The Next Generation of Directors

Women on Boards (WOB) is the leading advocate for improving gender diversity on Australian boards. We work to improve women's access to, and opportunities to be selected for, board positions in ASX listed & private companies and in the public unlisted (NFP), Government, sport, rural and community sector.  Read more....

Think Women National Breakfast Series

Women on Boards ™ is partnering with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to host a national breakfast series to put issues around gender firmly on the agenda. An expert panel of speakers will address a range of topical issues, including how to avoid the gender pay gap, barriers to women getting senior roles and strategies for informed decision making.

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Know the Game

Know The Game’s founder, Paula Ward, is an avid sports fan and participant. To balance her corporate career with her sporting interests, Paula developed the concept for Know The Game in late 2009 at the Women on Boards Gender Diversity conference and set about developing it as a business.

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Women losers from 2010 Federal Election
The 2010 Federal Election (21 August) was not a highlight for women in politics in Australia. Just 37 of the 150 (24.7%) House of Representatives members elected were women, of which 23 are members of the Australian Labor Party. The Liberal Party and its allies, the National Party and Liberal National Party, are doing poorly in relation to gender at just 14 women or less than 20 per cent. The numbers in the Senate were more heartening with 30 of the 76 Senators (39.5%) being female (as of 1 July 2011). These numbers are helped by the Australian Greens, who have six female Senators (67%) and the Australian Labor Party at 45%.
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Questions to ask about gender representation at AGMs
The Annual General Meeting is an opportunity for shareholders to show their interest in the company by attending and asking questions of the Board.  It is also an opportunity to give feedback to the company on its performance and to get some important on the radar of directors. 
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New research supports putting women on boards
WOBer Tina Brothers, who founded the independent research body, The Reibey Institute, has just released her research note on ASX500 Women Leaders. This analysis is new for Australia and reports on the numbers of women leaders in the ASX, their educational qualifications and other data. A significant finding is that ASX500 companies with women directors delivered an average ROE over 3 years that was 10.7% higher than those without women directors. Companies with women directors delivered an average ROE over 5 years that was 11.1%.
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