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World-First Research Highlights Need to Support Mothers in Leadership

With the motherhood penalty continuing to be a leading cause of gender inequity in senior leadership, expert leadership consultant Dr Amanda Sterling...

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Congratulations Tania Simpson 2024 New Zealand Honours Recipient

  Global Women, proudly stands alongside New Zealand Aotearoa in congratulating Tania Simpson in her well-deserved recognition on the NZ Honours...

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• ANZ
• Fiona Mackenzie
• menopause
• Michelle Russell
• NZIER
• The Silent Transition
• Theresa Gattung
• Virginia Stracey-Clitherow

Watch: Kiwi women say menopause negatively affects their work, 1news.co.nz

¼ women feel like their work capacity was halved during menopause. On the contrary, most employers, 98% to be precise, noted that they have no...

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Astrud Burgess of partners ANZ named ‘Effective Marketer of the Year’ at Effie Awards

“It’s been a huge year for ANZ marketing executive Astrud Burgess,” writes NZHerald.co.nz, in their latest edition of Media Insider.  One look...

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• Champions for Change

Global Women Partners and Members are officially on Aotearoa’s first 15 squad

With awards season’s full bloom coming to a close, we’re thrilled to see some of the Global Women community spotlighted for their skills as...

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In conversation with Tania Tapsell, one of 30 Women the NZ Herald admires

Ahead of Tania Tapsell joining our Women in Leadership Series campfire conversation in Rotorua this October, she was spotlighted as one of the 30...

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• Isobel Kerr-Newell
• leadership
• Member News
• menopause
• The Motherhood Penalty
• Work-Life Balance

Why we’re still losing women from leadership

Being continuously curious is something that binds our membership. On the other side of curiosity, however, sits the art of storytelling—sharing...

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• Farah Palmer
• New Zealand Rugby

Dame Farah Palmer on sport, success and overcoming self-doubt

In a beautifully bold kõrero with NBR, Global Women Member Dame Farah Palmer shares her experience of grappling with this while navigating...

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A Tribute to Dame Rosie Horton

“Kua hinga te Totara I te ao nui a Tane The Totara has fallen in the forest of Tane”   The whakatauki epitomises the perfect metaphor to...

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• Champions for Change

What can Australia’s pay gap publishing bill mean for Aotearoa?

Australia has officially passed a bill through parliament that will help ensure the reporting of pay gaps.  All organisations with 100 or more staff...

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• diverse board
• mavis mullins
• women's rugby

Mavis Mullins is the first Woman President of Hawkes Bay Rugby Union

We’ve seen women increasingly join and lead boards, as well as women’s rugby icons being recognised by the crown  — a trend that isn’t...

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• Diverse Boards
• leadership
• Traci Houpapa

Traci Houpapa joins CA ANZ’s board of directors

  Many feathers adorn the cap of Global Women Member, Traci Houpapa.  An appointment New Zealand Order of Merit. Being nominated as one of the...

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Member Jolie Hodson named CEO of the year

Global Member and Champion for Change, Jolie Hodson, is heading into 2023 with an incredible accolade under her belt: she’s Aotearoa’s Chief...

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