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Over-mentored, under-sponsored: the leadership act that moves the pay gap
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Over-mentored, under-sponsored: the leadership act that moves the pay gap

Every year, Equal Pay Day arrives to remind us of two numbers. This year they're 21.1% and 48 — the national gender pay gap, and the extra days the average...

Prue Gilbert
Prue Gilbert Founder and CEO of Grace Papers Lawyer and Gender Equality expert
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Heart attacks: how gender inequality shows itself in some unexpected places

When it comes to seeing inequality, its a case of once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And many male...

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Women We Love- Vale Danya Ellinghaus

From the first moment we met, Danya, who had been on the scene a while longer than me, went out of her way...

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Vale Nikki Dwyer

October is Australia’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity for us all to focus on breast cancer...

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6 Tips for Raising Healthy Eaters

By Skye Swaney, Shift Nutrition One of the most challenging aspects of having a toddler is raising them to...

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Why we need more women on boards

“Boards need forceful chairmen to champion diversity and prevent directors from forgetting, obfuscating or...

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Definitely NOT a token appointment

This week the Carlton Football Club appointed a second female to their board of directors, Victorian Equal...

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Women We Love: Elise Heslop

Elise Heslop is the creative founder of Plyroom, which creates sustainable and considered homewares and...

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Bradley Cooper champions change

Bradley Cooper is a dreamboat. Good looking, talented, speaks French! But our crush on him grew even bigger...

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Do I have to agree to a request from a full-time employee to return from parental leave part-time?

The short answer is no, not necessarily. According to the Fair Work Act, employees are entitled to return to their...

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This is what it looks like when men are photoshopped out of positions of leadership

If you thought we needed anymore proof of the gender gap in leadership positions, here it is. This video,...

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Jennifer Lawrence Tackles the Hollywood Pay Gap Head-On in Gender Equality Essay

We’ve always loved Jennifer Lawrence here at Grace Papers, but now we LOVE her even more. This week she has...

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Paid grandparental leave anyone?

The UK government last week made an unprecedented move to allow working grandparents to take time off and...

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