News & Views Victorian government announces free tampons and pads for students Premier Daniel Andrews’ announced yesterday that free pads and tampons will be available on campus in state schools from 2020.
Leadership Anam Javed: Islamaphobia is hurting women & major news outlets and politicians are exacerbating the issue Anam Javed is an advocate for equal treatment of Muslims, and spent two years managing the Interfaith Portfolio of the Islamic Council of Victoria
News & Views A man who ran over & killed his fiance, Alicia Little, jailed for four years Evans was sentenced to four years’ jail after he drove his vehicle into his fiancée, Alicia Little, on a property in central Victoria.
Uncategorised Australia achieves historic gender balance in Senate after Sarah Henderson’s weekend win Sarah Henderson’s preselection win in Victoria will set the number of female and male Senators at an even gender divide at 38 each.
News & Views More women! But only those with merit: Scott Morrison Merit was the key word mentioned when Prime Minister Scott Morrison the NSW State Liberal party sthould get more women in Parliament.
News & Views #AmINext: Thousands line the streets to protest violence against women in South Africa Thousands of South African women took to the streets of Cape Town on Thursday to protest against increasing levels of gender-based violence.
News & Views Liberal MPs threaten move to crossbench over abortion amendments Tanya Davies and Kevin Conolly have told the NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian they will remove themselves from the party room if amendments are not passed.
News & Views Here’s why women should be worried about new religious discrimination laws As a woman of faith who has experienced the impacts of Islamaphobia – I know the importance of protecting people from discrimination.
Politics Peter Dutton claims Tamil family seeking Australian asylum are not ‘owed protection’ A last minute injunction to stop deportation has been granted to a Tamil family seeking asylum in Australia after living in the country for several years.
News & Views Greta Thunberg sails off the haters to arrive safely in New York After an epic 14 day voyage across the Atlantic, sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York earlier today.
News & Views A culture that devalues & excludes: Damning study shows why women are leaving STEM A new survey from Male Champions of Change and Accenture, “Harnessing our innovation potential” sheds light on why women are leaving jobs in STEM.
Uncategorised G7: This picture says it all about the severe underrepresentation of one half of the population 24 of the world’s biggest economic and political agitators at the G7. Only one woman has managed to represent more than half the world.