The Today Show might be struggling with its January ratings, but Brooke Boney — the show’s new entertainment reporter — is breaking the mould in the best way possible. She’s qu…
The Women’s Wave is Coming: Global marches set to move ahead this weekend
For the third year, the historic Women’s March will move ahead with a core event held in Washington DC and sister marches taking place globally this weekend. Using the slogan ‘The #WomensW…
Gillette’s take down of toxic masculinity traverses brave new ground in advertising
Some companies do their best to turn a blind eye to social reform while others gingerly attempt to enter the conversation through sense of obligation. Others however–the brave ones – dive …
Tennis is evolving for the better and Serena Williams is at the forefront
Two years on from winning the Australian Open while pregnant, Serena Williams is back on court, proving her commitment to the game and its future is as watertight as ever. Williams’ prolific inf…
The most powerful moments that happened for women in 2018
No one could blame you for looking back on 2018 and thinking, “what the hell just happened?” An inrush of sexual harassment and assault allegations across almost every sector, a spike in d…
Tanya Plibersek outlines measures to help close gender pay gap
Labor has today proposed new measures to combat the gender pay gap in female-dominated industries, should it be elected to govern in 2019. Speaking at Labor’s annual conference this week, Shadow…
How can women be equal at work when inequality at home still thrives (especially at Christmas)?
Most large organisations in Australia have set targets to minimise gender inequality. From pay transparency to flexible work, paid-parental leave top-ups to mentoring and unconscious bias programs. Bu…
Films with female leads do better at box office, new study finds
For all those haters of women-led, film franchises we’ve got something to stick up your pipe and smoke: Films with female leads are more likely to perform better at the box office. A new study c…
Women don’t need to ‘act like men at work’, but the opposite may help
“Women need to act more like men at work”. It’s a line oft repeated and therefore implicitly believed by many; and at face value it’s plain to see why. Men are still dominant i…
Female-led businesses you can get behind this Christmas
Everyone loves Christmas, but not everyone loves Christmas shopping. We’ve compiled a brief list of female-led businesses that offer up a bunch of gift options available online (with minimal str…
