Respect. Now. Always. That was the united message from all 39 Australian universities last year ahead of a national survey into sexual assault and harassment on university campuses.That message is...
By Pia Rowe
Public Leadership for Women – Progress & Pitfalls: Helen Clark & Virginia Haussegger in conversation
Virginia Haussegger AM, Helen Clark ONZ, and DFAT's Katrina Cooper are joined by members of the Workplace Gender Equality Network (WGEN) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra.
Step up your efforts! Slow progress on OECD gender recommendations
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Gender Initiative aims to enhance gender equality in education, employment, entrepreneurship and public life through legislation,...
UK Local Government fails women: “not fit for future”
The report finds that while the proportion of women in Parliament has improved steadily (from a low base) by 10 percentage points in the last 10 years, only a third of councillors in England are...
From Uber to communal cooking: The diversity of collaborative consumption
The term collaborative consumption often conjures images of the large multinational companies that have shaken up the service industry in recent years – for good or ill. Instead of taxis, we catch...
Gender and news: Myth and reality
A narrative centred on gendered emotion often emerges in discussion around news avoidance, with women more likely to cite emotional reasons for avoiding the news – as was the case in our 2017 survey...
Gender segregation in the workplace
Australian men and women lead very different working lives. Men and women often do not work 'side by side'—but instead work in industries or occupations which are dominated by one gender or another....
Dr Anne Summers: ‘The politics of women’s representation’
Anne Summers AO is an Australian writer, columnist and feminist icon. A former Press Gallery Bureau Chief for the Financial Review, and later Editor of Ms Magazine in the US, Anne’s extraordinary...
The Political is Personal
Political theorists and feminists alike have lamented the ever-decreasing levels of political activism. These familiar narratives highlight the risks this poses to a healthy society and democracy...