News & Views Newborn babies & mothers killed in shocking maternity ward attack in Kabul Newborn babies, their mothers, pregnant women and nurses were among the 24 people killed at the maternity ward at Dasht-e-Barchi hospital.
Politics Why women leaders are excelling during the coronavirus pandemic Greater involvement of women leaders results in a broader perspective on the crisis, and paves the way for the deployment of more complete solutions.
News & Views The impact of COVID-19 on women’s safety is only just beginning Domestic abuse experts are warning that the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s safety are only just beginning to be felt in Australia.
News & Views ‘Gender still doesn’t explain everything, nor nothing’: Julia Gillard On the latest episode of the Women are the Business podcast, Julia Gillard sat down with host Sophie Thomas, to talk all things women in leadership.
News & Views Jacinda Ardern to join Australia’s national cabinet meeting on Tuesday New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be phoning in to Australia’s national cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss COVID-19 responses.
News & Views Greta Thunberg gives $100K to UNICEF to help children affected by coronavirus Greta Thunberg teams with Danish development organization HUMAN ACT and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support children impacted by COVID-19.
News & Views How Dr Annaliese van Diemen’s tweet became ‘The biggest issue of the day’ for some We’re in the midst of a pandemic, but in Victoria the big story is Dr Annaliese van Diemen and her twitter account.
Climate We must also ‘flatten the climate curve’: An open letter to Australian politicians from a frontline healthcare worker Dr Jessica Hegedus issues a plea to Australian politicians to use what they’ve learnt on COVID-19 to address the climate curve, before it’s too late.
News & Views Forget what you’ve been told, COVID-19 does discriminate – just ask Australian women A phrase that has been repeated again and again by leaders throughout the COVID-19 crisis is that the disease doesn’t discriminate. But this is not true.
News & Views Obama White House watched Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech ‘a lot’ One of Barack Obama’s former senior advisors has revealed the Obama White House team would often watch Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech.
News & Views Hillary Clinton backs Joe Biden but faces a wave of criticism On Tuesday night, Joe Biden held a livestream event to highlight women’s issues during the coronavirus pandemic as part of his presidential campaign.
News & Views ‘We have done it together’: Jacinda Ardern on New Zealand’s extraordinary COVID-19 win New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is no longer any undetected community transmission of COVID-19 in the country.