Politics ‘The year of democracy’: How 2024 impacted female representation in global politics Here’s a look back at some of 2024’s most influential election results for women, after this year was deemed “the year of democracy”.
Music Jay-Z’s shout out to his wife: Why has Beyoncé never won Album of the Year at the Grammys? Jay-Z criticised the Recording Academy’s failure to award his wife Beyoncé with the most prestigious prize at the Grammys: Album of the Year.
News & Views Best selling video game gets its first female lead One of the popular video games in history, Grand Theft Auto, is getting its first female protagonist in 2025
News & Views In Helsinki, a new statue encourages women to embrace self-acceptance A new statute of a woman has been temporarily erected in the Finnish capital to promote self-acceptance and celebrate diverse female bodies.
Music ‘A very elite club for us women’: 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees include four women Four women– Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Chaka Khan– are among the artists inducted into this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
News & Views Like Edith Cowan, women in parliament today know what’s at stake when they don’t have a seat at the table Conrad Liveris is interviewing women politians in recognition of the centenary of Edith Cowan’s election to the WA Parliament in 1921.
News & Views Ignoring sex in medical research is ignoring women’s lives Recent research has found that ignoring sex in research ignores how some diseases, medicine and treatments impact men and women differently.
News & Views A lack of female representation is seeing women forgotten by the Morrison Government Julie Collins, pictured, is Labor’s Shadow Minister for Women.
News & Views Only 18% of people profiled on Wikipedia are women The gender bias on the web-based, free encyclopedia Wikipedia is real. Just 18% of people profiled on the platform are women.
News & Views Gender parity ‘107 years’ off if trends persist, warns UN General Assembly President UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa warned that there had been a “serious regression” in the political power of women.
News & Views ‘They should preselect a woman, my withdrawal can pave the way’: Andrew Bragg exits Wentworth race The frontrunner for Liberal preselection in Malcolm Turnbull’s former seat of Wentworth had declared the party should preselect a woman instead of him.
News & Views LNP claims ‘recruitment, retention & mentoring’ will improve women’s representation. So why isn’t it working? Liberal deputy leader Josh Frydenberg seems adamant that his party will hit its 50% female representation target by 2025. We’re just not sure how.