At an international scientific meeting in Brisbane, just over two years ago, I attended a session devoted to the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The statistics presented...
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Editor’s Insight: What do real women look like anyway?
It’s been less than two months since we launched BroadAgenda on March 8th, International Womens’ Day 2017. In that time we’ve published more than 20 original blog posts from a wide range of...
The silence around sexual assault
The Canberra Rape Crisis Centre marked its 40th Anniversary last year, with its former Patron, Dame Quentin Bryce, calling for a bigger, bolder, more honest discussion around sexual assault and...
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAYWed 8 March 2017Time: 5.30pm to 7pmBuilding 24, Ann Harding Conference Centre, University Drive South, University of CanberraABOUT www.BroadAgenda.com.au BroadAgenda...
Rape … beyond the research
Australia has long been at the forefront of cutting edge research into the prevention of sexual violence. Indeed, the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children (2010 - 2022)...
Dr Anne Summers: ‘The politics of women’s representation’
Anne Summers AO is an Australian writer, columnist and feminist icon. A former Press Gallery Bureau Chief for the Financial Review, and later Editor of Ms Magazine in the US, Anne’s extraordinary...
No democracy without women’s rights
A new study published in the “European Journal of Political Research” discusses the importance of women’s rights for countries to become democratic. The researchers used a dataset developed by...
Can a four-year-old be sexist?
The Victorian government has announced it plans to teach its Respectful Relationship program to preschoolers as a way to target and prevent sexist behaviour among children aged three and four years...
Gender relations in forestry: beyond a headcount
India - The land boundary dispute with the neighboring village had gone on for years.But Aditi*, the 60-something female president of her local Forest Rights Committee, used skillful negotiation to...