Lean In at Monash University

31/05/2016

Most of us realise that many women have a break from the workforce after having kids.

Did you know in Australia, men will generally end up working more after their partner has a baby, and are less likely to have formal and informal leave approved?

Capped full time hours are one of the proposals on how we can allow men to have lives outside of work (and for mums to participate more)

Our take on the latest news and advice for career-minded, professional women.

29/05/2016

Food for thought on your Sunday afternoon...

21/04/2016

Violence against women starts with disrespect and with subtle hints of sexism.

Using 'like a girl' as an insult and making excuses because 'boys will be boys' is NOT OKAY.

We ask that you speak up and call out sexist behaviour so that it doesn't perpetuate this culture of violence.

The Coalition government has launched a confronting new ad campaign, designed to get parents, teachers and coaches to clamp down on disrespectful and aggressive behaviour by boys and young men.

14/04/2016

Today we saw first hand the power of calling out unfair behaviour. Congratulations to the two male law students who questioned a seemingly unfair decision by a student society at our own university. A decision which has now been changed.

This is why we invite everyone to get involved with our purpose and together we can put gender equality on the agenda.

Interested to test your own unconscious bias? Try this tool developed by Harvard: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

"Bias runs deeply in all of us... We need to accept it in ourselves, acknowledge it and then correct it," - Sheryl Sandberg

This animation introduces the key concepts of unconscious bias. It forms part of the Royal Society’s efforts to ensure that all those who serve on Royal Soci...

29/03/2016

Some inspiration from an exemplary male leader who isn't afraid to use the F-word

At a high-level event organized by UN Women, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka call on global leaders to do more for gender equality.

14/03/2016

We had a good chuckle at this list! At one point or other most of us have found ourselves translating perfectly valid points into an apology to avoid sounding aggressive.

Ladies, our challenge to you this week is to express yourself without fear (you know, if you want.)

I'm sorry to cut you off there, Dave.

08/03/2016

It's undeniably the most important day on our calendar today - Happy International Women's Day!

Join us and for what promises to be an exciting year of progress

04/03/2016

'Since November 1994, the gender pay gap has increased by over one percentage point'

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. It's time to start looking at new ways to ensure that there is equal pay for equal work.

03/03/2016

Let's put gender on the agenda! Will you be making a on March 8th, International Women's Day?

As the ‘Pledge For Parity’ sponsor for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2016, EY reaffirms its commitment to accelerating women’s advancement and calls for individuals and companies to move from talk to purposeful action in achieving gender parity.

02/03/2016

“The more women help one another, the more we help ourselves. Acting like a coalition truly does produce results” - Sheryl Sandberg

At LIMU we aim to foster an environment where we build each other up, not tear each other down. We love Lily Singh’s discussion on . Check it out!

http://motto.time.com/4202795/lilly-singh-fight-bullying/

'It's everyone's responsibility to build up other women'

01/03/2016

And women everywhere respond with a collective "I told you so"...

http://motto.time.com/4214118/female-boss-higher-profit/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook

The findings suggest that gender diversity leads to profitability

28/02/2016

Unconscious bias refers to a bias that we are
unaware of and which happens automatically.
It is influenced by our background, culture and experiences.

It is generally accepted that unconscious bias has an impact on hiring and promotion in the workplace. This article makes some suggestions for companies to avoid unconscious bias in their hiring. It also has an awesome link to some online testing developed by Harvard about unconsious bias across a range of categories- give it a go! You might be surprised by your results (we sure were).

For anyone starting a company, a top concern is hiring the best people in order make up the strongest team. I place high value on diversity consideration...