Brianna Boecker

One third of Australian businesses are led by women, and the numbers are only growing. Women are also more educated than their male counterparts and showing greater tendencies to innovate across social impact and the environment.

Women working in tech and IT in Australia are being paid up to 14% less than men, and are twice as likely to be bullied or harassed.

US-based chief executive Sukhinder Singh Cassidy’s year of “foundational change” at the New Zealand cloud accounting company Xero delivered better-than-expected profits and strong revenue growth.

Women consistently report lower levels of workplace wellbeing than men, a new 2024 Workforce Trends Report shows, highlighting how gender inequality is continuing to hold women back at work.

The Cartier Women's Initiative provides first-place awardees with US$100,000 in grant funding, while the second gets US$60,000 and the third gets US$30,000.

WGEA CEO Mary Wooldridge is hard at work making sure that people’s understanding of what contributes to the gender pay gap in this country is crystal clear.

Australia’s flagship deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations has launched a HealthTech Hub in Western Sydney’s “hidden innovation ecosystem”, the Westmead Health and Innovation District.

In 2020, Lisa Nguyen left the corporate cannabis world and founded Astrid – Australia’s first boutique female-led dispensary specialising in medicinal cannabis.

The latest Australian National Review follows a 2023 study that found that 30 years after it was outlawed in Australia, workplace discrimination is still rife for pregnant women and parents.

When it comes to what women need in the workplace to thrive, the data is clear that flexible working, pay transparency, menopause policies and removing the gender pay gap are key priorities.

Burning Heroes is the first startup awards created by founders for founders and first began in 2022.

Thirty-four female-founded businesses have been chosen to receive funding from the Boosting Female Founders Initiative after a Round 3 selection process.