It has been deeply heart-wrenching in recent weeks to read reports from across the globe on the impact of COVID-19 on women. There have been devastating statistics about the rise in domestic...
By Julie Hare
The power of two: Swiss ambassadors show the way
Three years ago when Yasmine Chatila Zwahlen was preparing to step into the role as Swiss Ambassador to Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, her husband Pedro Zwahlen was...
Taking to the streets: why protests are here to stay
Pandemics make and reshape history. They spark riots and revolutions, topple governments, drive new technologies, trigger economic recessions, advance medical knowledge.And, for the time being, they...
UN meeting backs gender equality roadmap
It’s 25 years since the landmark Beijing Declaration and yesterday, as expected, the Commission for the Status of Women reaffirmed the road map to achieve gender equality that was set out at the...
Guess who’s paying for dinner?
My very good friend – let’s call him James – found very early in his post-separation dating career, that dating culture is rooted in some distant past.The son of a strong feminist, who had been...
Researchers’ pay gap? You could buy a house for the difference
The fact that women researchers get a raw deal compared to their male peers is not news. But the extent to which the raw deal manifests itself is. And for the first time, thanks to some some...
Girl interrupted: Talking over the top of female judges
It’s 21 years since the movie Girl Interrupted arrived on the big screen. But new research reveals a very literal version has been playing out in court houses across the land.Perhaps it would be...
Can citizens’ assemblies help end gender inequality?
An honourable pursuit
Amid confident predictions that the Australia Day Honours list will, for the first time, include 40 per cent women, gender equity advocates have renewed their calls for a shake-up of the system.The...