“Gender bias in health care, whether conscious or not, is rampant and insidious. It is often harmful, sometime fatal, and always unacceptable,” says patient safety advocate and researcher Jen...
Category: Gender
New research: Gender and Race in Australian workplaces
“The sense of otherness is there ALL the time – everyday. I sometimes feel it very acutely. And I don’t think that shifts with time or experience.... The sense of otherness is always there.” This is...
Womanhood, immigration, and finding freedom
In her new novel, Untethered, debut author Ayesha Inoon, who is now based in Canberra, shares with readers an incredibly intimate portrait of a young Sri Lankan woman who immigrates with her husband...
Why gender matters when it comes to climate interventions
Governance, as a concept, has a branding issue – perhaps a bit boring? A little like that person you avoid at party, preferring instead to hang out with the cool kids – Environmental and Social. If...
Gender equality made central to development policy
This week the Australian government released its long awaited new international development policy, the first rethink in ten years. The policy places gender equality at the heart of development:...
Referendum vote: Women from history can help us
The upcoming 2023 Constitutional Referendum on enshrining a First Nations Voice in the Australian constitution seeks a change to a document drafted by white male colonial politicians through a...
Female umpires encountering a culture of abuse, misogyny
“I wouldn’t know any woman who’s been in umpiring who hasn’t experienced something negative,” says Carly*, a former AFL umpire. She’s commenting on a recent study, conducted by former umpire...
When women get demonised for speaking out
Is it worse to commit the act, or to say that the act was done? I grew up with a Mum who was a family law solicitor in a medium-sized country town. As you would expect, she had to keep her lips...
Aussie girls smash skateboarding championships in the US
Two Australian girls, Chloe Covell (aged 13) and Arisa Trew (also 13) have just won gold in the Street and Park divisions at the latest X-Games competitions in California. The X-Games is, to...