On Sept. 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in Tehran, Iran, while in police custody. Amini was arrested by the Guidance Patrol, the morality squad of the Law Enforcement...
Category: Gender
‘I was trapped’: pregnancy discrimination in Victoria
New research finds that pregnant workers in Victoria continue to experience discrimination and detriment in the workplace – some lost their jobs, others encountered diminished employment security....
‘Let’s Get Loud’: getting female expertise into the media
This is a lightly edited speech given by journalism academic Dr Kathryn Shine at the recent Women in Media national conference on the Gold Coast. I’m sure, like me, most of you have had the...
Want to do a PhD about cyberhate against female athletes?
Remember when AFLW Carlton forward Tayla Harris got predator trolled simply for doing her job? In case your memory needs jogging, back in 2019 a photograph taken by AFL Media senior photographer...
Torres Strait Islander women, turtle hunting and spirituality
This is an edited extract from Masked Histories, Turtle Shell Masks and Torres Strait Islander People by Leah Lui-Chivizhe. It's published here with full permission. The first turtle to be caught...
Woah! The PM just said the F word
“The feminists in this room have made things better,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the packed venue. Yes, the PM said: Feminists. Among the audience, there was an audible exhale of...
The toll unpaid labor takes on women’s health, wellbeing
How would you describe what your research is about in a nutshell to someone who doesn’t know anything about it? We conducted a systematic review, which means we gathered all the existing research...
Leaning Out: tackling women’s Great Exhaustion
In the new book 'Leaning Out', respected journalist Kristine Ziwica maps a decade of stasis on the gender equality front in Australia, and why the pandemic has led to a breakthrough. This...
Audit reveals annual gender pay gap of thousands
You can’t manage what you don’t measure and you can't fix what you can't see. And what is clear for everyone to see reading the results of Australia’s first gender equality audit in the public...