Category: News
Should she lead? Why women often think the answer is no
This year’s first WAPPP seminar featured Alison Wood Brooks, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Professor Brooks presented results from two published papers...
Populism’s challenge for women
The neoliberalism vs. populism conflict proposes a particular challenge for women. They have been naturally disposed towards neoliberalism, with their "The Personal is Political" slogan. At the same...
OECD’s latest report a call to action for gender parity
The OECD's latest report, which follows the 2013 OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship and the 2015 OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Public...
“There is no Plan B”: Gender equality & sustainable development
The special panel discussion at Old Parliament House focussed on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Gender Equality in global and Pacific contexts.It was co-hosted by the...
Policy before party: women and political collaboration
In 2006, four women senators from different parties made political history when they worked together across party lines to overturn the ministerial veto on medical abortion drug RU486.What led these...
Dear Mr Prime Minister
Dear Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull,One hot summer's day in 2000, an idealistic five-year-old girl rose from her seat and proclaimed in front of her entire class that one day she would be Prime...
The UN Sustainable Development Goals: A roadmap to gender equality
Two years ago, 193 countries adopted a roadmap for the next fifteen years at a United Nations Summit. Like any good roadmap, it outlines clear destinations. Gender equality is one of the...
Show them the money: women in research
In November 2015 the ARC released its Gender Equality in Research Statement, in which it acknowledged ‘the under-representation of women in the research sector in Australia’. It called upon...