Issue No 18 | 18 June 1999 | |
ReviewSister PowerBy Pam Smith
- NSW/ACT Independent Education Union Organiser A new book offers practical help for women who want to be heard.
Former Victorian Premier Joan Kirner, and lawyer and human rights activist, Moira Rayner, passionately believe that women must set goals and learn how to achieve them. Their own experiences, as reflected in the Women's Power Handbook, provide a manual of timely, relevant, practical information aimed at women seeking to "make their own choices and to achieve things for themselves." Recognising the full range and diversity of women's interests, the Women's Power Handbook covers a very wide range of areas including: . developing self esteem and assertiveness . organising your finances and your personal life . using your union to improve wages and conditions in the workplace . countering discrimination and harassment . managing meetings and committees . networking, alliances and mentoring . public speaking and using the media . becoming politically aware and effective. Far from being a humourless feminist treatise, the book is full of amusing anecdotes and cartoons which reflect the authors' down-to-earth style which aims to achieve practical results and positive outcomes for women in their personal and professional lives. While The Women's Power Handbook is aimed specifically at women, much of the advice on training, negotiation, management skills, and creating a positive work environment is equally of benefit to men. It is also useful for both young women and men who are still considering their future career directions. Joan Kirner and Moira Rayner have written a very valuable guide for managing life and work, providing a range of practical strategies to enable their readers to set and achieve their goals. The Woman's Power Handbook: Get It, Keep It, Use It (Joan Kirner and Moira Rayner, with illustrations by Judy Horacek, Viking, 1999)
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Interview: Ballot Boxing In the midst of a key anti-union ballot, the Finance Sector Union's Geoff Derrick is learning vital lessons about life in a deregulated labour market. Unions: Psyched Out Intense competition in the labour market has fuelled a new renaissance in psychometric testing. History: Rhetoric and Reality This month will be a big one for Labor Party rhetoric about the "light on the hill". International: ILO Adopts Child Labor Convention Child slavery, prostitution and hazardous work have been outlawed in Geneva Legal: Competing Agendas in Enterprise Bargaining Recent developments show unions how they can turn the Reith laws on their head. Review: Sister Power A new book offers practical help for women who want to be heard.
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