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AHRC calls for long-overdue Human Rights Act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... said. The assessment also marked gendered violence as an urgent human right issues. This especially included First Nations women and children, culturally and linguistically diverse women and children, people with disabilities and LGBTIQA+ people.

Green moves: ACSI, WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... task now is to turn that transparency into sustained, practical and measurable impact, tackling persistent barriers for women while driving stronger, more inclusive outcomes across workplaces," she said. "This is important work for Australia's future ...

Growth of women on boards starts to wane

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
In 2025, women held 28.3% of board seats at publicly listed large- and mid-cap companies globally, up one percentage point from the previous year, MSCI's Women in Boards and Beyond report found. Nearly half (48.7%) of companies had at least 30% female ...

Gender pay gap dips to 11.2%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... estimated employers in high-paying and male-dominated industries were more likely to have the largest gaps. While there are more women in high-paid roles, men are still nearly twice more likely (1.8 times) to be in the upper quartile of earners with ...

Gender-balanced investment teams outperform: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... overseen by gender-diverse teams. Vanguard's review of 2600 US equity funds showed mixed-gender teams with more than 50% women outperformed all others by 47 basis points per year. McKinsey's Delivering Through Diversity report also found gender-inclusive ...

Macquarie invests to support women-led enterprises in APAC

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... has invested $1 million in Good Return's Impact Investment Fund II to accelerate its fundraising efforts for underserved women-led enterprises across the Asia Pacific region. The evergreen fund is designed to unlock an estimated $50 million in finance ...

Green moves: Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... School of Government, is a director of the Brave Foundation and works as an impact investing specialist for Investing in Women. Amanda Goodman, Ecotone's managing partner, said she felt "very lucky" to have someone of Curatolo's calibre leading ...

Gender pay gap costs economy $66bn: KPMG Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... end of the income bracket. Using Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) data, the report found that women earned an average of $42.26 an hour, while men earned $45.57. This marked an hourly pay gap of 7.3%, up from 6.5% in 2020. The ...

Women remain significantly underrepresented across ASX300: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... 40:40 Vision initiative believe that greater gender diversity has benefited workplace culture and business performance, but women remain "significantly" underrepresented in executive leadership teams (ELTs) across the ASX 300. 40:40 Vision was founded ...

US exits major climate groups, sustainability initiatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, UN Energy, UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UN Oceans, UN Water, and many others. "These withdrawals will end American ...
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