News & Views Four ways we can help prevent gender-based violence What everyday actions can help prevent domestic and family violence? Claire Tatyzo from YWCA Australia explores four key areas.
News & Views A “Female Relationship Resume” doesn’t prove you support women Monica Hesse calls the list of women in a man’s life that he uses to ‘prove’ he supports women the “Female Relationship Resume”.
News & Views The last thing women need is a corporate version of Mother’s Day The top-ranking site on Google if you search ‘International Women’s Day’ is a corporate entity. Proof IWD has become a corporate mother’s day?
News & Views Should we rename International Women’s Day to International Do-More-Work-For-Free Day? The irony of International Women’s Day becoming a peak opportunity to extract yet more free labour from women breathtaking.
News & Views Scott Morrison says we must do “all that we can” so he needs to fund services for women. Now. Every person fleeing violence from a current or former partner needs to be able to access the services they need, when they need it, where they need it.
News & Views Oscar snub of ‘Little Women’ shows the limits of Hollywood feminism The Oscars snubbing Greta Gerwig in category of best director for the film Little Women was surprising given its critical acclaim.
News & Views We need to talk about the 1000+ word job ad for a household manager/nanny/cook A job ad posted by a 39 year old Silicon Valley CEO and mum of 10 year old twins for a Household Manager / Cook/ Nanny went viral recently.
News & Views Dr Sophie Yates wins top honours for PhD on family violence Dr Yates’ thesis, a critical frame analysis of Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence was named Best HDR Doctoral Thesis.
News & Views Not so super: How one man was almost blocked from closing the (super) gap After having three children Christopher Budd wanted to transfer enough of his super to his wife’s so that each of their super balances would be equal.
Life Still serving guests while your male relatives relax? Everyday sexism like this hurts women’s mental health Everyday sexism might not be noticed by perpetrators or bystanders, but it can wear women down and is linked to poorer physical and mental health.
News & Views A culture that devalues & excludes: Damning study shows why women are leaving STEM A new survey from Male Champions of Change and Accenture, “Harnessing our innovation potential” sheds light on why women are leaving jobs in STEM.
Uncategorised G7: This picture says it all about the severe underrepresentation of one half of the population 24 of the world’s biggest economic and political agitators at the G7. Only one woman has managed to represent more than half the world.