women’s rights

The legal personhood of unborn child should be changed to recognize their lives as separate from the mother’s.

Meryl Streep has spoken out against the injustices women in Afghanistan are facing under the Taliban’s repressive regime. 

A 1907 ruling declared men should be paid enough to support a family of five. Can you imagine the same being declared for women in 2024?

International bodies respond to Taliban’s new law banning women’s voices from being heard in public, and enforcing strict dress codes.

Despite high rates of Domestic violence, the Top End and Big Rivers Women’s Legal Services are facing a crisis due to underfunding.

A vital safety net for women, is often exploited by abusers, and the urgent need for legal reforms to protect women’s financial independence.

Women have been making gains from medal podiums to world politics. Even so, everyday sexism is always here to put us back in our place.

Codifying gender apartheid under international law is an essential component of the pursuit of gender equality, writes Penelope Andrews,

The Labor Party’s recent rejection of both introducing reproductive leave and providing access to flexible work arrangements for reproductive health reasons is disheartening.  

Women leaders around the country are united in their call for immediate action to address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

This is not the first time domestic violence has been declared a national crisis. Australian governments first got seriously involved in 1985. What can the past 40 years teach us?

Saudi Arabia picked to chair UN’s top forum for women’s rights and gender equality, despite its egregious women’s rights record.