Less than a week after the Supreme Court declared he had “unlawfully” stopped parliament the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is facing public allegations that he groped a young fema…
It was a chance to discuss women’s safety, instead women were silenced
This story has been updated to include Dave Sharma’s response to Felicity Menzies regarding women’s safety. The Liberal Party had an opportunity to discuss women’s safety and send a…
The PM telling women to ‘contact the police’ is not good enough. Leaders must act on sexual harassment allegations
How many more women need to flay themselves publicly and disclose experiences of sexual harassment before leaders take action? Kristine Ziwica reflects on Australia’s long overdue #MPToo moment. On T…
Kathryn Greiner: It’s time for quotas & Scott Morrison to act
Businesswoman and Liberal party stalwart, Kathryn Greiner, is the latest high profile Australian to publicly change her position on quotas. In an interview with Fairfax Media Greiner said the party…
When a judge calls out a ‘very grave example of sexual harassment’
Fay Calderone and Veronica Lee As we digest the sobering results of the International Bar Association’s ‘Us Too?’ report which has our profession in Australia leading the pack in sexual harassment and…
Three female musicians were either assaulted or harassed at their own gigs on the weekend
Three female musicians experienced harassment at their own performances over the Easter weekend. Kira Puru, Alex The Astronaut and WAAX frontwoman Marie DeVita each took to social media to describe th…
It’s time for leaders – not victims – to stamp out sexual harassment in workplaces
It is valiant to admit that despite our best intentions we have failed to curb sexual harassment in workplaces. The number of women who say they have experienced sexual harassment at work has increase…
Why victims of sexual harassment in politics are still forced to suffer in silence
We published this essay by Dhanya Mani on Women’s Agenda about sexual harassment in the Liberal party in March this year. On Wednesday, Dhanya and another former Liberal staffer Chelsey Potter, …
Men avoiding mentoring women is not the answer.
On Monday evening’s episode of Q&A on ABC Liberal minister Karen Andrews advised men to protect themselves from misconduct allegations by avoiding mentoring women one-on-one. “I would discourage a…
‘Remarkable & terrifying’: We ask female leaders to describe 2018 for women
This time last year, the predictions were rolling in regarding what kind of year 2018 would be, especially given the momentum #MeToo was gaining globally. Author Marianne Schnall declared it would be …
