News & Views Fibromyalgia affects seven times more women than men. Why don’t we know how to treat it? Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes chronic pain all over the body. We don’t know what causes it, or how to treat it.
Women's Health News A ‘hidden epidemic’: The case for trauma-informed medical care in Australia It’s time to train all doctors, no matter what their speciality, in all the different ways that trauma can show up on the body.
News & Views US Election Day 2020: What’s on the ballot for women? This Tuesday, the US will elect its next president, and the outcome could be disastrous for women’s health.
News & Views On playing the long game: What we can learn from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life’s work Ruth Bader Ginsburg was truly the anti-Trump. We need more of her courage, conviction and commitment to progress in the face of hate.
News & Views Sexual assault shouldn’t be so hard to prosecute but untested rape kits show we just don’t care enough In Australia, thousands of rape kits sit untested in crime labs and police offices. And yet women are told that sexual assault is ‘too hard’ to prosecute.
News & Views Another haunting example of how the law fails victims of rape The man who raped Holly and Marissa as teenagers will never stand trial for his crime in another example of the justice system failing victims of rape.
Health ‘Doctors thought I was exaggerating, lying or just weak’: Endometriosis & the politics of female pain Lucia Osborne Crowley learnt to insist her pain was real, before she finally found a doctor who believed her. She’s since had 5 laparoscopic surgeries
Uncategorised We need a Bill of Rights to end the political point-scoring A resounding ‘Yes’ to marriage equality has politicians talking about human rights in the context of religious freedom. If only they’d look further.
Uncategorised Those who dismissed #MeToo were (thankfully) mistaken Telling the truth can change everything. And that’s why #MeToo has been more than just ‘clicktivism’.
Profiles Megan Davis appointed chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Growing up Megan Davis had a picture of the UN’s general assembly on her wall.
Profiles It’s not about this job, it’s about the next: Gillian Franklin When Gillian Franklin started her career, she decided she wanted to become a general manager by the time she was 30.
Advice How YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki’s career benefits her family Susan Wojcicki became the CEO of YouTube this February at age 46 and is now eight months pregnant with her fifth child.