Progress, but we’re not there yet

Women in leadership and achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world are the key themes of this year’s International Women’s Day. Such a day is important to acknowledge how far women have come but, critically, it also reminds us how much further we must go to achieve a genuinely equal future.

The US elected its first female vice-president. Time magazine’s first “kid of the year” was a 15-year-old girl who was a scientist and an inventor. Closer to home, New Zealand appointed its first Indigenous female foreign minister. Notably, this year all Australian of the Year Award recipients were women — for only the second time.

Yet only 7 per cent of chief executive appointments in the ASX 200 are women. Female leadership in senior roles is flatlining and almost two-thirds of ASX 200 companies have no women in their talent pipeline. This is despite women delivering excellent results. My parents never got the chance to complete high school yet were determined that my sister and I would benefit from an education to create a purposeful life and contribute to society. Education is a transformational gift and I am committed to sharing this gift with others.In today’s world, having an education means much more than achieving a formal qualification. It means having the capacity to argue and defend a position in a persuasive, respectful manner.

Are we there yet? No. Women in senior STEM positions make up only 30 per cent of academics at Swinburne, but we are taking action to achieve gender parity. Across Australia, women make up about 60 per cent of university enrolments.

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