Women make up 50.7% of the population, but as the new report from the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia shows, the stories in the media do not reflect this reality. Researchers from the...
CSW63: Major advancements for infrastructure amidst backlash against women’s rights
Just after 8:30pm on Friday 22ndof March, I watched the gavel fall to mark the adoption of the agreed conclusions from the 63rdSession of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women...
The ‘unmarried head prefect’ and other tired tropes: How the media stereotyped Gladys Berejiklian
'Gladys Berejiklian has succeeded in becoming New South Wales’ first elected female Premier since non-indigenous women in the state received the vote in 1902. Regardless of whether Berejiklian...
Powerlifting gender: Gym leads the way for non-binary athletes
On Sunday February 17th, in an old warehouse in an industrial suburb of Canberra, an Australian sporting first occurred: local gym Burley Strength hosted a powerlifting competition where athletes...
Removing barriers for gender-diverse agricultural workers
Gender-diverse agricultural workers face particular barriers that are critically under-recognised. Take Betsi, a young woman who farms crops for a living, and lives in a rural setting in the Pacific...
Transforming reproductive politics: Irish Citizens’ Assembly
Can you give us a brief introduction - what is a citizens' assembly?A citizens' assembly is what we also call a 'mini public'. Basically, it's a gathering of citizens who have been selected randomly...
International Women’s Day 2019: In pictures
Anne Summers: 'The politics of women's representation', National Press Club, Wednesday 6 March Image: Dan Abro Virginia Haussegger, Director 50/50 by 2030 Foundation. Image: Lyn Mills Dr Anne...
Virginia Haussegger In-Conversation with Anne Summers
A second female prime minister? Unlikely in the House of Menpresentatives
DATELINE Canberra, October 9, 2012. High drama. In a dam-bursting torrent, Prime Minister Julia Gillard unloads, venting long-suppressed frustrations over gendered insults by right wing shock-jocks,...