There is extraordinary power in the emotions surfacing in women around Australia right now. The power of this moment is unprecedented. But, as a nation, we must get this right. We must hear the...
Category: Feature
Why I will march: a survivor’s story…
In 2013, I was in an abusive relationship. After months of gaslighting, isolation, aggression, and infidelity; being told I was crazy and demanding, I sat shaking on my couch with a positive...
BroadTalk with Isobel Marshall and Eloise Hall
How do two 17-year-old school girls, with a passion for a global social enterprise, turn their dream into reality and a thriving business? And why focus on period poverty and menstruation products?...
BroadTalk with Licia Heath
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...