In the 1970s and 80s, academics theorised that building a critical mass of women in Parliaments would result in culture change, accelerating progress towards gender equality. The magic number was...
Category: Policy
Gender Quotas or Targets: who wins?
Victoria has led the way on Gender Equality legislation and investment for some time, taking a leap the Commonwealth won't, by introducing a Gender Equality Act. It's the first state-based gender...
The urgency of gender justice in the digital economy
Two and a half decades ago I filed a television report for the ABC on what I believed were the bold new opportunities for women in the so called 'digital revolution'. Back then, with the crystal...
A change in perspective by walking in women’s shoes
It has become obvious as this Covid-19 pandemic wears on that transport is being repositioned – both in our minds and our lives. Changeable travel restrictions and new virus strains are reshaping...
The Drug War, Women & Leadership in the Philippines
President Duterte is a self-declared womaniser, who can also lay claim to bouts of feminist policy. But, on the face of it, such apparent contradiction is not isolated when it comes to women,...