Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh, Author at The Good Feed

Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh

Sarah-Jane heads BRAC's Thought Leadership & Programme and Enterprise Communications. She joined BRAC in 2015, and has held various roles within the organisation, focused on strategy, humanitarian response and social enterprise. Sarah-Jane spent 10 years based in Bangladesh, has worked across Asia and Africa, and is now based in Australia. Prior to BRAC, Sarah-Jane worked with the United Nations, focusing on labour rights, working conditions in the apparel industry, the rights of indigenous communities and technical and vocational education. Sarah-Jane holds a Bachelor of Communications (Business) from Bond University, Australia, and is currently purusing a Juris Doctor of Law from University of Sydney, Australia.

March 10, 2016

Published by Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh at Mar 10 2016

How do we get more women into workplaces?

Women in the workplace make sense. According to the World Economic Forum, companies with a strong track record of gender diversity are 15 per cent more likely to have higher earnings than their peers. The Fortune 500 companies with the highest representation of women on their boards significantly outperform the others.

March 8, 2016

Published by Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh at Mar 08 2016

The skilled girl effect: Worth more than the US and Chinese economies put together

An hour away in the rural town of Tongi, Mahmuda Akhter, 16, sits in a mobile phone servicing shop in the main market. A stressed looking customer rushes in with his phone. Holding a small screwdriver, Mahmuda pries open the cover of his mobile and diagnoses the problem.