In news surprising almost no one, the 2019 Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia report showed Australian women in heterosexual couples shoulder far more childcare and domestic work than m…
UN Women flagship report reveals families hold the key to global gender inequality
The United Nations says women’s rights have advanced around the world over the past decades but gender inequality and violence within the home is still rife. UN Women released its flagship report Prog…
If the chore wars are about to go nuclear, should men and women unite in common cause?
Are men (a bit) shit? Genuine question. Read on. You might be surprised by the answer. A few weeks ago, I wrote a column in response to new research from the Australian Institute of Family Studies tha…
The global report on fathers that ought to be mandatory reading
While many men are becoming more engaged as fathers and hands-on caregiving partners, in 23 middle- and high-income countries, the unpaid care gap between men and women has decreased by only seven min…
Record number of women recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
A record number of Australian women were recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours on Monday. Women comprised 40% of recipients across all tiers of the awards, including five out of the 12 people rec…
Why we should stop talking about gender quotas in the media and just do it already.
When approached by media news site B&T about being part of a debate on quotas at their annual Changing the Ratio event, my response was emphatic: “I’d love to… But only if I̵…
No country in the world will achieve gender equality by 2030
No country in the world is on track to achieve gender equality by 2030 as hoped, according to the first global index on gender equality. The SDG Gender Index finds that with just 11 years to go, 40% o…
World 100 most influential gender equality list features Marian Baird, Libby Lyons & Julia Gillard
A handful of Australian women have appeared in a list of the world’s 100 most influential individuals on gender equality published overnight. The list recognises the most influential activists, academ…
Gender equality in parliament is still light years away…but why is that so?
Australia could once count itself among the vanguard of women’s rights reform, being the first country in the world to grant (some) women the dual rights of voting and standing for parliament in 1902.…
Australian dads’ working lives (still) don’t change when a baby arrives
There has been “almost no change” in the number of men taking up flexible work since 2008, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Just let that si…
