According to a new article on MamaMia, women are just not getting a fair go when it comes to media coverage of women's sports.  Did you know that: Read More

“So who here would like to fu#% Jane* tonight?”   This is the example one woman gave me to illustrate the culture of bullying and harassment in her team. It happened at a sales dinner with her all-male colleagues and two male clients. The question emerged in the restaurant, after dinner and the consumption of an abundance of alcohol (for the record, three of the men said “yes” before she got up and walked out).   Read More

Spreading rumours at work is indeed a sackable offence, with the decision to sack a Global Cranes worker who spread “salacious” rumours being upheld by the workplace watchdog. Former Global Cranes employee Kym Reedy was fired in December last year after it was found that she spread rumours about her employer's sex life and supposed drug use. Read More

Mark McInnes, the former CEO of David Jones who resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct in June last year, has made a swift comeback to retailing with the announcement on Friday that he will take the lead at Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments group. Read More

If there's one thing you'd think Wall Street would have learned following the global financial crises, it's that more of the same won't make the future look brighter.  It's been generally acknowledged that there's been too much testosterone on Wall Street for a long time now.  So why is it that - even though women hold a minority of financial sector jobs - five times as many women as men were laid off on Wall Street after the start of the recession, according to Bloomberg News.  Read More

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan last week, Citigroup has been accused of intentionally overlooking female employees for promotions, raises, and other company benefits. Filed on behalf of six women, it seeks class action status and unspecified damages. Read More

Hot off the back of a settlement in the DJs sexual harassment case, incidences of sexual harassment are still alarmingly common across all industries. Whether you go by the stories you’ve been unofficially told or from the stats, the rate of women being made to feel uncomfortable in the workplace is way too high.  With only 16% of harassments being reported, the time has come to report a colleague if you see them harassing another co-worker. Read More

I received an email this week from Prof Patricia Easteal AM, the 2010 Australian of the Year for ACT who is the editor of this very detailed reference book covering all aspects for Women and the the law in Australia.  The book was launched by The Governor-General in August at the Australian Women Lawyers Conference. Her Excellency also wrote the Foreword.  This book is the first of its kind, highlighting numerous issues women may experience with the legal system, and also acts as a hands-on resource for all people, including legal practitioners and policy-makers, providing practical advice and remedies for dealing with issues in the practice of law that are of particular importance to women.  Read More

If you’ve ever been responsible for establishing employee development programs, conferences or leadership offsites, you’ll know just difficult it can be to find fantastic, out of this world, leading-edge service providers.  In a sea of social media and spin, my vast network send me calls for help every day – by email, LinkedIn, twitter and the sphinxx website - all looking for advice about who they should hire for their own professional development needs, or to supplement their in-house women's programs. Read More

Could it be that women in their attempt to gain gender equality have resorted to power plays and manipulation in the same manner as historically deployed by men?  Being a woman, it concerns me that the social injustices that women were fighting against may now be levied against their male colleagues in the corporate world. Some women, it seems, are showing that they are equally capable of abusing power and compromising moral ethics for ambition. An analysis of the results of sexual harassment and office romance surveys indicate these shortcomings in female behavior in office setting. Read More