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A life of fierce activism and optimism: Gloria Steinem remembered as a giant of feminism

Giant of the feminist movement Gloria Steinem died on Wednesday aged 92 and is being remembered for her trailblazing activism.

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A life of fierce activism and optimism: Gloria Steinem remembered as a giant of feminism

Latest news

How Karen Alexander turned her anger into leadership in the environmental movement

Gloria Steinem spent 50 years proving the readers were there

The smartest technology is quietly taking things off our minds (and who doesn’t need that?)

What our family learned about the price of leaving dads out

‘Gender balance doesn’t happen by accident’: What women leaders say needs to change

‘I f—king pumped that c—’: Backlash grows against NSW Police in wake of new footage

‘I won’t rest until we bury him’: Ray Hadley admits deep animosity towards Alan Jones

Dogged persistence: How women shaped and protected gender pay gap transparency

Podcast: Why it’s time to quit being nice

Women in business face a scaling cliff that’s costing Australia

Why worsening climate conditions could mean more violence for women and girls

Smart glasses put women and girls at risk. Why is Australia refusing to ban them?

Why worsening climate conditions could mean more violence for women and girls

‘I f—king pumped that c—’: Backlash grows against NSW Police in wake of new footage

‘I won’t rest until we bury him’: Ray Hadley admits deep animosity towards Alan Jones

Dogged persistence: How women shaped and protected gender pay gap transparency

Save your attention: Remember this Instagram hack

What one mother’s death reveals about health equity in Australia

The vacant Central Coast aged care facility transformed to help women facing homelessness

‘Feminisation of curriculum’ to blame for rise of manosphere in Australia: Matt Canavan

What Australian boys really need from their parents, coaches and teachers right now

Tell your daughters about choking before the algorithm does

How women might build lives in which love, work and family do not depend upon their disappearance

A walk to Uluru taught me to slow down even when life is most turbulent

The Lindsay Clancy trial should make us ask: what happens when a mother’s mental health crisis becomes a catastrophe?

Does having a mental illness mean having to pay more to accept second-class health care?

Dr Amandeep Hansra and Professor Cassandra Szoeke win major awards for contributions to medicine

Who should carry our baby? The path to parenthood for same-sex couples

Young women were promised economic independence. Housing inequality is putting it out of reach

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More than ‘misbehaving’. Teachers are reporting an increase in sexist and misogynistic behaviour in schools

Could your mammogram one day detect heart disease too? A new study suggests so.

Meta settles landmark US lawsuit for nearly $18bn and agrees to change Facebook and Instagram

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Women in business face a scaling cliff that’s costing Australia

Three women-founded Aussie companies nominated for prestigious Prix Galien Awards

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The smartest technology is quietly taking things off our minds (and who doesn’t need that?)

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Podcast: Why it’s time to quit being nice

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