Category: News
Fake news and prostitution: What the numbers tell us
The future of #MeToo: On danger and pleasure
The #MeToo movement represents a significant shift in the zeitgeist for women and for women’s sexuality. Despite much speculation that it would be short-lived, its prominence and dominance over the...
Prohibition wars: The assault on reason in prostitution policy
It is no exaggeration to say that the ideological movement to eradicate prostitution from society is once again in the ascendency. In most European countries, as well as the USA, prohibitionism is...
#OurTimeNow: Pacific feminists creating new spaces to talk and to be heard
Pacific feminists are mobilising in the face of resistance to their claims for rights and recognition at the national, regional and global levels. With the world’s lowest percentages of women in...
Democratic decline and the feminist politics of power
It's been a difficult time for those who consider civil debate part of our democratic process, the primary means for advancing personal liberties and developing policies that best represent a...
Manhandling the ‘manels’: A farewell to all male panels
I want to reflect in these few words on what is so special about tonight, and what is special about the year we have seen, when women’s movements are so publicly on the move and gaining the media...
The unbearable ‘softness’ of female leadership
Recent developments in New Zealand have given gender equality advocates much reason to celebrate. Not only does the top job in the country belong to a woman – and a pregnant one at that – but for...
Australian Women Artists and The Great War
Australia’s official war art scheme began during the First World war. No women, however, were granted Australian official war artist commissions during this war, although three women artists, Stella...