Last week, I attended an IT industry event. It was fantastic, and unlike most tech events, there was almost a 50/50 gender split between the guests. I was thoroughly enjoying speaking with the other guests and discussing the work I do with WORK180 along with the...
AECOM Joins Diverse City Careers to Support Women in Engineering
Diverse City Careers (DCC)* are pleased to welcome AECOM to their community of employers with a strong focus on gender diversity. DCC* is a social enterprise helping women pursue rewarding careers, particularly in sectors with high gender inequality rates. Other...
Culturally Diverse Women in STEMM: Smashing Two Ceilings
This article was originally published on Women in Science AUSTRALIA By Dr Shokoufeh Malekjani Going up the career ladder in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) is indeed hard. Even harder if you are a woman and hardest when you are a...
The Future of Parental Leave
Mother’s Day this month gave us cause to stop and recognize the wonderful female carers in our lives. Yet as thousands of pairs of fluffy slippers were unwrapped across the country, you’d be forgiven for pausing to consider what it is that Australian working mums...
Notes from the WIMnet Chair
I write this late at night after a long day at site, sitting on a single bed in an unfamiliar room. I am in temporary accommodation in a town near the mine I manage a project at. This town is not only a long drive from my family and friends, but after the drive I must...
Professional development – don’t ask, don’t get!
You’d love to attend the program or workshop, but you are dreading the conversation with your manager, director or Board – whoever it is who approves your professional development. If you are a woman, our experience at Integral Development shows that you’d rather...
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Steps workplaces can take to fulfil the UN Sustainable Development Goals relating to Indigenous Peoples
To acknowledge NAIDOC week 2020, in collaboration with IWIMRA we developed a series of content to educate employers on how they can better understand and contribute to the success of Indigenous Peoples.
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“Proudly Indigenous” Voices of First Nations Peoples in the corporate space
To celebrate NAIDOC week, we reached out to several First Nations Peoples working for WORK180 Endorsed Employers. Their experiences make for must-read guidance on what workplaces could and should do to attract, retain, and nurture Indigenous employees.
Following your entrepreneurial spirit
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Nina Gubinskaia isn’t afraid of taking brave steps in her life and career. She’s lived all over the world working in non-traditional industries, and now she’s part of the senior leadership team at Suez…











