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2025 tracking to be worst year on record for capital raised by female-only founding teams

2025 is tracking to be the lowest year on record for capital raised by female-only founding teams, quarterly report shows.

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Jennifer Geerlings-Simons elected first female president of Suriname

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Professor Jane O’Leary appointed Research Director at Centre for Indigenous People and Work

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Jury finds Erin Patterson guilty in triple-murder trial

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Women in Australia’s defence force speak out on system failures against sexual violence

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Australia prepares to host biggest celebration of women’s football in Asia

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Raising a child on the minimum wage leaves single women with almost nothing

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Parents of kids in daycare are terrified following Melbourne abuse allegations. What can they do?

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‘A love letter to Central Australia’: How Melissa Cole blends bush medicine with skincare

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2025 tracking to be worst year on record for capital raised by female-only founding teams

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From her grandmother’s kitchen to global export: First Nations’ entrepreneur Sharon Brindley’s sweet success

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2025 tracking to be worst year on record for capital raised by female-only founding teams

Latest news

New Barbie doll with Type 1 Diabetes comes with insulin pump and glucose monitor

‘A love letter to Central Australia’: How Melissa Cole blends bush medicine with skincare

Caught up in the mushroom murder trial? Here’s a look at some of Australia’s most notorious women killers

The key deceptions in Erin Patterson’s testimony

15 years of UN Women and the urgent actions needed for global gender equality

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons elected first female president of Suriname

Professor Jane O’Leary appointed Research Director at Centre for Indigenous People and Work

In the wake of horror, parents need support — not shame for needing childcare

Podcast: What the Budget means for women

From her grandmother’s kitchen to global export: First Nations’ entrepreneur Sharon Brindley’s sweet success

The quiet struggle of career loneliness & the power of walking with a mentor

Biological differences might explain women’s increased likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s

15 years of UN Women and the urgent actions needed for global gender equality

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons elected first female president of Suriname

Professor Jane O’Leary appointed Research Director at Centre for Indigenous People and Work

In the wake of horror, parents need support — not shame for needing childcare

Jury finds Erin Patterson guilty in triple-murder trial

‘A cannon event for all us girlies’: Brooks Nader shows off a period stain at Wimbledon

Death toll rises amid catastrophic flooding in Texas with young girls missing

Women in Australia’s defence force speak out on system failures against sexual violence

Why a national inquiry into systemic child sexual abuse is urgently needed

How Haus of Dizzy’s Kristy Dickinson is building First Nations pride through jewellery

Australia prepares to host biggest celebration of women’s football in Asia

The silent crisis and superpower of sandwich generation businesswomen

The Liberal Party squabbles over quotas amid reckoning on women

‘Charred bodies of women and children’: Israeli attacks on Gaza intensify as pressure mounts for ceasefire

Why men in tinnies aren’t the only heroes during a flood disaster

Australia banned Kanye for antisemitism. His misogyny? No problem

Victim-survivor groups dismayed by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs verdict

The ‘menopausal load’: Naming the invisible burden women carry

Raising a child on the minimum wage leaves single women with almost nothing

How virtual reality supports breast cancer patients to protect their heart in radiation therapy

Parents of kids in daycare are terrified following Melbourne abuse allegations. What can they do?

‘A love letter to Central Australia’: How Melissa Cole blends bush medicine with skincare

2025 tracking to be worst year on record for capital raised by female-only founding teams

From her grandmother’s kitchen to global export: First Nations’ entrepreneur Sharon Brindley’s sweet success

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The quiet struggle of career loneliness & the power of walking with a mentor

How virtual reality supports breast cancer patients to protect their heart in radiation therapy

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