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The Liberal Party squabbles over quotas amid reckoning on women

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

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

Australia banned Kanye for antisemitism. His misogyny? No problem

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?

Gender quotas don’t ‘subvert democracy’. They strengthen it.

Podcast: What the Budget means for women

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

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

The silent crisis and superpower of sandwich generation businesswomen

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?

Gender quotas don’t ‘subvert democracy’. They strengthen it.

‘A moment to act’: Calls for greater safety regulations after childcare worker charged with child sexual abuse

Women can now be drafted into Denmark’s military service

Marco Rubio expressed ‘regret’ over cancelled Trump meeting, Penny Wong says

This Melbourne café proves inclusive hiring is profitable and transformative

Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran launch new media company and podcast

Monash researchers develop world-first device to track breastmilk intake

Australia could lose 40% of its cancer research talent to gender bias

Sprinter turned filmmaker Jane Larkin brings untold stories of female athletes to the screen

We must end employer-initiated NDAs if we ever hope to end workplace sexual harassment

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My cousin died by suicide 13 days after giving birth. We must rethink the way perinatal mental health is treated

Diversity Council Australia appoints Tara Le Friedman and Zak Hammer as new board directors

‘Unmitigated disaster’: Kyle and Jackie O show flops in Melbourne as advertisers defect

Meet Zohran Mamdani, the unexpected frontrunner for New York City mayor

‘Draconian protest laws’: Hannah Thomas severely injured at a pro-Palestinian protest in Sydney

Whatever happened to the Albanese government’s wellbeing agenda?

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