Politics

As the US government engages in peace negotiations with the Taliban, not a single woman has been included, writes Susan Hutchinson.

It is not the first time the high-profile Councillor and Vietnamese refugee Dai Le has contested the safe Labor seat. In 2008 and 2011 she ran as a Liberal.

Raya al-Hassan has been appointed Lebanon’s interior minister, seeing her become the first woman in the Arab world to take on the portfolio.

Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel has been relatively reserved when it comes to directly taking on the Trump administration’s foreign policy in speeches.

Climate change? Domestic violence? All low on the agenda once again in favour of vitriolic politics and other forms of fearmongering

For some time it’s been obvious that the federal Coalition & the Liberal Party in particular, has a significant “woman problem” but it’s not just them.

Australian women are extremely concerned about the future of the planet and this fear is impacting the likelihood of young women having children altogether. 

Oxfam International Director Winnie Byanyima and historian Rutger Bregman discuss The Cost of Inequality at Davos & it’s gone viral.

The list of female candidates taking on blue ribbon seats at the next election is growing, with MP Julia Banks to take on Greg Hunt in Flinders.

Zali Steggall has announced she’ll run as an independent for the blue-ribbon seat of Warringah in Sydney’s north, taking on Tony Abbott in the process.

The House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Donald Trump she would not authorise the State of the Union address until the government is re-opened.

Interviewing Barack Obama during his last Australian visit, gave Holly Ransom the confidence to launch a bold, new business model.