News & Views ‘Jordanian women’ recognised in Kingdom’s constitution after parliamentary brawl Things have changed (slightly) for Jordanian women after an amendment to the constitution passed the lower house.
News & Views 3 out of 4 Australian women do not believe women are treated equally in politics A poll has revealed that 73 percent of Australian women aged 18 to 21 do not believe that women in politics are treated equally to men.
News & Views Women in parliament speak out as Scott Morrison leaves major questions unanswered Labor MP Kate Thwaites told Women’s Agenda she was shocked and furious about what has occured in Parliament House over the last month.
News & Views Senator Lidia Thorpe on why having more women in parliament can bring an end to its toxic culture On the latest episode of the What She Did Next podcast, Senator Lidia Thorpe talks about why more women are needed in parliament.
News & Views ‘This is not too hard’: Zali Steggall on ending Australia’s climate wars Independent MP Zali Steggall is the latest guest on The Leadership Lessons, a Women’s Agenda podcast series supported by Salesforce.
News & Views Like Edith Cowan, women in parliament today know what’s at stake when they don’t have a seat at the table Conrad Liveris is interviewing women politians in recognition of the centenary of Edith Cowan’s election to the WA Parliament in 1921.
News & Views Is Canberra having a #MeToo moment? It will take more than reports of MPs behaving badly for parliament to change Federal parliament is an atypical work environment. But that does not make it “special” and therefore, beyond community standards.
News & Views At 34, Sanna Marin became world’s youngest PM. Australia should take note Sanna Marin became the youngest government leader in the world last week. Australia should follow suit, Ashleigh Streeter writes.
Uncategorised Australia achieves historic gender balance in Senate after Sarah Henderson’s weekend win Sarah Henderson’s preselection win in Victoria will set the number of female and male Senators at an even gender divide at 38 each.
News & Views Men caring for kids cannot be viewed as ‘unicorns’: Kate Thwaites’ first speech in parliament In her first speech Kate Thwaites said she is proud to be showing it’s possible to be a parliamentarian & the mother of a young child
News & Views Here are the women entering federal parliament for the first time in 2019 Here are some of the key women who have won (or are likely to win) seats across Australia and will be entering federal parliament for the first time.
News & Views Women in politics need visibility and voice not just votes Not one woman featured in top ten most quoted politicians in digital & print articles. This near invisibility of women in politics is problematic.