystal clear: women on both sides of the political aisle have won big. So far, women candidates have secured 134 Congressional seats, including 102 Democrats and 32 Republicans, which is an all-time record. The number of women in Congress has steadily climbed since 1981, when just 17 women served…
— The movement to hold the Nigerian police force’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad accountable for its crimes has been driven by female activists. By Vincent Desmond Damilola Odufuwa has always been passionate about women’s rights in Nigeria. In 2018, she founded Wine and Whine, an organization to help women foster professional networking opportunities, alongside Odunayo Eweniyi, one of Nigeria’s trailblazing tech entrepreneurs…
By Natalie Guevara As Bank of America’s Seattle market president, Kerri Schroeder works to ensure the bank is improving the financial lives of its customers. “That means making sure that clients have a good experience with us, no matter how we serve them, and making sure that we deliver the entire firm to address their needs,” she said. During the pandemic, she…
By Anne Branigin In most cases, being named a L’Oréal Paris spokesperson would be quite the glow-up for the honoree—the French cosmetics company has built up an impressive and diverse roster of celebrities to represent it over the years. But take a casual glance through the resume of Jaha Dukureh, a prominent women’s rights activist who was recently named L’Oréal’s…
Government moves to close gender gap by requiring 30% female membership By Simon Goodley Germany’s coalition government will introduce a mandatory quota for the number of women working as senior management in the country’s listed companies, in a move hailed as a “historic” step towards sexual equality in German boardrooms. In a deal agreed on Friday evening by Angela Merkel’s…
