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Female students are underperforming in numeracy compared to their male counterparts, according to the newly released NAPLAN results.

The importance of making multi-year investments to prevent the complex problem of sexual violence in Australia cannot be undervalued.

With the Women in STEM Ambassador Initiative coming to an end today, these funding gaps need government attention now more than ever.

Ensuring our frontline can respond with appropriate interventions to violence is essential. We can’t let it slip because “we can’t afford it”.

Around 52,000 women are turned away from Women’s Legal Services Australia every year due to funding shortages, new research has revealed.

The NSW government is set to improve and continue its Return to Work program with additional funding of $32 million.

A new program funded by the Australian government will award up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to help women in STEM.

Programs for Indigenous young men’s education are funded at a higher rate than programs for young Indigenous women.

Early-mid career researchers (EMCRs) and women are being disproportionally affected by job losses and funding cuts in medical research.

The government is yet to commit to renewing funding for fair pay in the community service sector, which is made up of 80% women.

Why are legal and community centres experiencing funding cuts when women, more than ever, need to seek refuge from abusive partners and need support?

Without appropriate legal aid funding the Law Council of Australia says the proposed ban on cross examining DV survivors will not be realised.