Zimbabwean author Lucy Mushita has written a moving, original and emotional novel called, Chinongwa. The book recounts a coming-of-age story set in rural 1920s Zimbabwe. Chinongwa’s family have been...
Category: Activism
Women, inequity and getting the right diagnosis
“Gender bias in health care, whether conscious or not, is rampant and insidious. It is often harmful, sometime fatal, and always unacceptable,” says patient safety advocate and researcher Jen...
Why gender matters when it comes to climate interventions
Governance, as a concept, has a branding issue – perhaps a bit boring? A little like that person you avoid at party, preferring instead to hang out with the cool kids – Environmental and Social. If...
Referendum vote: Women from history can help us
The upcoming 2023 Constitutional Referendum on enshrining a First Nations Voice in the Australian constitution seeks a change to a document drafted by white male colonial politicians through a...
When women get demonised for speaking out
Is it worse to commit the act, or to say that the act was done? I grew up with a Mum who was a family law solicitor in a medium-sized country town. As you would expect, she had to keep her lips...
Aussie girls smash skateboarding championships in the US
Two Australian girls, Chloe Covell (aged 13) and Arisa Trew (also 13) have just won gold in the Street and Park divisions at the latest X-Games competitions in California. The X-Games is, to...
Inspired activism drives brilliant new Aussie movie
Were you lucky enough to see the play of The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race as it has toured Australia over the last few years? Written by former Canberra resident Melanie Tait, it’s a heart-warming,...
Walkley awards: bold move to even up gender imbalance
Recognition and reward. It’s all we’re after isn’t it? That our hard work is noticed and that we’re paid fairly for it. Right now Australia’s media industry has a chronic problem with both of these...
The Roe v Wade fallout. What can Australia do?
A few days ago, the President and CEO of global reproductive justice organisation, Ipas, Dr Anu Kumar was in conversation with Honorary Associate Professor Sally Moyle from the ANU Gender Institute....