Environmental activist and 16-year-old Swedish school student Greta Thunberg is the young woman behind the global movement of student activism for climate action. Last year, Thunberg started skipping …
Beth Toon appointed first CEO of Place Design Group
Beth Toon is set to take on the role of CEO at Place Design Group. This position has been introduced to lead the executive team and the entire company, with a focus on long-term growth and success. Wi…
A degree in her 60s, still on the feminist front in her 90s. Honouring the incredible life of Margaret Jones
A local activist and one of Redfern Legal Centre’s longest serving volunteers passed away this month, aged 91. Margaret Jones was a woman who always marched to the beat of her own drum. She devoted he…
‘I need to act as a role model’: Raya al-Hassan appointed Arab world’s first female interior minister
Lebanon’s new government has appointed Raya al-Hassan as interior minister, seeing her become the first woman in the Arab world to take on such a portfolio. al-Hassan is a senior politician in Lebanon…
The 12 women and their books nominated for the $50,000 Stella Prize
Prepare to make room on your fiction and non-fiction reading lists, as twelve women have been named finalists in the longlist for the 2019 Stella Prize for the excellent books they’ve recently p…
Five brilliant quotes from a collection of women’s speeches that will empower and inspire
This week in the Women’s Agenda office we happily received a copy of Anna Russell’s So Here I am, a collection of powerful speeches by women in their own words, that’s beautifully il…
Yasodai Selvakumaran is up for a massive global teaching prize. Here’s why
Yasodai Selvakumaran is one of 50 finalists in the major Global Teacher Prize 2019. Recognised nationally as an outstanding teacher and leader, she has achieved consistently high results and, in a car…
Five things you need to know about Ashleigh Barty
Ashleigh Barty has pulled off a stunning victory against former world No. 1 powerhouse Maria Sharapova. In one of the most important matches of her career to date, the 22-year-old from Ipswich, Queens…
