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| Minister also says she made deal with female cabinet colleagues to vocally support their idea no matter the topic | |
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| Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, has apparently expressed surprise that “one of the most thoughtful and down-to-earth” people she has met is the daughter of the US president. | Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, has apparently expressed surprise that “one of the most thoughtful and down-to-earth” people she has met is the daughter of the US president. |
| Bishop used a women’s affairs lunch on Wednesday to discuss various gender issues, including her time as the lone female in Tony Abbott’s first cabinet. | Bishop used a women’s affairs lunch on Wednesday to discuss various gender issues, including her time as the lone female in Tony Abbott’s first cabinet. |
| Bishop said that, when she met the US president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, during a recent trip to the United Nations in New York, the two discussed a mentoring program for female leaders in Pacific Island nations. | Bishop said that, when she met the US president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, during a recent trip to the United Nations in New York, the two discussed a mentoring program for female leaders in Pacific Island nations. |
| The program aims to boost female representation in the region’s parliaments, where fewer than 10% of representatives are women. Three nations have no female members in their lower houses, according to the advocacy group Pacific Women in Politics. | The program aims to boost female representation in the region’s parliaments, where fewer than 10% of representatives are women. Three nations have no female members in their lower houses, according to the advocacy group Pacific Women in Politics. |
| “When I told Ivanka Trump about that, she embraced it immediately, said how could her foundation get involved, she could host something at the White House,” Bishop said. “[She was] very conscious that the White House could really galvanise action. | “When I told Ivanka Trump about that, she embraced it immediately, said how could her foundation get involved, she could host something at the White House,” Bishop said. “[She was] very conscious that the White House could really galvanise action. |
| “And I thought, ‘That president produced that daughter – interesting.’” | “And I thought, ‘That president produced that daughter – interesting.’” |
| Bishop said Ivanka Trump was “one of the most delightful, thoughtful, measured, outward-looking, down-to-earth people” she had met. | Bishop said Ivanka Trump was “one of the most delightful, thoughtful, measured, outward-looking, down-to-earth people” she had met. |
| The foreign affairs minister also reflected on the “extraordinary outcome” of being the lone woman in the first Abbott cabinet. “It was pretty lonely – I would be sitting in cabinet with 19 men and me.” | The foreign affairs minister also reflected on the “extraordinary outcome” of being the lone woman in the first Abbott cabinet. “It was pretty lonely – I would be sitting in cabinet with 19 men and me.” |
| She said “time and time again” she would put forward an idea, get no response and then watch a colleague parrot her idea moments later. “The others would say, ‘brilliant, what a genius idea’,” Bishop said. | She said “time and time again” she would put forward an idea, get no response and then watch a colleague parrot her idea moments later. “The others would say, ‘brilliant, what a genius idea’,” Bishop said. |
| That led her to make a deal with female colleagues who later joined cabinet that no matter the topic, any woman’s idea would be vocally supported. | That led her to make a deal with female colleagues who later joined cabinet that no matter the topic, any woman’s idea would be vocally supported. |
| Bishop said that 49% of board members in her department are women while the proportion is 40% across the federal government. | Bishop said that 49% of board members in her department are women while the proportion is 40% across the federal government. |
| Bishop credited part of that to the government’s target of 50% representation by 2020. | Bishop credited part of that to the government’s target of 50% representation by 2020. |
| “It’s not a quota, we’re not forcing them … but it consciously makes people focus on the appointment of women,” she said. “We’re seeing the benefits in the public sector, we need it in the private sector and then it will flow through society.” | “It’s not a quota, we’re not forcing them … but it consciously makes people focus on the appointment of women,” she said. “We’re seeing the benefits in the public sector, we need it in the private sector and then it will flow through society.” |
| Just one in every 12 ASX 200 board members were women in 2009, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors. | Just one in every 12 ASX 200 board members were women in 2009, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
| Numbers have improved every year since, though the rate of change has halted this year with just 26% of new appointments being women. | Numbers have improved every year since, though the rate of change has halted this year with just 26% of new appointments being women. |
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