With pointed, Thatcheresque precision, Member for Warringah and Independent MP Zali Steggall today made her first speech before a conservative-dominated parliament, calling on them to take action on c…
How Australians are investing in female entrepreneurs in India
On Tuesday an audience gathered inside Sydney’s Town Hall to hear from Daniel Fah, the co-founder and chair of the Virangana Project, which aims to connect disruptive female entrepreneurs seeking to e…
How brain researcher Dr Lucy Palmer makes discoveries and runs a laboratory
How do we understand the brain? It’s commonly referred to as the most complex entity in the universe. That’s why Dr Lucy Palmer has made it her life’s work to understand how the brai…
Women lead just 2.8% of the world’s biggest companies
Overnight, some new global business figures have been released and they’re not pretty. Of the Fortune 500 companies in the US, 33 have female CEOs which is an all-time record at 6.6%. Last year,…
Move over Hemsworth. Portman to assume the hammer in 2021
A brutally obsessive ballerina in Black Swan. A strong and nuanced leader in Star Wars. A freedom fighter in V for Vendetta. A mourning president’s wife in Jackie Kennedy. Natalie Portman has had no s…
Notifications are spiking our stress levels
When was the last time you felt a mini-high pulsate through your veins? Perhaps, it was just a few seconds ago. A text message from your boyfriend. An email alerting you to a sale at Sephora. A news u…
Four women, and the fight against Donald Trump’s racism
“I am the least racist person you’ve ever met,” Trump has said in the past, on more than a few occasions. It appears the President of the US does not understand the term at all. On Monday, he called H…
Four newly released books to warm you up this July
There is no shortage of women’s voices in the literary world right now and we’re recommending four books from four stellar, female writers. These are stories about women, by women, who sha…
Pharmaceutical companies focused on closing gender gap. But what’s the bottom line?
Last month, the Pharma Australia Gender Equity group released its findings on research conducted last year to tackle gender inequality within the pharmaceutical industry in Australia. The report found…
Will Twitter’s new rules on hateful speech also protect women?
Since last year, Twitter has been hard at work creating a new policy banning “dehumanizing speech”. Yesterday, the company released an update on their rules against hateful conduct, specifically expan…
