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‘Absolutely no progress’: Number of female CEOs in Australia is declining – Sydney Morning Herald
The number of women occupying top roles at the nation’s biggest listed companies has reached its lowest point in four years.
Only one woman was promoted to the role of chief executive out of 25 appointments at Australias largest companies over the past year, in a sign gender equality in the professional world is going backwards.
An annual census by advocacy group Chief Executive Women has tracked the number of women in leadership positions at ASX200 companies over the past four years, and chief executive Sue Morphet said she is “disappointed” by the results.
“Australia is making absolutely no progress,” Ms Morphet s…
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