Despite decades of activism, women are still burdened with the effects of slut shaming in everyday life. Dr Hilary Caldwell’s new book, Slutdom, argues or women’s enjoyment of sex as a force to...
Category: Commentary
We need community spaces in the women’s sector
Working for an organisation about to shut down is a pretty good prompt to start thinking about what it means to work in your sector. For over two decades, Equality Rights Alliance (ERA) has been a...
Breaking the boss bias: women leaders change the game
In this Q&A, Catherine Fox discusses her new book, Breaking the Boss Bias, with BroadAgenda editor, Ginger Gorman. Fox highlights the urgent need for gender equity in leadership. She addresses...
Nurses redefine patient care during the AIDS crisis
HIV and AIDS devastated communities across Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. In the midst of this profound health crisis, nurses provided crucial care to those living with and dying from the virus....
Perimenopause: I broke an unspoken rule at the chemist
There’s an unwritten rule at the chemist that you try not to overhear what the person in front of you is discussing with the pharmacist at the “scripts in” counter. This is hard because you are...
Detoxifying Australia’s Parliament: A survivor’s perspective
Content notification: This article contains discussion of sexual assault and violence Editor’s note: The author of this piece has requested to publish anonymously due to concerns about her safety...
Coercive control is now a criminal offence in NSW
What does July mean? To some, it’s marks a new financial year. For others, it might be just another day, a new month. For those with lived experience of domestic violence in New South Wales, this...
Exploring gender equality in international affairs
The appointment of prominent businesswoman Sam Mostyn as Australia’s 28th Governor-General was met with backlash from some quarters of the media who questioned her suitability for the role and...
What I’ve learned after 12 years fighting on the frontline
As I step down from my role at Meridian – Canberra’s leading LGBTIQA+ organisation – after 12 years, I reflect on how we can priorities lived experience in policy, research and service delivery. How...