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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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Latte Papas – a solution to the mental load?

We’ve just had two weeks of school holidays, which is possibly why “The mental load” comic created by a...

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Vulnerability- the importance of bringing your WHOLE self to work

Yesterday I had the privilege of lunching with a couple of female footballers currently playing with the...

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Man Up For Gender Equality

When it comes to gender equality and the concept of unconscious bias, it seems ironic that we continue to...

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Explanations for the gender pay gap lack imagination

A friend of mine proudly announced to me recently, that he was advertising for a woman through a new...

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Working parents, workplace flexibility and fixing the gender pay gap

“Studies show that when working parents take time to be with their newborns, outcomes are better for the...

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Real Men Flex: Brendan Ferguson

Three quarters of Australian men say they’d like to work flexibly if it didn’t damage their career, and yet...

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What I learnt when I became Chief Parenting Officer

Three months break was what I was envisioning: lazy breakfasts, coffees, baby cinos and newspapers,...

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Mums Don’t Know Best, Dads Just Need More Practice

When my husband and I had our son, neither of us were prepared. Sure, I’d done my fair share of babysitting...

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Dads are parents too

When was the last time you heard a man asked how he balances career and parenting responsibilities? We hear...

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Taking the stigma out of flexible work

There is a booming industry in Australia and other developed countries dedicated solely to helping...

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Grace Papers is making a difference

One of our corporate clients at Grace Papers, who piloted our program for his company, recently shared with...

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Four things Australia can learn from the UK’s Shared Parental Leave

A year ago the UK government introduced a revolutionary policy giving men the opportunity to care full time...

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