Alexis Ohanian wants Dads to feel empowered to help care for their families following the birth or adoption of a new child. The co founder and former CEO of Reddit, who also happens to be married to S…
Losing my executive job felt awful but I’m glad it happened
Brené Brown held an inspiring show in Melbourne last week. If you have lived in a cave over the last few years, she is a famous research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Soci…
Simone Biles performs history-making ‘double double’ beam dismount
Simone Biles made history over the weekend when she executed the most difficult dismount ever performed by a gymnast off a balance beam. She landed a double-twisting, double-somersault dismount off th…
Cricket Australia’s new gender rules give much-needed clarity to athletes and clubs
Cricket Australia has contributed to gender diversity policy in the sport, providing clarity around expectations for gender diverse athletes and cricket clubs, writes Daryl Adair, from University of T…
We need more female entrepreneurs, yet many girls cannot name one
Forty percent of Australian girls who participated in a series of recent workshops could not name a female entrepreneur or businessperson. Of the girls who could, twenty-six percent named Kylie Jenner…
‘Young girls like me expect equality’: 12yo Lilian Reynolds pens epic plea for equal pay in sport
Lilian Reynolds has just turned 12 and is passionate about equality in sport. Having played soccer in Launceston, Tasmania for six years, she can’t accept that elite sportswomen are paid less than men…
The first all-women professional ‘Fortnite’ eSports team arrives
Last week, I wrote about the abominable reality of being a woman in the world of eSports. This week, it seems some good has come out of the other multiple uproars over the absence of females in the Fo…
