News & Views Why #MeToo only scratched the surface of women’s pain The hundreds of comments Jennie Hill recieved to a question she posted on her Facebook page show the extent of women’s pain & why #Metoo was just the start.
News & Views The depth of Australia’s “women-problem” revealed: It’s diabolical Julia Banks’s quitting the Liberal party & Sarah Hanson-Young facing more sexist innuendo in the senate just confirms Australia’s women-problem.
News & Views It’s time for ALL victims of gender based violence and assault to be heard Gender violence, domestic violence and assault is commonplace in Australia, yet it is only a handful of stories which seize our attention.
News & Views Toxic is the 2018 word of the year: Please, let’s do better? The Oxford Dictionary have picked toxic as the word of the year in 2018, applicable as it is to masculinity, politics, waste, culture, relationships.
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
News & Views ‘The impact I feared is being felt profoundly’: ABC reporter’s statement on Luke Foley Ashleigh Raper has detailed allegations of misconduct by the NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley. The ABC reporter’s statement on Luke Foley is chilling.
News & Views Not even men behaving badly gives women an equal shot at leadership Men behaving badly: A New York Times report indicates 201 prominent men in America have lost their jobs and less than half have been replaced by women.
News & Views Salt in the wound: When the powerful use gag clauses to silence their victims The Daily Telegraph was planning on exposing a high profile businessman who used gag clauses to silence alleged victims of sexual harassment.
News & Views What sparked #MeToo’s momentum? Women speaking out en masse. One year on from the latest #MeToo iteration Now Australia Executive Director Kristine Ziwica reflects on women using their voices to say enough is enough.
Business Sexual harassment must be prohibited under industrial law to drive real workplace change If we want to address sexual harassment we must treat it as a health and safety issue and explicitly outlaw it under industrial law.
News & Views Unsurprising but totally shocking: Donald Trump mocks Dr Christine Blasey Ford At a Missisippi rally the US President Donald Trump mocks Dr Christine Blasey Ford and the fact his conduct is so predictable is what makes it so shocking.
News & Views “The day has come, the time has come”: Bill Cosby sentenced to jail “This was a serious crime. This has all circled back to you.” Bill Cosby is sentenced to up to 10 years in jail for drugging & assaulting Andrea Constand.