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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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How to work from home… with kids!

Working parents are always going to have to be one step ahead of the game when it comes to flexibility. ...

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Career and care during a public health crisis

“…In 1665, the University of Cambridge temporarily closed due to the bubonic plague. Isaac Newton had to...

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Grace Papers’ partners recognised as Employers of Choice for Gender Equality

Grace Papers is proud to announce that partner-organisations Lander & Rogers, Origin Energy Ltd, PwC...

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Small acts of love

“So to all the young lovers out there just beginning all this (or to any of you caught in the crazy tough...

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How to own your flexible work arrangements, guilt free.

One of my favourite conversations of 2019 was with Helen Fazzino, Managing Partner for our PwC Australia...

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No Firm Laws For Motherhood

Being the mother of a young child and becoming a partner in a prestigious law firm? Out of the question?...

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Job Sharing: How it works

“If you intend to work Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, but there’s a court mater on a Friday, then I would find...

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Dismantling the maternal wall – how workplaces are doing it

“Why shouldn’t a workplace be customized to fit women as much as it is to fit men? We are large in...

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The part-time partner

Julie McKay was appointed to the role of Executive Director, UN Women Australia at just 23. Within the...

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The ambition myth

Just four months into a 12 month maternity leave contract, my boss suggested we fast track to a permanent...

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Bringing it home: how tennis has sparked a maternity leave debate

“By saying to women, you can make it to the most senior positions in our workplaces…if you really want...

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More #Girlbosses please: How you can help shift gendered expectations at work

Growing up, girls are told they can become whatever kind of #Girlboss they want to be. But the data tells a...

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