sexism

Julia Gillard: Don’t be bullied into not calling sexism out. Someone who imposes sexist stereotypes plays the gender card not the woman who calls it out.

Fiona Scott says Tony Abbott’s comments about my sex appeal were “damaging” in the 2013 election campaign. They undermined her to male colleagues.

When a man & a woman swap email signatures for two weeks? Martin R. Schneider @SchneidRemarks & Nicole Hallberg @NickyKnacks discovered it sucks.

Tanya Plibersek writes it’s time for a concrete plan for women in Australia. We won’t break down the barriers to gender equality by chance.

International Women’s Day attracts so much attention but it doesn’t amount to substantive change. Platitudes don’t help gender equality.

How to fight for women and girls without burning out is a critical issue. Women Deliver CEO Katja Iversen says being strategic and deliberate is the key.

The hypocrisy of seeking to silence Yassmin Abdel-Magied is galling. After an exchange with Jacquie Lambie on Q&A she’s become a lightning rod for abuse.

Recently, debates about policies have disappeared under an avalanche of sexist, misogynist nonsense and the commentary on it.

On June 24, 2010, Australia’s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, was sworn into office by Australia’s first female governor-general, Quentin Bryce.

Kevin Rudd has completed one the great political comebacks in Australian history by reclaiming the prime ministership from Julia Gillard in a party room vote in Canberra tonight, 57 votes to 45.

From Julia Gillard’s “misogyny” speech to Margie Abbott’s media blitz on behalf of her husband and US congressmen attempting to rewrite biology and take claim over women’s bodies, it’s been an extraordinary year for memorable sound bites concerning women, gender issues and the conversation about work, life and balance.

A throwaway line from a barista tipped me over.