THE FEDERAL Sex Discrimination Commissioner has selected a group of top male chief executives to champion gender equality in Australia's biggest companies.
Elizabeth Broderick, halfway through her five-year term, had a secret breakfast meeting with nine executives last week in which she set the agenda to increase the number of women in the top echelons of Australian business and reach near parity by 2015.
Ms Broderick said she had decided to approach men only for the group because they still held the greatest influence in corporate decision making.
''Women are in heated agreement about this already,'' she said.
''... Now we need strong male leadership and men inserting their voices where female voices aren't heard. This is about men being prepared to take a public role.''
Ms Broderick said it took two months to bring the group together but she kept the formation of the group out of the public eye in order to ensure everyone's commitment.
''I was apprehensive, to be honest ... I knew they were powerful and influential but would they all be in agreement, [considering] I've been so outspoken on quotas,'' she said.
Ms Broderick is on the record as saying that unless companies could move voluntarily, Australia may need to move towards quotas for the number of women in management positions.
For more, pick up a copy of today's Canberra Times
Source: The Canberra Times
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