Women 's Agenda

As if it weren’t hard enough.

This year’s incarnation of Pause Fest will offer more opportunities for startups, change-makers and creatives to connect, founder George Hedon says.

In issues as diverse as domestic violence to media representation, women have made themselves heard in 2015.

It comes as a shock to many when they realise that the apps and content on their computers and mobile devices are not their property to do with as they wish.

Pride and Prejudice (1813) is by far Jane Austen’s most popular novel but, for literary critics, Emma (1816) is more often ranked as her greatest achievement.

Emmeline Pankhurst, the grande dame of the suffragette movement, sent an angry telegram to the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes, condemning her daughter, Adela Pankhurst, for her opposition to World War I and compulsory conscription laws.

My main area of research is in domestic and family violence.

Last Wednesday, German publishing group Bauer Media confirmed speculation that it would close production of the iconic Australian women’s magazine Cleo, after almost 44 years, with the final edition to be released next month.

The non-profit organisation, TED, is dedicated to spreading ideas through the medium of powerful talks.

The culture in astronomy, and in science more broadly, needs a major reboot following revelations early this year of another case of harassment against women by a senior male academic.

I took in a staggering amount of email on Christmas day last year.

The women of the Suffragette movement are often depicted as pioneers in the struggle for female emancipation.