Femeconomy’s Supporting Women Owned Business mini-blog series is intended to amplify how women led and women owned businesses are supporting each other, and to encourage more businesses to include women led and women owned businesses in their purchasing decisions. IPS is a majority Indigenous-owned organisation providing innovative and focused consulting services...
Supporting Women Owned Business: Sheena Ireland, Specialists in Communications
Femeconomy’s Supporting Women Owned Business mini-blog series is intended to amplify how women led and women owned businesses are supporting each other, and to encourage more businesses to include women led and women owned businesses in their purchasing decisions. Specialists in Communications is the trusted adviser and reliable communications team for businesses...
Creating Gender Equality through Trading Opportunities – Laos, Vietnam and Australia
Procurement and trade are huge economic levers that also drive social change. Femeconomy have partnered with members Social Good Outpost’s Director Elise Stephenson and Temples and Markets Owner Judith Treanor to develop trade links between women owned businesses across Australia, Laos and Vietnam, through the “Creating Gender Equality Through Trading...
Femeconomy Retail Gender Equality Progress Report 2021
We recently updated our brand directory, with 37 brands joining the approved ranks, and 37 brands no longer approved. It’s an informative process of reviewing each record against our criteria, re-researching each brand’s leadership composition, and amending our website directory to reflect any changes. Over 860 brands meet our criteria. When...
Stacey Head, Managing Director and Founder, she wear
Stacey Head Managing Director and Founder of she wear is a continuous innovator. Her award winning business continues to expand, with export growth and the launch of a new range of work sneakers developed to cater to the needs of front line health care staff, nurses, and hospitality workers who...
Your Brilliant Career
This article was originally published by Advancing Women, and authored by Michelle Redfern. Your brilliant career is dependent on you starting, and continuing professional skills development activity. CPD (Continuing Professional Development) is the ongoing process of developing professional skills and knowledge through interactive, participation-based or independent learning. I like to describe my...
We should feel safe to bring our ‘whole self’ to work
This article was originally published by Advancing Women, and authored by Michelle Redfern. When 68% of LGBTIQ+ people in the U.S. report they are often not able to bring their full self to work and are compromised by feelings of ‘otherness’, it makes me sad, and also compelled me to share...
Tracey Mylecharane, Director, Tracey Mylecharane Solicitor
Tracey Mylecharane is the Director of Tracey Mylecharane Solicitor, a virtual, online boutique law practice providing legal services to individuals, businesses and corporations Australia wide. With a slew of legal qualifications and experience, Tracey has also lectured in law at ANU and UNSW. With a passion for helping SME businesses...
Christine Khor, CEO, Peeplcoach
Chris Khor, CEO and Founder of Peeplcoach is a straight talking dynamo, and serial entrepreneur whose executive recruitment business led her to follow her passion of helping all people to flourish in their careers, and establish Peeplcoach, an on-demand career and leadership development coaching platform. With an enviable list of...
Leina Broughton and Fleur Richardson, Owners, Leina & Fleur
Leina Broughton, Creative Director and Fleur Richardson, Managing Director are the Co-Founders of Leina & Fleur, a size inclusive online women’s fashion label aimed at the 40+ age group, that is designed and manufactured locally in Australia. Since they became co-owners in 2013, the creative, business savvy pair have self...
Flexible and remote work are the ‘new normal’
Australian workplaces may well have changed permanently as a result of COVID-19. According to Femeconomy founder Jade Collins, there may be a silver lining to the pandemic. This post was authored by QSuper She’s on Q and first published as Pandemic may lead to permanent workplace change. Femeconomy is a national...
Renovations and Building Booming during COVID-19
COVID-19 has sparked growth in spending on home renovations, building and property maintenance. Australian families have been renovating their properties during the coronavirus pandemic, with the average budget coming in at $63,188 according to latest lending data. Femeconomy members from the building, renovation and property sector shared their experience of...