News & Views

Agenda setters, rule breakers, those that have shifted the dial. Here are the top ten women who have left us awe-inspired this year. 

Thirty-five children have died at an end-of-year school funfair in Nigeria after a crowd crush of more than 5,000 people.

Views around marriage are changing but proposals are stilll largely considered a man’s job. Women who do propose often feel judged.

Don’t fret about menopause, be it impending or current. Embrace your rage as you experience it, writes Jenny Susanto-Lee.

Women, as the cornerstone of the sandwich generation, will be disproportionately affected by the shift to an older population.

Gisele Pelicot shared a message of hope following the verdicts. Her former husband was senteced to 20 years. Others to less than what prosecutors sought.

A bill in the US to end institutionalised abuse against children is one step closer to becoming law, thanks to the tireless advocacy of Paris Hilton.

Four additional charges have been laid against Daniel Billings, the man accused of killing his former partner, Molly Ticehurst. 

After years of fighting for better childcare, the government’s new plan for universal, affordable early education is a big win for both kids and working parents.

Acclaimed Australian writer John Marsden died yesterday, aged 74. The author of the beloved Tomorrow series wrote and edited over 40 books.

Jaclyn Symes has been appointed as Victoria’s first ever female treasurer and will be sworn into the role later today.

Aid workers are deeply concerned for women, people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups in Vanuatu, after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Port Vila earlier this week.