You’ll have to forgive me. I’ll do my best to be coherent. But you see, I’ve been on the sauce for about 24 hours. I popped the cork on that bottle of champagne we ladies have been keeping on ice for …
This government wants to blame ‘choices’ over discrimination. That won’t close the gender pay gap.
Tomorrow (28th August) is Equal Pay Day and a great opportunity to review our Government’s road map to gender equality. But as Kristine Ziwica finds, there’s a lot of ‘choices’…
Why parenting books are rubbish. Confessions of a former ghost writer.
Confession. Many moons ago, when I was starting out in journalism, I worked for a time at a parenting magazine, where, among other things, I ghost wrote a column for Dr. Spock. By then, the esteemed d…
The PM telling women to ‘contact the police’ is not good enough. Leaders must act on sexual harassment allegations
How many more women need to flay themselves publicly and disclose experiences of sexual harassment before leaders take action? Kristine Ziwica reflects on Australia’s long overdue #MPToo moment. On T…
If the chore wars are about to go nuclear, should men and women unite in common cause?
Are men (a bit) shit? Genuine question. Read on. You might be surprised by the answer. A few weeks ago, I wrote a column in response to new research from the Australian Institute of Family Studies tha…
Melinda Gates journey to loudly, and proudly, claiming the feminist mantle
I have to admit. I approached “The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World”, Melinda Gates new memoir/ manifesto, with a bit of trepidation. Would this be another privileged corporate w…
‘This is a journey’: How Rosie Batty reframed the way we talk about & treat domestic violence
Four years on from Rosie Batty’s landmark speech at the National Press Club, Kristine Ziwica, who was there and worked with Rosie to prepare her remarks, reflects on how far we’ve come and how far we …
Australian dads’ working lives (still) don’t change when a baby arrives
There has been “almost no change” in the number of men taking up flexible work since 2008, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Just let that si…
‘I understand Tanya Plibersek’s decision, I do. But I also mourn what could have been.’
Every now and again, things cross your radar screen around the same time prompting you to think about something in a slightly new way, even prompting something of an epiphany. And so it was for me thi…
Scott Morrison and the Coalition are gaslighting Australia’s women
I’ve just returned from a short holiday in Queensland with my family. But while I was away, I kept up on the news and, as some may have noticed, got more than a little bit Twitter peeved when Scott Mo…
