gender equality

Women represent only 28 per cent of medical leadership in Australia, despite having gender parity in Australian medical schools.

In this episode of the Women are the Business podcast, two experts address the power of research in understanding the lived experiences of women in developing countries.

The powerful Expenditure Review Committee, a sub-committee of Cabinet, is comprised exclusively of men. Is it any wonder women are missing out?

A report in the New York Times by Claire Cain Miller says that nearly half of men say they do most of the home schooling. Only 3 percent of women agree.

On the latest episode of the Women are the Business podcast, Julia Gillard sat down with host Sophie Thomas, to talk all things women in leadership.

When Dr Greg Downes’ youngest daughter began playing football, he noticed differences in how her team was treated in comparison with equivalent boys teams.

In the latest episode of the Women are the Business podcast, two experts answer the question, can we get to the other side of the pandemic without making gender inequity worse? And just maybe, could we make things better?

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down. Amidst the upheavals, it has laid bare how little we normally pay for “women’s work”.

This time last year, on International Women’s Day, Yasaman Aryani and her mum took off their headscarves and walked through a women-only train carriage in Tehran, handing out white flowers.

While stubborn social norms certainly affect women, they also affect men by limiting those men who want to take on caring roles.

To limit sexual harassment, employers need to invest in prevention, have an effective complaints management function and provide ongoing support.

Reporting by the media or the police that minimises the role of the perpetrators contributes to the culture of violence, Senator Larissa Waters writes.