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One weekend in one state: Three women and a child stabbed to death

Four seperate incidents where the victims have all been stabbed to death, allegedly by people known to them.

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Are girls getting their periods earlier? And can parents do anything about it?

Australians wait years for a dementia diagnosis, and care falls on women

We know women face a scaling cliff. Here’s what female founders can do

Australia has recognised children as victim-survivors in their own right. Now we need governments to act on it.

Ed Sheeran says politics has no place in his music. These female pop stars disagree

7 of the weirdest things coffee does to your body

Australia’s record 8th place on gender equality is still no time for complacency

Gender parity is 120 years away. These are the best and worst countries for gender equality

Podcast: Why it’s time to quit being nice

News & Views

New endometriosis care plan aims to reduce years-long diagnosis delays for Australian women

The Endometriosis Management Plan is Australia’s first nationally available, structured management plan for endometriosis in primary care.

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Rapists and domestic violence perpetrators to face tougher laws under Victorian Labor

Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has pledged to legislate tougher penalties for family, domestic and sexual violence perpetrators.

Business

Karl Stefanovic and Keshnee Ibrahim’s business breakup made me reflect on my own 10-year business marriage & building Women’s Agenda

If Ange and I can make it to 10 years without ending up in the Supreme Court, I’m starting to think we might actually know what we’re doing.

News & Views

Ed Sheeran says politics has no place in his music. These female pop stars disagree

Ed Sheeran is one of the most popular songwriters of all time. But he doesn’t do politics. At least, that’s what he told the world this week.

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7 of the weirdest things coffee does to your body

Coffee does more than wake us up, from affecting digestion and gut health to changing how our bodies absorb iron and medicines.

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Australia’s record 8th place on gender equality is still no time for complacency

Cracking the top ten in the World Economic Forum’s global gender equality ranking is a huge achievement for Australia, especially given where we were just 10 years ago.

Gender parity is 120 years away. These are the best and worst countries for gender equality

‘We don’t do consent’: The comments sparking backlash against Joanna Howe’s husband

My Mum was what the NDIS calls an ‘informal support’. Then she died

As One Nation surges in NSW, its leader Mike Newman vows to ‘stop’ abortion

Are you pregnant yet? No one tells you how far miscarriage travels

Ed Sheeran claimed neutrality, then made the most political call of his career

The Sweeney ad isn’t about sport, it’s about who gets to profit from women’s bodies

A sharp rise in syphilis among Australian women should be an ‘urgent priority’, experts say

The people building AI say it might kill us. Trump says his ‘High IQ’ will handle it

The HYROX poo incident exposes our obsession with pushing through

Climate adaptation has a limit. Nepal has reached it

A third of us avoid the doctor out of fear. Mine became an emergency

New rule to limit screen time for children in public schools across NSW amid poor test results

Mary Gaudron, the first woman to sit on Australia’s High Court, dies aged 83

We may be able to turn off the algorithm, but we can’t escape the misogyny of the manosphere

The invisible mental load is making mums feel unseen and alone. Here’s how to fix it.

Women are gambling to escape pain. Australia’s gambling reforms need to understand why

The government’s own review said protect minority groups from online hate. Why has the proposed digital duty of care dropped it?

Entrepreneurs

We know women face a scaling cliff. Here’s what female founders can do

Business

Karl Stefanovic and Keshnee Ibrahim’s business breakup made me reflect on my own 10-year business marriage & building Women’s Agenda

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

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Podcast: Why it’s time to quit being nice

Special guest Amy Remeikis joins the Women’s Agenda Podcast to talk through her new book, Screw Nice.

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One weekend in one state: Three women and a child stabbed to death

Latest news

Are girls getting their periods earlier? And can parents do anything about it?

Australians wait years for a dementia diagnosis, and care falls on women

We know women face a scaling cliff. Here’s what female founders can do

Australia has recognised children as victim-survivors in their own right. Now we need governments to act on it.

Ed Sheeran says politics has no place in his music. These female pop stars disagree

7 of the weirdest things coffee does to your body

Australia’s record 8th place on gender equality is still no time for complacency

Gender parity is 120 years away. These are the best and worst countries for gender equality

Podcast: Why it’s time to quit being nice

New endometriosis care plan aims to reduce years-long diagnosis delays for Australian women

Rapists and domestic violence perpetrators to face tougher laws under Victorian Labor

Karl Stefanovic and Keshnee Ibrahim’s business breakup made me reflect on my own 10-year business marriage & building Women’s Agenda

Ed Sheeran says politics has no place in his music. These female pop stars disagree

7 of the weirdest things coffee does to your body

Australia’s record 8th place on gender equality is still no time for complacency

Gender parity is 120 years away. These are the best and worst countries for gender equality

‘We don’t do consent’: The comments sparking backlash against Joanna Howe’s husband

My Mum was what the NDIS calls an ‘informal support’. Then she died

As One Nation surges in NSW, its leader Mike Newman vows to ‘stop’ abortion

Are you pregnant yet? No one tells you how far miscarriage travels

Ed Sheeran claimed neutrality, then made the most political call of his career

The Sweeney ad isn’t about sport, it’s about who gets to profit from women’s bodies

A sharp rise in syphilis among Australian women should be an ‘urgent priority’, experts say

The people building AI say it might kill us. Trump says his ‘High IQ’ will handle it

The HYROX poo incident exposes our obsession with pushing through

Climate adaptation has a limit. Nepal has reached it

A third of us avoid the doctor out of fear. Mine became an emergency

New rule to limit screen time for children in public schools across NSW amid poor test results

Mary Gaudron, the first woman to sit on Australia’s High Court, dies aged 83

We may be able to turn off the algorithm, but we can’t escape the misogyny of the manosphere

The invisible mental load is making mums feel unseen and alone. Here’s how to fix it.

Women are gambling to escape pain. Australia’s gambling reforms need to understand why

The government’s own review said protect minority groups from online hate. Why has the proposed digital duty of care dropped it?

We know women face a scaling cliff. Here’s what female founders can do

Karl Stefanovic and Keshnee Ibrahim’s business breakup made me reflect on my own 10-year business marriage & building Women’s Agenda

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

From our Partners

New endometriosis care plan aims to reduce years-long diagnosis delays for Australian women

The invisible mental load is making mums feel unseen and alone. Here’s how to fix it.

The Aussie mum who became a living donor to give her daughter a second chance at life

Podcast: Why it’s time to quit being nice

Events For Women

Micro-credential – Work Effectively in Autonomous Environments

The IT Workforce in the Age of AI

Build Your Future in Applied Technologies

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