The Minister for Families and Social Services, Anne Ruston, is right. There is “a rot in society”. But Scott Morrison is wrong. Anointing a “prime minister for women”, even as a joke, and creating a...
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BroadTalk with Janine Hendry
How does a woman, single-handedly, start a social movement in 2 weeks that brings over 100,000 people onto the streets to rally? And has Australia’s March4Justice unleashed a public roar against...
Gender responsive legislation: Equal Opportunity Act
Can good law reduce the gender gap, or does it need to go hand in hand with awareness-raising around the law's core intent and purpose? In Part 2 of this...
The silver bullet! Gender-responsive legislation
The goal of gender equality is far from reached in Australia, so what next? In this timely and excellent 3-part series exclusive to BroadAgenda Ramona Vijeyarasa, the lead scholar behind the Gender...
Where are women’s voices on the Middle East in Australia?
Why do men still do so much of the talking, for women? Although the terminology is relatively recent, ‘mansplaining’ was first identified way back in Homer’s Odyssey, some 3000 years ago, as that...
BroadTalk with Aminata Conteh-Biger
How does a young woman who is subjected to brutal sexual slavery in Sierra Leone, escape a civil war, land in Australia and rebuild her life? And why does motherhood send her back to the land that...
BroadTalk with Helen Dalley-Fisher
Is Australia on the brink of a powerful, new women’s movement? Could this be the change we’ve been waiting for? And what happens after so much venting of such raw anger? This week has seen a public...
Letter to the Prime Minister
To the Hon Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister of Australia Women’s March for Justice – calling for a safe and equal Australia – #enoughisenough The last month has been a distressing time for our...
Women’s March4Justice through a feminist policy lens
So much has happened over the last month to crystallize this cause and there are many sombre threads this assembly of protesters weave together. It is worth remembering that just such political...