Susan Hocking

For the many decades I have been criss-crossing the world, there was something I realise that I never left home without.

An analysis of labour force participation in Australia has revealed the astounding fact that the number of women over the age of 60 clinging to work has jumped 300% in just 20 years.

Recently, in a doctor’s surgery, I had what I now call my very own “Tim Hunt Moment.

From the moment I became interested in women’s reproductive health – in the first instance, mine – it seemed patently clear that when it came to controlling their own fertility, women were not to be trusted.