Politics

UN Women has stepped up its efforts to help end women’s experiences of sexual harassment, by appointing Purna Sen to a newly created leadership position.

Female politicians in Australia and around the world are mixing breastfeeding and politics in growing numbers. But aside from this practical and symbolic change, what more needs to be done?

Malcolm Turnbull faced his 30th consecutive Newspoll loss last night. A milestone, given his justification in 2015 for toppling Tony Abbott for the same reason. Are Australians sick of a government that fails to represent them?

There’s now greater awareness and more widespread acceptance that being a female leader is a unique and colossal challenge.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has introduced leading private sector human resources executive Emma Hogan as the new NSW Public Service Commissioner. 

Where would we be #withouttwitter? The social platform often gets a bad rap from politicians but is it warranted? We ask leading women in the #Auspol Twitter community to share their thoughts.

With Labor’s Ged Kearney now in the lower house, and Kristina Keneally (Labor) and Amanda Stoker (Liberal) selected for Senate positions, what do the numbers look like now?

New research from Plan International Australia looks at the huge gaps and injustices faced by women in developing countries.

There’s officially another woman in the Senate, after Amanda Stoker was preselected by the LNP over the weekend and formally sworn into the Federal Parliament on Thursday. 

Millennials get a bad wrap: We’re narcissistic, entitled and politically disengaged. But is this the truth or are we really just sick of the politicians representing us?

Former President of the ACTU, Ged Kearney has taken out the Batman byelection overnight, beating Greens candidate, Alex Bhathal. The proportion of women in the federal Labor caucus now sits at 48%.

Gina Haspel, current deputy of the CIA is set to become the agency’s first female director following the latest White House shake-up.