News & Views Note to the naysayers: I don’t “just do the bookwork.” I run my husband’s business. Women are quietly running businesses across Australia, yet many still struggle to recognise their own leadership.
Soapbox I love my job, but like many other doctors, I’m exhausted. The hospital system must change Doctors are fighting for better conditions, but women in medicine are paying the price for a system that demands too much.
News & Views Endometriosis and PMOS can significantly impact mental health: Research Women with endometriosis and PMOS face a heavier mental health burden, exposing gaps in Australia’s fragmented healthcare system.
News & Views Footballers, schoolboys and the manosphere: We can do better than well wishes The allegations show why preventing misogyny matters, but so does standing with survivors when violence has already happened.
Local ‘That’s how much they care about our vaginas’: Jacqui Lambie breaks down over female veterans’ health Breaking down in parliament, Lambie described her own struggle accessing specialist care for vaginal prolapse following military service.
News & Views New national roadmap launched to protect people and their pets from family violence A national roadmap to ensure victim-survivors of family violence can seek safety without leaving their pets behind has been launched.
News & Views Two in five farmers want out of the industry and women face unique and rising pressures For many Australian farmers, keeping the farm going now means taking another job while carrying growing financial and mental strain.
Ed's Blog Scots and Swans: The private school and the footy team with bigger responsibilities than reputation management Scots College reassured parents that an alleged rape of a 14yo girl was an “incident that occurred outside school hours”. The Sydney Swans CEO described sexual assault allegations as a disappointing “situation players have found themselves in”.
News & Views How Julia Gillard became the most targeted prime minister during Question Time Julia Gillard was subjected to the highest proportion of opposition questions of any prime minister in recent decades.
News & Views Heterosexuality is everywhere in Australia’s response to violence against women — and yet almost never named. Australia’s violence prevention efforts need to look beyond gender and examine how heterosexual norms shape relationships between people.
Soapbox Harnessing women’s rage: What if we withdrew our money, labour and attention? Women’s rage is not the problem; it can become a powerful force for consequences, accountability, collective action and change.
News & Views The Sydney Swans scandal proves we still care more about footballers than the victims The Sydney Swans scandal shows how football culture still protects players while women are left to carry the burden of sexual violence.
