In this article – which is both personal and research-based – Lisa Wheildon explores the events and social changes that led her to publish a paper about “The Batty Effect” in the journal Violence...
Ms. Representation: Gender composition of the Australian parliament
In this analysis, Anna Hough of the Australian Parliamentary Library analyses both how female representation has changed in the last 20 years, and how Australia ranks globally on achieving a...
The biggest gender equality event you’ve never heard of
Imagine an annual event which is exclusively focused on achieving gender equality, which attracts something in the order of 8,000 – 9,000 delegates from across the globe, and which produces a road...
The compelling reason women must help negotiate peace
In 2011, I travelled to Afghanistan as part of a defence sub-committee delegation. I was the only woman. During the program, I met with two Australian female soldiers for a briefing on the issues...
National housing policy: Where’s the vision?
Well before the floods hit the Northern Rivers of NSW, many people were already living precariously. The images of shattered men, women and children losing their homes from weatherboard...
The glass cliff: why women lead in a crisis
In 2003 I finished up my PhD at ANU and jumped on a plane (and then the trans-Siberian express train) to make my way to Europe. Within a month of arriving at the University of Exeter, my mentor and...
Is this sexism? UC Capitals without finals home
A few days ago, the ABC reported that the UC Capitals' basketball team had effectively been left 'homeless' with no location to play their finals game in ACT. BroadAgenda editor, Ginger Gorman, had...
Come to our IWD Discussion! Women in sport
International Women’s Day 2022 - Morning Tea & Panel Discussion ‘Issues affecting women in sport - Equal Pay, Homophobia, cyber/media bias and hope for the future’ Join us! Find all the details...
Research wrap: In the shadows of war
BroadAgenda Research Wrap is your monthly window into academia. We scour the journals so you don’t have to. This is not the Research Wrap I wanted to write. I wanted to write something...