When accusations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh made headlines earlier this year, victim support networks were inundated with calls. Triggering painful memories of past traumas in survivors of assault, hotlines such as the The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) in the United States saw an astounding 388 percent increase in traffic over...
The number of women working in the New Zealand construction industry has doubled in the past 15 years, but like many industries, leadership roles tend to be held by men. There’s a well-known, New Zealand-owned business of scale that is leading change and proudly supporting women into leadership roles in construction. G.J. Gardner Homes is...
Like it or not, the traditional structures of commerce are changing. Very few people have, or want a ‘job for life’ any longer. More and more young people are also travelling the world, preferring to work short term roles in multiple locations. And, more and more companies are realising that they sometimes need workers for...
It’s the go-to Friday night – open a bottle of Pinot, order UberEats and settle in for an evening of Breaking Bad. And all over the country, thousands of others are doing exactly the same thing. Over 1.2 million Kiwis tuned into Netflix in 2017 according to Nielsen, and another 810,000 to its main competitor,...
HOW WE CAN HELP OUR YOUNG GIRLS ACHIEVE EQUALITY The discussion around gender inequality and gender diversity in the workplace has been all over the news lately. Again. As one sign at a recent rally said ‘I can’t believe I am still having to protest this s**t’. Feminism has moved on and on. From the...
Yolanda Ramke is no stranger to playing varying roles within the film industry, having been credited in various Australian productions as an actress, props assistant, producer and most recently, a screenwriter and co-director. Her first feature film, Cargo, is achieving landmarks in the Australasian entertainment scene, becoming the first ever Australian Netflix Original Film and...
As only 29% of the scientists worldwide are women, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, they are still the undeniable minority more than 180 years after Ada Lovelace became the first ever computer programmer and more than 80 years after Marie Curie completed her groundbreaking research on radioactivity. Women in science back then were...
These are the women challenging creative inequality The series of allegations against movie producer, Harvey Weinstein ignited protest movements across the world against sexual harassment and assault within the film industry. But such incidents are not just confined to Hollywood. For women in creative fields, both misogyny and abuse are not uncommon. In a predominantly...
Contraception is something most of us are relatively familiar with but could it be altering our moods? Whether it’s the pill, the implant or an IUD, around 70 percent of the female population of New Zealand are on some form of contraception. Along with preventing pregnancy, contraception is often used to regulate periods, reduce acne...
