Australia’s school students are once again set to strike against inaction on climate change. On Friday 15th March, students from all over the world will take part in a school strike, including t…
Australian kids pick Wonder Woman as their favourite superhero, again.
Wonder Woman is the favourite superhero of Australian kids, topping the list for the 2nd consecutive year. A recent survey by Roy Morgan, found that 394,000 children picked Wonder Woman as their favou…
‘I realised I could play a positive role in healing the industry from within’: meet photographer Bec Lorrimer
Australian photographer Bec Lorrimer is on a mission to heal the fashion world from within. Lorrimer moved to New York from Australia 7 years ago to further her career in fashion photography and has n…
Yasodai Selvakumaran named one of world’s Top 10 teachers, one step closer to winning $1m Global Teacher Prize
Western Sydney humanities teacher Yasodai Selvakumaran has been named as one of the Top 10 teachers in the world this year, taking her one step closer to winning the coveted US $1 million Global Teach…
‘Show them what crazy can do’: Serena Williams brilliantly calls out double standards in new ad
Tennis superstar Serena Williams has called out gender bias and double standards in sport, and given the term “crazy” a shake-up, in a new Nike ad titled “Dream Crazier”. The 90 second ad …
‘I don’t want your hope, I want you to panic’: 16yo Greta Thunberg steps it up on taking on global business leaders
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…
