An audible murmur of discomfort ripples through the audience at the Australian National University's Kambri Cultural Centre as former Liberal MP Julia Banks describes being verbally abused and told...
Category: Feature
How the ABC is smashing the glass ceiling
It’s a man’s world, alright. Or that’s what you’d have to assume if you turn on TV or radio. Women might make up just over half of the Australian population, but they are quoted in the media just...
How do we father in the era of #metoo?
I have two young kids, and love discussing the joys and challenges of fatherhood with different audiences. I’ve been grappling with a dilemma ever since we first heard news of alleged sexual assault...
‘Equals Now’ symposium: Exploring leadership and gender inequality
On Wednesday and Thursday of last week, 16 – 17 June 2021, the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation hosted its inaugural symposium, ‘Equals Now’ at the University of Canberra. In today’s post, Laura Davy...
Young Australian women dissatisfied with how media represents them
Ongoing public discussion about violence against women in Australia has increased attention on the way women are portrayed in the news media. The Digital News Report: Australia 2021 finds that...
The time for equality is now – let’s turn the heat up, not let things cool
For Canberra women, it’s hard to drive past Parliament House up on the hill without thinking about every time we’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted. Without feeling slightly ill with...
BroadTalk with Biff Ward
What do those aging women’s Libbers make of the March4Justice movement? And how does Australia’s current explosion of feminist activity connect to our past? Writer and activist, Biff Ward is one of...
Show me the numbers! Disaggregated gender data
We cannot solve problems we do not understand, argues Ramona Vijeyarasa. In the final article of this 3-part series, exclusive to BroadAgenda, Dr Vijeyarasa, the lead scholar behind the Gender...
Cabinet reshuffle falls short on equality
With last week’s cabinet reshuffle, the Morrison Government was hoping to reset, recasting its blokey, accident-prone blundering about the safety and security of women inside and outside Parliament...