Empowering WOMEN
is a Win for all Australians
Empowering the Women of Australia means promoting and enabling more Women into more powerful and prominent Leadership positions in broader Australian society.
The Empowerment of Women is a goal worth pursuing with vigour and haste as countless studies show both Women and men benefit when Women occupy a greater share of Leadership positions.
One place Australia desperately needs more Female Leadership and Female participation in general is in Australia's political system.
At present of Australia's nine Federal, State & Territory Leaders only two are Women.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk of Queensland & Premier Gladys Berejiklian of New South Wales.
This is simply not good enough - and we must all work to improve this ratio.
In addition to the sad dearth of Women at the top and leading our States, there is a perhaps even more concerning deficit of Women in Australia's many legislatures in general.
At present, of Australia's 15 Legislative Chambers, only ONE - only ONE - has a majority of Women.
Congratulations must go to the residents of the ACT for being the first electorate to elect a majority of Women to comprise their elected representatives in the ACT Legislative Assembly.
In all honesty, 1/15 is an appalling ratio. Less than 7% of Legislative Chambers!
So what must be done about this?
Clearly the time for waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting... for the 'talent to rise to the top' is over - it is time for some proactive action to redress this imbalance as soon as practicable.
When the system isn't working, the imperative of all concerned members of a society is to fix the broken system and work towards creating a better one.
There are several options available to our leaders to implement policies that promote and support Women to take a greater share of leadership positions in the near future.
In particular, the Premier Annastacia Palasczcuk of Queensland has the opportunity to enact powerful and overdue reforms to the electoral funding laws to provide the incentive for political parties (some political parties need) to fully Support and Empower the Very Talented Women all around us to enter well-deserved positions of Leadership.
FEMALE Leadership - YES
There is really no time to wait.
Prominent Women Leading Australia & New Zealand
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Deputy Chief Minister
Yvette Berry
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Future Premier Rebecca White
Deputy Chief Minister
Nicole Manison
Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman
Lord Mayor Sally Capp
Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor
Lord Mayor Clover Moore
Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes
Deputy Lord Mayor
Donna Gates
Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds
Australia's first (of many)
Female Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
View more examples that outline the inherent advantages
Women bring to Leadership here.
"Women-led companies earned investors a 340 per cent return, compared to an S&P 500 benchmark of 122 per cent"
"Teams which involve Women are more intelligent than teams made up of men alone"
"Having a Woman in an executive position does lead to better performance, and the more Women the better"
"Women were seen as more effective in getting things done, being role models and delivering results."
"Contrary to expectations, the research showed that the more Women on a team, the better its performance. The presence of men turned out to be a liability"
"Women are decidedly more suited to management positions than their male counterparts. Women outperformed men in initiative & clear communication; openness & ability to innovate; sociability & supportiveness; and methodical management & goal-setting.
Who are WE?
We are citizens of Australia who want to see the best outcomes for this great country.
There's no doubt that the weight of evidence shows that Female Leadership and promoting Women into Leadership positions is beneficial for Women, men, and society as a whole.
Numerous scientific studies have shown that not only is greater representation of Women in Leadership a net positive for businesses and society at large, but that this benefit increases the more Women are promoted to leadership positions.
In other words - there is no 'upper limit' to worry about when promoting Women into Leadership - literally the more Women Leaders there are the better.
Achieving a breakdown in leadership positions of 50% cf. 50% for Women and men becomes a bare minimum when one studies and learns about the natural leadership attributes Women possess in abundance.
So let's all pull in the same direction and work to ensure more and more Women are given the Leadership positions in our society they deserve - and we will all be the winners.
#RealWomenAreLeaders #RWAL
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WOMEN Are LEADERS
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