No women startup mentors? We don’t buy it

Is it enough to “hope” for more diversity in next year’s Startup Muster top mentors list? As a female mentor of Angela Priestly’s once told her, hope is not a strategy. It’s clear after the 2023 Startup Muster report’s first version of the top eight mentors in the sector that we must find a better action plan to have more diversity and inclusion in Australia’s startups.This week, we also take a look at a staggering report that shows three in five employers in Australia are failing to take sexual harassment and discrimination complaints seriously. But we also have a few wins to recognise, including the Matildas’ pay boost, a positive update on US reproductive rights and a woman on live TV in Australia leading the way in normalising conversations of menopause and perimenopause. Stories included this weekMatildas to receive pay boost and equal treatment under new CBAHow US voters turned out to support abortion rightsThe all-male mentor list is a symptom of a sick startup ecosystemThree in five employers fail to take sexual harassment and discrimination complaints seriously‘I don’t think hormones respect national television’: Guest host praised for normalising perimenopause symptoms on live TVSenator Larissa Waters to motion inquiry into the impact of menopause and perimenopause on womenReserve Bank issues first cash rate rise under Michele BullockThe Crux is produced by Agenda Media, the 100% women founded and owned media business, publishing the daily news publication Women's Agenda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.