It’s easy to view the world as a constant thing that needs to be molded and whipped into shape occasionally. Whatever needs fixing needs external action and force to fix that thing. Ending slavery in the US involved a whole lot of force. Deciding to give women the right to vote involved action and decision....
It’s hard to believe that we are already talking about the close of 2018 but as we go to print with this edition, that is indeed what we are doing. In the day to day hustle and bustle of life, it is often hard to take stock of the shifts around us. Things like cultural...
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A lot can happen in a decade. Ten years ago, I was blissfully living my life firmly entrenched in the DINK category (dual incomes, no kids), with not much of a care in the world if I recall. I now have a three-year-old daughter, which brings an altogether different sort of bliss; and becoming a mother...
If you can’t see the future, how do you know how to be it?” Indeed. These words of Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of creative and marketing agency, Contagion, Bridget Taylor, convey the urgency and momentum to act in a way that we desperately need for lasting change on the gender diversity front. Taylor, who...
This issue, as we have promised, we have continued the conversation of women in the workforce and gender equality at senior levels. In this issue, we focus on the concept of women supporting other women. Many of those we have interviewed on the subject have spoken about that damage that can be done by bullying...
It has been 125 years since New Zealand gave women the right to vote, and yet many of us still face a battle for fair representation amongst the workplaces, the industries, and the private and public sector companies that drive our economy and our livelihoods. It almost seems like you can’t go a day without hearing...
One hundred and twenty-five years since New Zealand women were given the right to vote, we still seem to be fighting for our voice. Obviously, there is a vast difference in gender equality in the workplace between 1893 and 2018, and we currently have another female PM, which we have been getting pretty good at...
