Have you ever arrived at work, taken a good look around and felt your heart sink? Perhaps in one of those moments you’ve realised your personal values, just don’t fit the corporate lingo or company...
Share the care to share the benefits and power
Struggling to get his head around Brittany Higgins’ explosive allegation of being raped in Parliament house, the Prime Minister drew on the ‘clarifying’ advice of his wife Jenny: “You have to...
Female invisibility: why Gender Responsive Budgeting matters
In the 1970s and 80s, academics theorised that building a critical mass of women in Parliaments would result in culture change, accelerating progress towards gender equality. The magic number was...
BroadTalk with Ashleigh Streeter-Jones
BroadTalk is back for 2021 - with a deep dive into gender equality, asking a diverse range of leaders, activists and big thinkers… “are we there yet? and if not why not?”. Today meet Ashleigh...
Ignored & given scraps: Office for Women demeaned by Gov
There has been a deathly silence from the Office for Women, PM&C of late. In fact, not 'of late', but of long! This Office, originally established under Gough Whitlam to ensure the operations of...
Gender Quotas or Targets: who wins?
Victoria has led the way on Gender Equality legislation and investment for some time, taking a leap the Commonwealth won't, by introducing a Gender Equality Act. It's the first state-based gender...
Why Eddie and ‘the boys’ need to quit the hubris and Do Better
The ignominious downfall of Eddie McGuire after 23 years as president of Collingwood Football Club dominated media headlines for several weeks. But while most media focused on McGuire’s own personal...
Why Brittany Higgins’ story has stoked women’s rage
Occasionally a story breaks that, although the circumstances are not terribly new and on the surface not that surprising, nevertheless triggers a deeply buried rage within women. A furious,...
Commission on the Status of Women – who is left out of the digital frame?
Every month is busy for feminist advocates and activists. The work never stops. But the month of March is when the rest of the world, along with mainstream media, turn fleeting attention to gender...