The Women's Agenda Podcast

Leila Chalk fled war-torn Bosnia as a child. Now the lawyer, business owner and mother opens up on techniques to help cope with the collective trauma and sense of loss many are feeling during the Pandemic, and as we transition into a 'new normal'.She shares how she personally caught up on missed schooling to later obtain a law degree and open her own law firm. And why she's just published an ‘isol...

Is a disaster for childcare looming that will see kids pulled from care and more women out of work? Childcare has been provided free to those who need it during the Pandemic. But the Federal Government is looking at pulling the additional funding earlier than expected to 'snap back' to what we had before. Georgie Dent tells Angela Priestley why that would be a disaster for the sector, for children...

We return to the 'glass cliff' theory, and question its place in the age of the pandemic. Are women elevated to top roles when the task is particularly tough? Shivani Gopal, Angela Priestley and Georgie Dent also touch on a wide number of issues affecting women this week, including the everyday sexism and harassment that's still going on in the media. Stories we refer to include: ‘The game is bigg...

This week we’re talking about how women are leading on COVID-19, the need to ensure every country’s recovery response considers women and girls, and why this work from home thing shouldn't be an experiment in productivity. Just 8 per cent of UN recognised countries are led by women, but new stats show that almost half of the countries doing better on coronavirus are led by women. So why is women’s...

We talk the little disappointments of self isolation and physical distancing – and why it helps to acknowledge them, no matter how frivolous they feel at this current time. Meanwhile, how do you actually work from home with kids, a flatmate, partner and others in the house? We also share more on the growing number of google searches regarding domestic violence help services, along with concerns ab...

The podcasting team are at home, in different parts of the same city, connecting via video conference. This week they discuss cats being disappointed but dogs overjoyed by the prospect of their owners spending so much time at home (it’s true).On much more serious matters, they discuss the power of clear communication, looking particularly at some of the defining characteristics of female leadershi...

This week's podcast has a different mood, as we dial in from three different locations. Recorded on Wednesday, we share a little on how we're feeling about the current crisis, and more on to the importance of considering self care and taking steps to look after yourself -- an evolving topic that will come up week to week. We also discuss and share some ideas that have been put forward by respected...

This week we're talking about remote work, and whether the sudden need to work from home is a turning point that will make it stick. We also share some difficult facts about the spread of coronavirus, and the broader impacts of the pandemic for women. AND we ask if we will ever see a US President in the near future, after Elizabeth Warren ended her campaign for the Democratic nomination. Join Geor...

This is our International Women's Day podcast edition! We get to meet one of the most inspiring women who has ever come to Women's Agenda (and that is saying a LOT), Dr Kakenya Ntaiya. Engaged to be married at five in Kenya, Kakenya had different ideas for her future. She shares her story of education, studying in the United States and then returning home to start two schools for girls, and work o...

We cover a huge range of topics this week, starting with the most pressing: the urgent changes that need to happen to address domestic and family violence in Australia. We also speak to astronomer and Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey Smith, about why the numbers are so stubborn when it comes to women in STEM, what we can do about it, and a little more about how Lisa pave...

Have you heard about ‘trad wives’? Neither had we, until we saw a major media outlet declaring that “hordes of women” are pushing for a return to 1950s style marriages. Our co hosts talk through the so-called new trends, along with some of the other biggest stories from Women’s Agenda this week including the very real problem of sexism in the startup sectors, how female tennis players are deliveri...

We are back! With a new line up of familiar and new co-hosts, the Women’s Agenda Podcast is back in 2020 and going bigger than ever before. This week, Georgie Dent and Angela Priestley talk leadership brightspots from across the globe, after what’s been a particularly challenging start to the decade. We go to Finland, where 34 year old Prime Minister Sanna Marin has announced a paid parental leave...