News & Views We keep asking women to drink less. We should be asking what they’re drinking to forget Women’s rising alcohol deaths point to the need for treatment that addresses the trauma and mental health issues behind addiction.
News & Views As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse I can say that Australia still isn’t doing enough to protect children Australia’s top ranking on child protection masks ongoing failures to address sexual abuse within families and protect children.
News & Views I’m 20, I want a family one day, but the cost of living is already making me question if it’s possible Young Australians still want children, but rising housing and financial pressures are forcing many to reconsider.
Life Win Tickets to Suzie Miller’s Strong is the New Pretty We’re giving five Women’s Agenda members a double pass to Sydney Theatre Company’s new performance. Become a member before 13 Nov to enter.
News & Views The invisible labour propping up Australia is costing women their financial futures Women continue to shoulder unpaid care responsibilities, often sacrificing career progression, financial security and retirement savings in the process.
News & Views ‘Incredibly promising’: Australian researchers say routine mammograms could soon predict heart disease risk Women attending a routine mammogram could one day also have their risk for cardiovascular disease assessed.
Soapbox Australia’s healthcare failures are funding a radical wellness economy Australia’s failing healthcare system is pushing women towards online wellness influencers who exploit their desperation with dangerous misinformation and false promises of control.
News & Views “Hormonal” isn’t a diagnosis: Why women’s midlife mental health keeps getting missed It’s World Menopause Month, and Dr Fatima Khan says medicine is still too quick to dismiss the link between hormones and mental health.
News & Views ‘She coulda left’: The powerful artwork exposing the excuses used to minimise violence against women Artists Philippa Lysaght and Omi McCurdie are the women behind a powerful new artwork that’s turning heads in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
News & Views Jacqui Lambie’s vaginal prolapse isn’t the joke. Pauline Hanson’s internalised misogyny definitely is. It was bitterly disappointing to watch One Nation turn Jacqui Lambie’s health issue – a vaginal prolapse into a punchline.
News & Views Matti Clements reappointed Director of Australian Institute of Sport ahead of Brisbane 2032 Olympics Matti Clements has been reappointed as the Director of the Australian Institute of Sport for a further three years.
News & Views Australia’s aged care system leans on 2.43 million people — mostly women — it has never counted This week Vera and YouGov published the first national count of the Australians caring for an ageing parent. There are 2.43 million of them.