News & Views Hundreds of women detained in latest Belarus protests Thousands of women marched in protests in Minsk over the weekend, calling for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.
News & Views Women, “It’s Our Time” to stand for local government elections The Victorian Government have launched a new campaign calling on Victorian women to stand as candidates stand for local government elections.
News & Views MP Nicolle Flint calls out ‘sexist rubbish’ by wearing garbage bag dress. And gets cross-party support South Australian MP Nicolle Flint has put herself in a garbage bag dress to call out sexism from ABC journalist Peter Goers.
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.
News & Views Victorian Greens Leader Samantha Ratnam makes history Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam makes history as the first pregnant leader of a political party in Australia which ‘shows how far we have to go’.
Leadership Looking for talented politicians? Broaden your gaze, says Julia Gillard Stephanie Milione launched the report in Melbourne yesterday, with former PM Julia Gillard supporting the initiative through EMILY’S LIST.
Uncategorised Australia achieves historic gender balance in Senate after Sarah Henderson’s weekend win Sarah Henderson’s preselection win in Victoria will set the number of female and male Senators at an even gender divide at 38 each.
Politics She put her hand during the high-profile Wentworth by-election, now Licia Heath wants more women to follow Licia Heath is the CEO of Women for Election Australia (WFEA) a not-for-profit, non-partisan organisation encouraging women to succeed in politics.
News & Views UK MP Caroline Lucas proposes an emergency all-female cabinet UK MP Caroline Lucas has written an open letter to a cross-party group calling for a cabinet of women to stop a ‘disastrous’ no-deal Brexit.
News & Views Julia Gillard: Knitting shows another side of me Julia Gillard’s push for the women’s vote has been ramped up again with a photograph of the prime minister knitting in an armchair released by the Australian Women’s Weekly today.