Tough decisions are required to boost women in leadership roles

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published March 7, 2017

As organisations and individuals prepare to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, Monash University’s Associate Professor Educational Leadership Jane Wilkinson said “tough decisions” are required to increase the number of women in education, government, business and media leadership positions.

“The theme of International Women’s Day is ‘be bold for change’,” Associate Professor Wilkinson said. “But we need to ...

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