We’ve come a long way baby. Back in May when the vaccination roll-out was just kicking off, Australia was at a very slow 2% double dose coverage among people aged 16 years and over. It is with some...
Category: Research
The age old profession where women reign
'The Psychic Tests: An Adventure into the World of Believers and Sceptics' is a new book by award-winning journalist, Gary Nunn. He investigates psychics, mediums and astrologers to understand their...
How internet dating is empowering women, LGBTI folk
If you’re over 40, you’ll probably remember when online dating was seen as something only ‘desperate’ people did. Now, it’s as popular as toilet paper at that first mention of “lockdown”. Today,...
WFH offers welcome change for gender diverse employees
The pandemic has forced organisations to deliver increasing work flexibility and alternative work arrangements. The new flexibility and working in the safer environment of the home is a refreshing...
Sexist abuse undermines women’s political voices
Following the rape and murder of an eight-year old girl in Kashmir in April 2018, investigative journalist Rana Ayyub spoke about India’s protection of child sex abusers on the media outlets BBC and...
UC funding win builds female biomechanics expertise
Targeting the two critical points at which the numbers of women in engineering pathways and careers dip the lowest, a University of Canberra project linking girls in high school with early career...
Gender lens: BroadAgenda Research Wrap
BroadAgenda Research Wrap is your fortnightly window into academia. We scour the journals so you don’t have to. No topic too impenetrable, no research too eclectic; BroadAgenda Research Wrap brings...
Community sector crisis and the gender pay gap
In 2021, Equal Pay Day falls today (on August 31), 61 days past the end of the financial year. I can’t help but imagine the men of Australia sitting on a beach somewhere, sunglasses on faces and...
Time to stop excluding women for having difficult bodies
There is a passage in Carmen Maria Machado In The Dream House about going back in time to talk to your younger self. I love it because I am a chronic time-travel day dreamer. I also love it because...