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CEDA’s Top 10 Speeches: Women in Leadership 2010–2015, is a collection of the most influential and interesting Women in Leadership speeches on the CEDA stage over the last five years which was launched on 27 March, 2015.
The speeches selected for the publication provide a snapshot of the topics and discussions from the CEDA event series and aim to highlight both success stories and also issues that remain significant barriers to women assuming leadership positions.
The publication also includes the top 10 issues identified from both discussions at CEDA events and research, which remain significant barriers to gender equality in the workplace.
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The Hon. Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO, former Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
The Hon. Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, Senator for South Australia and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
A human rights perspective – Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission
Helen Conway, Director, Workplace Gender Equality Agency
Lieutenant General David Morrison AO, Chief of the Australian Army
Richard Goyder AO, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Wesfarmers
Raymond Spencer, Chair, Economic Development Board
The Hon. Anna Bligh, Chief Executive, YWCA NSW
The publication also includes a special feature by Chief Executive Women President, Transfield Services Chairman and Wesfarmers non-executive director Diane Smith-Gander who answers the question, “What are the 10 most significant barriers to women’s equality in the workforce?”
“One of the biggest things that's wrong with policy is that we divide the life of people up into segments,” Jesuit Social Services Chair, Patricia Faulkner AO has told a CEDA audience.
Read more Leadership | Diversity | Inclusion May 25, 2015“Experienced, talented and educated women represent an economic resource in this country that is being under-utilised,” Best & Less Chief Executive Officer, Holly Kramer said at a CEDA event in Sydney.
Read more Leadership | Diversity | Inclusion August 27, 2014“Women are pioneering the economic and social shift in today's society”, the Hon. Anna Bligh told a CEDA audience in Melbourne.
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