Children are born into a world of pink or blue. A walk down a department store toy aisle demonstrates a clear gender divide: princesses and dolls for the girls, superheroes and vehicles for the...
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Why we need transparency in judicial appointments
What woman would liken the experience of giving birth to buying a bag of chips? This was the bizarre observation of Federal Circuit Court judge, Alexander Street, in a recent discrimination case....
INSPIRE TO ASPIRE – a personal approach
I believe women can achieve whatever they desire and reach the top in any field. What is required, for us as a community and society, is to identify and remove the systemic barriers that stymie the...
200,000 more women into decent work by 2025: How can Australia achieve this G20 goal?
On International Women’s Day this year many Australian women were inspired by Anne Summers releasing a manifesto for action.It is no longer enough for us to call ourselves feminist. It is no longer...
When Doctors Are Not Called “Dr.”: How Forms of Address Reveal Gender Bias
You graduate from medical school and get your MD degree. At first, when someone calls you “Doctor”, you look around and wonder who they’re talking to, but after years of hard work and sleepless...
Doctor, doctor – what’s the deal with women in medicine?
Medicine has had significant transformation over recent decades. Gone are the days where women like Margaret Ann Bulkley had to pretend to be a man to practice medicine; now over 50% of medical...
Is job sharing for MP’s the answer to 50/50 representation?
The decision by Kate Ellis, the 39 year old federal Labor MP for Adelaide, to announce her retirement at the next election to be with her young son came as a shock. Her explanation was...
‘LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND’: The case for global maternal health action Part 2
I help run the maternal health charity, Send Hope Not Flowers. We are a small voluntary board of like-minded Canberrans who have come together to do what we can to help more mothers survive...
‘LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND’: The case for global maternal health action Part 1
Every two minutes, somewhere in the world, a woman dies from complications due to pregnancy and childbirth. That’s more than 300,000 women each year. 99 per of these deaths are preventable, and 98...