gender equality

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.

India’s top court has ruled in favour of equal rights in the armed forces, enforcing the government grants permanent commission to women officers.

The latest World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law index report reveals startling realities for women’s rights in the workplace.

Tony Abbott says in western countries middle class women do not have enough kids. Women in the welfare system have lots of kids.

Greece is set to elect its first female president, as centre-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nominates the country’s top judge, Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, for the role. 

Australia has slipped backwards again in the World Economic Forum’s latest Global Gender Gap Report to be ranked #44 out of 153 countries.

If we encourage the next generation of male leaders to reject stereotypes and create a new workplace vision, things might change for the better, writes Matthew Salisbury.

The Victorian government is set to be the first jurisdiction in Australia to hold its public sector to account on gender equality.