article_snippet: Women on Boards has released Women on Boards 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index, which shows  the superannuation industry, sport and not-for-profit sectors are  improving gender balance at a board level.
article_snippet: The number of women on boards fell by just 0.6 percent from the 91 federal government boards included in the research.
article_snippet: But Women on Boards also pointed to the 2014 Australian Government Gender Balance on Boards Report that showed the number of female board members was down by two per cent on the previous year across 387 government boards. '
article_snippet: This is a worrying trend that, if This continues, could easily move to five or 10 per cent and erode the excellent work done by the previous federal government to move women into board roles via the previous federal government Boardlinks program,' Boards director Claire Braund said.
article_snippet: Women Michaelia Cash said any dip in the number of women in government board roles was a byproduct of bringing 460 boards down to 387 for cost-cutting measures. '
article_snippet: This in turn has impacted on the gender balance of government boards,' she said.
highlights_snippet: Women on Boards released Women on Boards 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index report .
  
highlights_snippet: Superannuation industry, sport and not-for-profit sectors are improving gender balance at a board level .
  