by WORK180 | Jun 18, 2020 | Articles
There have been an alarming number of articles recently about COVID-19 hitting women hardest, from carrying the additional domestic load at home, to disproportionate job losses and more often working in casual positions in the retail, hospitality and leisure...
by WORK180 | Dec 13, 2019 | Articles
We all know by now the compelling reasons why equal representation of gender in leadership is so important, and how slow that progress to change can be. Women are still woefully underrepresented in leadership, with only 13.7% holding chair positions, and only 17.1% in...
by WORK180 | Mar 26, 2019 | Articles
The gender pay gap is narrowing and the number of women on boards is increasing but there’s still more to be done to achieve gender equality. Here’s an expert’s view on how to level the field. While there’s plenty of promising news around gender equality, there’s more...
by WORK180 | Dec 12, 2018 | Articles
One of the consistent barriers I hear when it comes to gender diversity is what is known as the ‘pipeline problem’. You know, ‘we really want to hire more women, but they just don’t apply.’ While there are fewer women graduating in certain industries, and I’ve...
by WORK180 | Nov 5, 2018 | Articles
Diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being asked to dance. It’s with this note from Verna Myers in mind that Bindy Edelman approaches her role as global head of diversity and inclusion at cloud accounting software company Xero. It comes after years...