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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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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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Don’t let pregnancy be a break in your career

Australia Post’s Lauren Jauncey shares how pregnancy doesn’t have to be a break in your career. The detrimental impact...

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Don’t let pregnancy be a break in your career

Pregnancy is often considered a significant career interruption or a complete career diversion for many...

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It’s a bumpy road…do you have the right tools to transition in and out of work?

Transitioning in and out of the workforce isn’t simple, especially when you add a life-changing event like...

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There’s A Little Bit Of ‘Me’ In Maternity

Mothers worldwide broke the internet last week in anger over American writer Meghann Foye’s likening of...

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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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Let’s get real about paid parental leave

It ought to be a basic human right to have a baby, take paid parental leave to care for him or her, and...

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Barry Divola on how to manage freelance work and parenting

Barry Divola is a writer extraordinaire who works for The Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone and is a...

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Pledge for Parity

If freedom to work and care is only for mothers, then it limits the freedoms accessible to fathers,...

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Is paternity leave a solution to domestic violence?

Research has found that fathers who play an active role in parenting could make a big difference in...

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Women We Love: Georgene Huang

When Georgene Huang was pregnant and looking to switch jobs, she wanted to know the maternity leave...

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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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