The finalists for the Australian Women in Wine Awards 2019 have just been announced, showcasing some of Australia’s leading talent in the wine industry. The awards celebrate and reward the work of wom…
Gillian Triggs appointed UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
Professor Gillian Triggs has been appointed Assistant High Commissioner for Protection in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Triggs, who recently completed a five-year te…
Simone Biles performs history-making ‘double double’ beam dismount
Simone Biles made history over the weekend when she executed the most difficult dismount ever performed by a gymnast off a balance beam. She landed a double-twisting, double-somersault dismount off th…
We need more female entrepreneurs, yet many girls cannot name one
Forty percent of Australian girls who participated in a series of recent workshops could not name a female entrepreneur or businessperson. Of the girls who could, twenty-six percent named Kylie Jenner…
Ocasio-Cortez slams viral image of young men ‘groping & choking’ her cardboard cut-out
A group of young, white men in “Team Mitch” t-shirts gather around a cardboard cutout of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Several of them hold their thumbs down, while one holds the cut-out aroun…
Financial equality for Australian women is more than a generation away
Australian women are likely to wait 45 years, more than a generation, before achieving financial equality. The latest Financy Women’s Index shows that progress on economic equality for women has slowe…
Olympic champion Sally Pearson retires from athletics after 16 years
Sally Pearson, one of Australia’s greatest Olympians, has announced her retirement from athletics effective immediately. On Tuesday morning, less than a year out from the 2020 Tokyo Games, Pearson de…
Homelessness has grown by 31% for women aged 55 & older
The number of women aged 55 and over who experience homelessness in Australia has grown by 31% between 2011 and 2016. This trend is expected to continue unless social housing provision is expanded, gi…
Greta Thunberg claps back at Andrew Bolt after he labels her ‘deeply disturbed’
16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg has hit back at News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt for his recent column that referred to her as “deeply disturbed”, “strange” and “freakishly influential”. Th…
Only 18% of people profiled on Wikipedia are women
The gender bias on Wikipedia, is real. Only 18% of people profiled on the web-based, free digital encyclopedia are women. Wikipedia is the fifth most visited website in the world and is based on a mod…
