Cut the flowers, help women bloom: How DFAT tackled its male culture, room by room

By Amy Remeikis
Updated January 11 2017 - 5:19pm, first published 4:54pm
Foreign Affairs minister Julie Bishop welcomes Frances Adamson as Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade at Parliament House in August last year.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Foreign Affairs minister Julie Bishop welcomes Frances Adamson as Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade at Parliament House in August last year. Photo: Andrew Meares
Penelope Wensley, Australia’s first woman to be Ambassador to the UN missions. Photo: Supplied
Penelope Wensley, Australia’s first woman to be Ambassador to the UN missions. Photo: Supplied

When naming the rooms in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade building, its chiefs had a great idea – honour the many distinguished diplomats and public servants who had dedicated their lives to bettering Australia.

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