Ed's Blog Cheers and lessons after Trump delegation failed to disrupt women’s rights forum The US delegation arrived at CSW70 with a goal of setting women’s rights backwards by meddling with language. It failed miserably.
Tech The great AI displacement is here. Women’s jobs are most at risk It’s time to put risks to women’s workplace participation due to AI-related job displacement firmly on the agenda.
News & Views Globally, the rate of cabinet posts held by women has decreased as political leadership overwhemingly dominated by men War overshadowed this week’s International Women’s Day, despite various events and activities hoping to ignore the global realities of escalating conflict, displacement, climate change and growing risks of gender-based violence on women and girls internationally.
Ed's Blog ‘More Australian babies!’ New Nationals leader Matt Canavan has a vision for Australia to help us return to the past Not just more Australian babies, but more Australian jokes and Australian BBQs and more Australian everything to “Make Australia… the country it was in the past.”
News & Views ‘In our hearts’: The race to protect courageous Iranian footballers “Australia has taken the Iranian women’s soccer team into our hearts,” Tony Burke said on announcing five players had been granted visas.
Ed's Blog Every day MUST be International Women’s Day The world is facing its greatest ever challenges. One day of elevataing women isn’t eneough for this emergency.
Ed's Blog Gender pay gaps go public. And the boardrooms of Australia start talking It’s gender pay gap data day, when the gender pay gaps of more than 10,000 empoyers across Australia go public. And people start asking questions.
News & Views When Albanese called Grace Tame “difficult,” he said more than he intended When Albanese opted for “difficult” as a descriptor for Grace Tame during a light-hearted word-association game, it was hard to stomach.
News & Views Ann Sherry on achieving impact, power and being the only woman in the room Ann Sherry shared what she’s learnt on delivering impact at the Women Unlimited conference on Thursday morning.
Ed's Blog The cherrypicking of ‘Australian Values’ to conveniently overlook equality, compassion and respect Australia inconveniently has a clear ‘Values Statement’ that goes well beyond listing democracy, the rule of law and various freedoms.
News & Views Liberal women are dropping like flies, but at least Jacinta Price is ‘back, baby’ Jacinta Price has gleefully declared she’s back, after being sensationally demoted from the shadow ministry by then-leader Sussan Ley.
