If someone offered you half a billion euros to end violence against women and girls, you’d thank them. Especially if you were acutely aware of the many worthwhile strategies and organisations...
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Silencing the men: a philosophical conundrum, or master stroke?
The debate around women in philosophy is often polarising, essentialising and pretty damning of contemporary philosophy. ‘Women don’t like argument, combat, and aggression, so can’t cope with the...
Jacinda Ardern: A contender despite her gender?
Female leadership is hardly a new concept to New Zealand, a country which has had not one, but two successful female prime ministers – namely, Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark. Yet the circumstances...
Pacific feminist voices – will they be heard?
The theme of the 48th Pacific Islands Forum was the Blue Pacific, emphasising that the Pacific is repositioning itself as the Blue or Ocean Continent (or the Big Ocean States), rather than the Small...
Girls takeover Parliament!
Australian politics has a problem. At the last Federal Election women’s political representation in Parliament rose a mere 1%. Compared to New Zealand’s ranking of 16 (out of 144 countries) on the...
Reinvigorating focus on women in leadership
Commencing her address to the audience by highlighting the combined achievements of the Foundation's Advisory Council, Natasha Stott Despoja AM playfully congratulated Foundation Director Virginia...
Welcome to the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation
In her role as Patron of the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO commenced her speech by acknowledging with a smile that though she wished there was no need for the 50/50 Foundation...
Target: 50/50 by 2030
50/50 by 2030: How’s Australia tracking?
Now that we've looked at global comparisons and heard how poorly Australia is tracking, what's going on around our nation? And particularly, what's happening inside our own houses of democracy?Even...