Oh my gosh! I am smiling so hard my face hurts! Thank you Akshay G! I am so honored. You will never know how much this means to me.

Your first email to me began a gentle mentoring relationship that has pushed me to work harder and strive for excellence.

The case for optimism: why Melbourne can lead the tech gender equality movement

Last week I attended a breakfast briefing for venture capitalists and innovators. It had a big name on stage, was in a lovely office and a good crowd of about fifty. It was the kind of event I…

A Response to International Women’s Day

It is not only on International Women’s Day, but every day that people should argue for women’s rights.

All day I wanted to participate and contribute to the sea of posts for IWD, but I struggled to find the right words to say. The…

What My Son Taught Me ….

I had no brothers growing up, and didn’t meet my father till I was 14; so I grew up surrounded by women. The few men I did know were, mostly, tough, angry and slow to show affection.

They were of course, victims of patriarchy, repressed and oppressed by the toxic notion that…