Home featured Image Credit: Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash Featured News Featured Women in politics: Rethinking the face of power Clare Loewenthal March 7, 2022 Reach for the stars, we tell young girls. Break that glass ceiling. Start your own business. But how vigorously do we urge them to use their talents to affect change by entering politics? Not vigorously enough, according to the Women for Election (WFE), an Australian for-purpose organisation that provides practical support and guidance for women seeking to enter politics. Plan International reports that just 12 per cent of young women say that they would pursue a career in national politics. Forty-nine per cent of Australians don’t think today’s political leaders represent their voice, but many women are dissuaded from entering politics because of Canberra’s well-publicised toxic culture. Believing that workplace opportunity must be matched with political clout, Dynamic Business recently talked to Licia Heath, CEO for WFE, and a cross-section of Australian female politicians. Those at the coalface discuss why it is so important for Australia’s future that we have more women considering a career in politics and the steps we can take in our homes and communities to encourage their participation. Licia Heath, CEO of Women for Election Licia Heath, CEO, Women for Election What are the current impediments to women entering politics? “Women certainly suffer more ‘barriers to entry’ than men regarding entering politics and that has been well researched both here and overseas. Women for Election have simplified these barriers to the “5