By Pia Rowe
The unbearable ‘softness’ of female leadership
Recent developments in New Zealand have given gender equality advocates much reason to celebrate. Not only does the top job in the country belong to a woman – and a pregnant one at that – but for...
Populism and gender: Interview with Professor Anne Phillips
The Women Peace & Security movement in our Region
At times of conflict women's voices are too often lost in the fray. Yet those voices are critical to negotiating lasting peace and security. The Australian government well understands this, and has...
Meet the male feminist: Finnish MP Ville Niinistö
Can men be feminists, or is it perhaps not a term men are entitled to appropriate?Yes, of course they can. However, we also need to recognise the fact that due to the way our society has been...
Is #MeToo ‘impoverished’ feminism?
The response to the feminist hashtag #MeToo barely shows signs of slowing down, as social media users around the world continue to share their deeply personal experiences of sexual assault and...
Gender equality: The 50/50 project
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Global Gender Gap Index, on the current trajectory (with all else remaining equal), it will take until I am 222 years old before we close the economic...
Female drivers of change for the Asian century
Q: When we talk about an organisation’s Asia capabilities, what exactly are we talking about?A: We looked at a series of six competencies for benchmarks, which formed the basis of the study that the...