Over summer, BroadAgenda is featuring a short series of profiles on amazing women and LGBTIQ + folks. You're about to meet Professor Selen Ayirtman Ercan, Director of the Centre for Deliberative...
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Summer profile series – inspiring women: Riyana Miranti
Over summer, BroadAgenda is featuring a short series of profiles on amazing women and LGBTIQ + folks. You're about to meet Professor Riyana (Mira) Miranti. She's a socio-economist and development...
How we engage with and think about robots
According to Government statistics, women only make up 27% of the workforce across all STEM industries. That's why it can feel a bit lonely! And those professionals may long for a wonderful support...
How to increase the inclusion of gender-diverse employees
I recently published a paper Managerial influences on the inclusion of transgender and gender-diverse employees: A critical multi-method study in the Australian Journal of Management. The paper...
Striking images of women at work in Fyshwick
Across Australia, the Canberra suburb of Fyshwick is known as the butt of jokes about pornography and fireworks. But local photographer Fiona Bowring looks at the locality with fresh eyes. She's...
Intersectional feminism and diversity in secret institutions
This blog post was first published by The Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA), the leading organization representing researchers, academics, and students in the fields of...
Terrible sleep and bad sex? It’s the menopause.
More than 2.5 million Australians are approaching perimenopause or in menopause. But so many women in their 40s and 50s suffer symptoms FOR YEARS without realising these are related. Beloved author...
Innovative scholarship for researchers helps alleviate unpaid caring
Grassroots social enterprise, Franklin Women has awarded six health researchers funding to alleviate barriers associated with unpaid caring responsibilities so they can take advantage of career...
Aimee’s story: A feminist perspective on sex work
Feminism, advocacy, and facing stigma Yes, there are plenty of people who think sex work is anti-feminist and that it degrades women. But 28 year old Aimee (that’s the name she uses online),...