Meeting The Queen for the first is time is never going to feel particularly natural. Especially with numerous cameras present. And Prime Minister Scott Morrison certainly didn’t disappoint in demonstr…
‘Don’t change your dream. Change the world’: Nike’s Women’s World Cup ad
In the lead up to the Women’s World Cup in France, Nike has released a powerful new advertisement with a budding young female player, Makena Cook, as its star and a line up of some of the world’…
I looked at 100 best-selling picture books: female protagonists were largely invisible
Despite a rise in feminist-themed books for children, picture books remain highly gendered overall, writes Sarah Mokrzycki from Victoria University in this piece republished from The Conversation. In…
Four ways your name can affect your job prospects
According to research, your name has a big influence on your job prospects and can cause problems in the hiring process, writes Ricardo Twumasi from University of Manchester, in this piece republished…
What do women really want from their employers? We need your help.
Can you help? Take the survey here. There are a lot of assumptions out there about what women in Australia look for in an employer. Some of these of course, are educated guesses. For instance, flexib…
World 100 most influential gender equality list features Marian Baird, Libby Lyons & Julia Gillard
A handful of Australian women have appeared in a list of the world’s 100 most influential individuals on gender equality published overnight. The list recognises the most influential activists, academ…
‘They called it my folly’: How Natasha Chadwick had the last laugh & turned aged care on its head
Our latest series #CelebratingWomeninAgedCare brings to light the stories of unsung women in the industry: Women who work tirelessly and passionately to make a very real difference to the lives of our…
From the 1970s to today: How parents have been juggling kids & work
Support for working mothers has changed continually over the past few decades. Carla Pascoe Leahy, from University of Melbourne, has interviewed successive generations of Australian mothers to find ou…
Theresa May to go: ‘It’s in the best interests of the country’
She was handed the most difficult of tasks and she pursued it for almost three years, but tonight Theresa May has finally declared that time is up on her leadership, and on her personal pursuit of ach…
Queensland paper backtracks after using violent imagery to depict Annastacia Palaszczuk
The Sunshine Coast Daily was forced to apologise to its readers for picturing Annastacia Palaszczuk in crosshairs on its front page, next to the headline “Anna, you’re next”. It’s not enough, wr…
