Welcome to our regular column on the important things to see and do for the ANZ startup community, brought to you by the director of the Spark Festival, Maxine Sherrin. She picks out the things worth putting in the diary for the week ahead. If you’d like to know more, sign up to the Weekly… Read more »
Each and every day is an opportunity to challenge biases and reset boundaries in the workplace. We have made much progress in recent years to create a more equal world, but there is still much further to go on our journey for true parity between the genders. It’s encouraging to see conversations about women in… Read more »
Global design startup Canva is making International Women’s Day with a series of initiatives supporting women working for the company. While the tech unicorn has committed to creating more gender-balanced tech teams and increasing female representation in engineering, one of the biggest stresses parents face during school holidays is also being addressed, with a complimentary… Read more »
A 2017 report commissioned by the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship (WIE), which mapped the representation of women in the Australian entrepreneurial landscape, found that “while the start-up ecosystem in Australia continues to grow, businesses founded by women are still underrepresented, with fewer female-led businesses starting, scaling and securing finance.” Yet in harnessing the very essence… Read more »
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