News & Views ‘Why we’re marching’: Women protesters share their thoughts on change and progress Why we march: tens of thousands of women take over Sydney’s CBD to march for women’s rights and address violence against women
Education and economic opportunities Yasmin Poole: Which female leader most inspires you? So often, the answer is ‘my mother’ Yasmin Poole has been interviewing women across the Pacific about lockdowns and the gendered impacts of COVID-19.
News & Views ‘Heinous violation of human rights’: More than 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria More than 300 schoolgirls were abducted on Friday when unidentified gunmen raided a school in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria.
News & Views ‘Education is everything’: A Boko Haram survivor on why educating girls has the power to change the world Education is everything. It is the key that unlocks doors. Unleashes potential. Unlocks dreams, writes Aishatu Alhajikabu.
News & Views COVID survey shows women do much more unpaid work than men The Bureau of Statistics survey on the household impacts of Covid-19 show women do more unpaid work in the home.
News & Views Google’s goal to overturn dire numbers of black women in tech Google’s The Grow With Google Black Women Lead is a new initiative providing black women with career development and digital skills.
News & Views Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes first woman appointed director-general of World Trade Organization Nigeria’s former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed director general of the World Trade Organization.
Profiles Yanti Turang fought Ebola in Sierra Leone. Now she’s fighting COVID-19 in New Orleans. WHAT SHE DID NEXT talks to Yanti Turang, a registered nurse from Australia, working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
News & Views “Insufficient evidence” to recommend COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women (RANZCOG is advising most pregnant women against COVID vaccine because of insufficient data and a low number of cases in Australia.
News & Views Yasmin Poole named Youth Influencer of the Year An award honouring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr has been presented to 21-year old Canberra-based youth advocate Yasmin Poole.
News & Views Four in five Australians faced burnout in 2020 Work management app Asana has found that Australians had one of the highest rates of burnout of any country in 2020.
News & Views Five reasons women have made us hopeful for 2021 In 2021, we’re looking forward to these triumphant women leading us through with their resilience, courage and strength.
