Health First women-only mental health facility dedicated to DV-related PTSD to open in August Australia will open its first ever women’s hospital for treating post-traumatic stress disorder in women recovering from domestic violence.
News & Views ‘An extraordinary waste of public money’: Private schools overfunded by more than $120 million The federal and NSW governments delivered $120 million in overfunding to 130 private schools in 2020, a new report shows.
News & Views ‘It’s time to get shit done’: Jane Caro announces Senate bid Walkley Award winning columnist, author, feminist and social commentator Jane Caro is standing with the Reason Party as a candidate for the federal Senate.
News & Views It was left to the women to call out double standards on Monday’s Q+A program Writer and commentator Jane Caro, former Labor MP Emma Husar and Independent MP Helen Haines appeared on the program on Monday alongside Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce.
News & Views The government wants #CredibleWomen to shut up about the budget’s shortcomings. We won’t. Within hours, the hashtag #CredibleWomen was trending with an army of women from all walks lamenting policy short-sightedness
News & Views ‘Abortion is not a crime. In fact, it’s normal’: Jane Caro ’40 years ago, as the result of contraception failure, I had an abortion. I have never felt ashamed about the choice I made.’
News & Views ‘Don’t like my facial expressions? Look the other way’: Jane Caro Abused by a man in a local restaurant who mimicked her facial expressions, led Jane Caro to reflect on how much men continue to police women’s bodies.
News & Views Record number of women recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours Women comprised 40% of recipients of Queen’s Birthday Honours across all tiers of the awards, the highest percentage of women recipients in history.
News & Views ‘Mother’s Day?’ Don’t make me laugh: Jane Caro I am on the record as a hater of Mother’s Day. Not a hater of mothers themselves, but of the absurdity of their so-called special day, writes Jane Caro.
podcasts Podcast: Jane Caro on ‘accidental feminists’ & when is the ‘right time’ to be a woman in the workplace? “You get what you resist,” says Jane Caro. And the author and media commentator has certainly been a vocal advocate against the status quo.
News & Views Senator Barry O’Sullivan says he is now a woman, so he can’t be ‘attacked’ on abortion The surprise declaration by Senator Barry O’Sullivan that he is now a woman saw the representation of women in the Senate suddently increase.
News & Views #LetHerSpeak: Laws that silence survivors of assault need to change ‘Jane Doe’ was repeatedly molested by her teacher when she was 15. He went to jail but she can’t tell her story. #LetHerSpeak is the campaign to change that