News & Views NZ PM Jacinda Ardern is engaged to partner Clarke Gayford New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner, Clarke Gayford are engaged. Last year, the couple welcomed their first child.
News & Views Experts call on politicians to prioritise older women’s homelessness Experts are calling on all political parties to prioritise the issues of older women’s homelessness in the lead up to the federal election.
News & Views Meet Nikki Johnston: a nursing trailblazer in aged care research Nikki Johnston has been named the inaugural Health Minister’s Nursing Trailblazer. She’s recently spearheaded a research project called INSPIRED.
News & Views Layne Beachley and Kerryn Phelps join forces to #fightforthebight World champion surfer Layne Beachley and Independent MP Kerryn Phelps joined forces over the weekend to bring attention to the #fightforthebight paddle out.
News & Views ‘Real money, concrete support’: Labor pledges $660 million in domestic violence prevention Labor has promised to commit more than $660 million to reducing family violence in Australia.
News & Views Sportswomen face overwhelming sexism on social media, study finds More than a quarter of all social media comments directed towards sportswomen are sexist, sexualised, belittling or otherwise negative in nature.
News & Views ‘We need disruptive systemic change’: Professor Renae Ryan on diversity in STEMM Renae Ryan is a Professor of Biochemical Pharmacology at the University of Sydney. She says there is danger posed by a lack of diversity in STEMM.
News & Views ‘Did you hear what I just said?’: Greta Thunberg delivers blunt speech to British MPs On Tuesday, the 16-year-old Swedish school student fronted the British Parliament, calling the UK’s active support of fossil fuel expansion “beyond absurd”.
News & Views More women in Australia are going to prison than ever before. Here’s why. While men make up the majority of the Australian prison population, the number of women entering the prison system is increasing at a much faster rate.
News & Views ‘The #fightforthebight campaign has gained momentum’: Meet Maev Kerri Fitzpatrick Maev Kerri Fitzpatrick, a surfer and now long-distance swimmer, is is taking action to prevent big oil entering the Great Australian Bight.
News & Views Professor Katherine Gibson appointed to prestigious Harvard University position Professor Katherine Gibson has been appointed as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University.
News & Views Australia’s next parliament will be unrepresentative of the population New research predicts Australia’s 46th parliament will be unrepresentative of the population when it comes to gender, cultural background and physical ability.