This edition of The Grace Paper comes on the heels of an unprecedented global movement for women’s rights, equality & justice. Women all over the world are standing up and stepping forward together to stamp out discrimination, unfair systems and inappropriate behaviours. They are changing our future forever, to one where gender equality & equitable workplace paradigms are the norm.

In addition to practical & thought provoking articles, this issue features interviews with:

• Author, political commentator & presenter Jamila Rizvi

• PwC Partner for Diversity & former head of UN Women Australia, Julie McKay

• WomenKind authors Catherine Fox & Dr Kirstin Ferguson

• Dr Emma Fulu, founder of The Equality Institute & intersectional feminism expert.

On paper, Australian women and girls can do anything - they can attain an education, become a CEO, earn the same as men, and even play football at an elite level. There’s never been a better time to be a woman. We are more empowered than ever before. And for that, we are grateful to the giants - women in particular – on whose shoulders we stand today.

In this inaugural issue, we share our insights & strategies for managing parental leave & return to work, and we celebrate those who went first, like:

• Adam Fennessy who worked part time and took parental leave,

• AFLW player Lauren Arnell,

• Lauren Jauncey, diversity & inclusion expert & winner of a State Title after she had her second baby!

  …and much much more!