News & Views The game-changing engineer set to lead the UAE’s first Mars mission Sarah al-Amiri is leading the UAE’s first interplanetary mission as the first female minister of State for Advanced Technology.
News & Views A record number of females vied for seats in Singapore’s election A record 40 female politicians vied for seats in Singapore’s recent election & gender pay gap and violence against women were on the agenda.
Profiles I wrote a book to make the world feel less lonely “For the first 22 years of my life, I wasn’t encouraged to express what I wanted,” A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing author Jessie Tu writes.
Uncategorised What to read, watch & hear this week: The Culture Wrap Welcome to The Culture Wrap! This is a new Friday feature edited by Jessie Tu that shares her pick of things to read, hear and watch.
News & Views The alarming erasure of black women in science textbooks Why are fewer women, and even fewer BIPOC women, in the sciences than men? Maybe because we’re not seeing them in our textbooks.
News & Views Melanie Perkins’ Canva is now worth $8.6 billion Melanie Perkins, who co-founded Canva, is now one of the richest women in Australia. Her company is now worth $8.6 billion.
Appointments Que Minh Luu joins Netflix as Director of Local Originals for Australia After spending three and a half years at the ABC, Que Minh Luu has been appointed Netflix’s Director of Local Originals for Australia.
News & Views Ignoring sex in medical research is ignoring women’s lives Recent research has found that ignoring sex in research ignores how some diseases, medicine and treatments impact men and women differently.
News & Views ‘Build your own stage and make them see you’: Beyoncé’s commencement speech to Class of 2020 This year’s graduation season was hosted primarily online. Superstars including Lizzo, Michelle and Barak Obama and Beyoncé shared words of wisdom.
Uncategorised ‘Resignation can be an act of leadership’: Diversity needs more ‘step aside’ examples Alexis Ohanian publicly stated he resigned from the board of Reddit, the company he co founded, in order to be replaced by a black director.
News & Views ‘A heartbreak that never seems to stop’: Michelle Obama expresses anguish over the death of George Floyd As protests erupt across cities across the world over the death of another black man at the hands of police, Michelle Obama expressed her anguish and hope
News & Views J.K Rowling releases new children’s book The Ickabog J.K Rowling announced she will serialise an online fairy tale “about truth and the abuse of power” in thirty-four daily, free instalments.