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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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Women We Love: Mim Bartlett

Mim Bartlett is one of the 2015 winners of the Westpac and Australian Financial Review 100 Women of...

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It was an ‘E’quality affair at the Emmy’s this year.

“We’re more than just our dresses” said Reese Witherspoon, a key supporter of the #AskHerMore hashtag, that...

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Tracey Spicer delivers a yarn on discrimination

Journalist and commentator Tracey Spicer last night stood up at Ben Jenkins’ and Zoe Norton Lodges Story...

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5 Tips for managers to redress the gender pay gap

Women doing the same job as men are supposed to be paid the same by law, yet the gender pay gap currently...

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Don’t go splitting any bills in the name of feminism. You probably can’t afford it.

The gender pay gap currently stands at 17.9%, meaning Australian women, including you, have to work an...

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A celebration of feminism

For many people, feminism invokes images of women burning bras, growing hair under their arms, and a...

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Tiny dancer

I’ve been anticipating today for a long time. All I really wanted was to be by myself, to indulge my...

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A budget that lacks imagination

If you’ve spent more than 5 minutes with me over the past couple of years, you would know that I am very...

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Empathising with Ellen Pao

Its my business to listen to women sharing their stories of bias, discrimination and harassment in the...

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How Cricket Australia failed on gender equality

You could call me a bit of a cricket tragic. I have been for a long time. I spent Valentine’s Day with my...

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Reflections on a Tragedy

I try to maintain a twice weekly yoga practice. And, in our busy life, the best time for me to go to yoga...

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6 Things the Abbott Government Should Do

Its been said time and time again, that what gets measured, gets done. We echo the comments of Mike Smith –...

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