Recently, we launched a 'A Toolkit for Gender Advocacy 'and distributed it to women’s organisations throughout Australia. The toolkit is designed to assist advocates, particularly women's groups, to...
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It’s not about the firewood: Ending violence against women in refugee camps
The high rate of sexual violence incidents in some refugee and displaced person camps while women are collecting firewood has led some humanitarian agencies to push for the distribution of cooking...
Where are the women? Missing voices in Australian foreign policy debates
In 2017, a new magazine called Australian Foreign Affairs was launched by the publisher Black Inc. Intending to “serve as a forum for our most adventurous and deepest strategic thinkers to...
The rise of the woman independent
Whilst it is early days, there are certainly some interesting takeouts from the surprise victory of Dr Kerryn Phelps in the recent Wentworth byelection.The Phelps phenomenon, as well as the rise of...
Women in Parliament: A global perspective on Australia’s lazy lateness
When Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney stepped over the threshold into Parliament House in 1943 they were late. Not by hours, but decades. Despite an ‘early adopter’ advantage, Australia dragged its...
Violence against women in politics: Rethinking definitions of political violence
The issuePolitical scientists and practitioners have long been troubled by political violence, defined as the use of force, or threatened use of force, to achieve political ends. In a bid to gain...
Economic inequality: The parallel realities of men and women
Caren Grown’s description of a stubbornly impervious gender imbalance within all domestic economies, once again prompts us to think of what must be done to unlock wealth and opportunity for roughly...
Gender equity not a zero-sum game: In conversation with the World Bank’s Dr Caren Grown
What is the true cost of global gender inequality and sexism? While a definite answer is nigh on impossible, few would be better equipped to unpack the question than the world-renowned economist Dr...
‘Women Kind’: Q&A with Catherine Fox
Q1. In Women Kind you smash the persistent ‘Queen Bee’ myth, which posits that women in power treat their women subordinates more poorly than men. Why does this narrative still live on, despite all...