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The link above is to access a free download of a report done by The Corporate Library (USA), an independent corporate governance research firm.

hange is afoot with reforms to the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act demanding organisations address inequitable pay and deliver tangible equality outcomes, with the first reports to be signed off by CEOs in 2013. But will the new legislation tackle the underlying cause of women's glacial rise into senior roles in Australian corporations? 

Australia's sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick "first went out hard publicly, talking about introducing quotas - 'the Q word' - for women on boards...Then she approached 12 powerful men she knew had a strong commitment to gender equality...She never mentioned the Q word again.

though this report above is contradicted here - "women sidelined by boardroom boys" - http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/06/3030429.htm "Ms Broderick says the pace of change so far has been glacial and if it does not change she will push for quotas."

Financial Times.com special report - women at the top poll

The push to increase the number of women in the UK's boardrooms gathered pace this month with a new consultation paper on gender diversity reporting.

Inadequate career development has kept women from reaching the top ranks of the corporate ladder, according to a report set to be released Tuesday by management consulting firm McKinsey...