Soapbox Prevention that pays: Stop ranking children and start understanding them Schools must move beyond rankings to understand students early, improving wellbeing, engagement and outcomes through support
Climate Women do the work that holds energy transitions together. It’s time they got the opportunities too Women are already doing the heavy lifting on energy transitions. Governments must now treat women’s participation as core infrastructure.
News & Views Reality TV didn’t invent hegemonic masculinity. But it is helping mainstream it Reality TV, dating apps, and social media normalise hegemonic masculinity, shaping Gen Z men’s beliefs and relationship expectations.
News & Views When it comes to corporate climate action, radical honesty is the only policy Purpose-led businesses face scrutiny, but real climate action depends on transparency, honesty, and accountability when progress falls short.
News & Views A woman-only ride option isn’t discrimination. It’s common sense Uber has rolled out its “Women Preferences” feature, allowing women passengers to choose a woman driver But Australia is not included.
News & Views Capital Gains Tax is a feminist issue. Right now women are getting a poor deal Australia’s capital gains tax discount fuels the housing crisis, rewards wealthy investors and locks many women out of security. It is intergenerational and gendered unfairness.
News & Views Louis Theroux’s new Netflix doco on the manosphere misses the story In trying to understand the men of the manosphere, Louis Theroux offers them what they crave: recognition, legitimacy and a wider audience.
News & Views Survivors need agency, choice and voice in sexual violence justice. It’s time to act on reform One year since the ALRC handed down a landmark sexual violence report, we must provide real choices to put survivors in control, writes Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody.
Soapbox The UN’s gender architecture is under review. What happens next matters Proposed UN reforms raise concerns a merger of UN Women and UNFPA could weaken global gender equality protections.
News & Views The health system won’t improve for women until it listens to them As we move on from International Women’s Day for another year, my hope is simple: that women are truly listened to.
Climate Every degree of global warming deepens gender inequality. Here’s what we can do about it. By 2090, 10% of all cases of intimate partner violence are expected to be caused by climate change. We need to talk about it.
News & Views You know March 8, what about March 1? The question says everything about who feminism centres I had never heard of ‘International Women of Colour’ Day. The moment I discovered it existed annually on the first day of Women’s History Month, I felt something uncomfortable.