Business Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to women’s rights after being kept awake by worries High profile philanthropist, Melinda Gates has pledged a huge $1 billion to furthering gender equality and building the power of women.
News & Views The politics of women’s clothing From victim-blaming to criticism, slut-shaming, harassment and even punishment, the subject of women’s clothing remains political and fraught.
News & Views Two women, one school girl and three world leaders clutching at straws Scott Morrison, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have faced very different questions this week, but all three have resorted to clutching at straws
Politics ‘Needless anxiety’ Scott Morrison’s dismissal of Greta Thunberg is truly staggering Morrison warned that we should “caution against raising the anxieties of children in our country” when addressing the threat of climate change.
News & Views ‘No one is above the law’: Nancy Pelosi announces Donald Trump impeachment inquiry A phonecall between Donald Trump & the Ukrainian president will be investigated in a formal impeachment inquiry announced by Nancy Pelosi.
News & Views ‘We want our future back’: why girl activists are leading the climate movement Climate change is not fair. It has disproportionate impacts on those of us who are especially vulnerable: children and particularly girls.
Uncategorised New allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh Over the weekend, The NYTimes released fresh allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh. Since then, a wave of calls for his impeachment.
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.
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.
Leadership G7 leaders urged to implement feminist foreign policies & ditch gender discrimination Over the weekend, G7 leaders were urged to get rid of discriminatory gender laws that remain in their statute books and implement feminist foreign policies.
News & Views The Amazon is burning at a record rate. There are many reasons to pay attention Greed, a far-right presidency, droughts, climate change. We have many reasons to pay attention to the Amazon right now. But will we?
News & Views How nationalism is fuelling xenophobia and white supremacy A correlation between Trump’s divisive anti-immigrant rhetoric and a groundswell of white supremacist incidents is starting to emerge.