News & Views International Women’s Day: what does the Pledge for Parity mean? March 8th 2016 see’s us celebrate International Women’s day with the theme – Pledge for parity.
News & Views Blaming victims for domestic violence: how psychology taught us to be helpless The story of how psychology framed women for their own assaults began, as so many of psychology’s stories do, with some trapped animals.
News & Views Australian of the Year David Morrison as a ‘warrior for women’ shows belief in the male protector lives on When former Chief of Army David Morrison was announced as the 2016 Australian of the Year, a number of media outlets pronounced him as “warrior for women”.
News & Views I Look Like A Real Estate Agent: Why Do They Think I’m His Assistant? Recently I was at an open home viewing with a newbie salesperson who was there to learn from me and get a feel for how open homes go.
News & Views Yelp employee fired hours after speaking out against low wages San Francisco-based food review website Yelp has fired one of its customer service employees hours after she wrote a public essay condemning the company for not paying employees a living wage.
News & Views We must celebrate gender and sexual diversity in our schools Moralising commentaries about the Safe Schools Coalition are dangerously out of touch with the science of sex, the social research about gender and the realities of the ways that young people already understand their own sexual and gender identities.
News & Views Are you an office doormat? If you care about doing your job well and (equally) the opinion of others, have you occasionally been up for the Office Doormat award? “No!” you think, “I’ve always stuck up for my rights, as well as my responsibilities.
News & Views Sexist screen representations of women start in the script The issue of poor female representation in movies has been examined from many angles, from the lack of women in positions in power to investors wary of female-led films.
News & Views Women vulnerable to high cost credit Gender inequality of women starts early and follows them for their entire lives.
News & Views ‘Blokey’ department’s action plan for gender equity A new deputy secretary at a “blokey” primary industries department has a plan to give women a fair go.
News & Views Pledge for Parity “The right to freedom can never be absolute, because it must be consistent with the freedom of others.
News & Views These two organisations are joining forces to inspire the next generation of female entrepreneur superheroes Two not-for-profits are joining forces for an event backed by Microsoft that will aim to empower young girls with the various possibilities of the tech world.