Next Australian Governor-General to be Working Mum and Grandmother

The new Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has struck another victory for working mothers everywhere!

He's appointed Quentin Bryce, mother of 5 and grandmother of 5 as our next Australian Governor-General. Quentin has been a tireless advocate for working mothers, having been a lawyer, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and more recently, Governor-General of Queensland.

Quentin Bryce has always maintained that women need to have their economic independence to enable them to have choices. And she's proud to call herself a feminist!

This appointment surely can only help to encourage more women into high profile roles.

Go Quentin - go GG! Photo and full article courtesy of The Age http://tinyurl.com/5jkows

EOWA's New Criteria for Working Mums

THE Australian Commonwealth Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) has new criteria for its Employer of Choice for Women award. This includes a pay equity gap of less than 17 per cent, a minimum of six weeks paid maternity leave, and at least 27 per cent of the managers being women.

We're getting closer gals - still not equal pay, but closing the gap!

EOWA has for the fifth year running, given the University of Western Sydney its Employer of Choice for Women award. UWS was one of only 99 organisations that met the agency's new criteria.

Go you Universities - no wonder so many working mothers remain in Academia when it's such a supportive environment for women, families and work/life balance!

See full article at
http://penrith.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/women-at-uws/1213706.html