Breastfeeding and mothers’ milk is presently not counted in food systems or the economy and should be, argues Dr Julie Smith. She explains the new 'Mothers’ Milk Tool' quantifies the volume of...
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Opaque Budget Papers, but here’s the gender scrutiny
The National Foundation for Australian Women is an independent feminist organisation that carries a voice outside of party politics. As we near the Federal election, BroadAgenda's editor Ginger...
The Batty effect: Sharing power with abuse survivors
In this article – which is both personal and research-based – Lisa Wheildon explores the events and social changes that led her to publish a paper about “The Batty Effect” in the journal Violence...
Why some women oppose gender equality
Anti-feminists, ‘tradwives’, and men’s rights advocates - why some women oppose gender equality (and what to do about it). When we talk about women’s activism, the first thing that comes to mind is...
Research wrap: time poverty, parenting and mental health
BroadAgenda Research Wrap is your monthly window into academia. We scour the journals so you don’t have to. This month’s research wrap comes to you from the covid recovery bed. While the ‘mild to...
A reckoning: Australian women in film and TV
In 1957, aspiring cinematographer and pioneering film maker Lilias Fraser approached the Commonwealth Film Unit for a job. With two films already under her belt, and the head of the unit applauding...
Banding together to combat gender bias on Wikipedia
When you stop to think about it, it is mind-boggling that of the millions of biographies on Wikipedia, only 19% of them are about women. This statistic is even less for those working in the...
National housing policy: Where’s the vision?
Well before the floods hit the Northern Rivers of NSW, many people were already living precariously. The images of shattered men, women and children losing their homes from weatherboard...
Unpacking the cumulative inequality of Australian women
This year’s International Women’s Day theme of #BreakTheBias invited us all to imagine a world that’s free of inequality, bias and discrimination. While advocacy work has highlighted the deep-rooted...