“New white girls' club”: Research reveals failings in cultural diversity on Australian boards

 New research from Women on Boards’ (WOB) shows that while many boards have made strides to achieve gender balance, the inclusion of culturally diverse and Indigenous Australians remains lacklustre.

The Truth Be Told: Cultural Diversity on Australian Boards report assessed 232 organisations, finding only 12.8 per cent of board members are non-Anglo Celtic. Of those, roughly three per cent are Indigenous.

Women on Boards executive director Claire Braund said that a 20-year focus on gender diversity had inadvertently resulted in “replacing the old white boys’ club with the new white girls’ club.”

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