Gender equality
Good Food Guide’s first Cultural Change Champion in Victoria is crusading against sexual assault
For Jamie Bucirde, what started out as an Instagram account has grown into a bone fide nationwide movement.
- by Tomas Telegramma
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‘Raise the bar’: First Cultural Change Champion calls for action at Good Food Guide awards
More must be done to make hospitality a safe industry for women, heard the crowd at the 40th annual awards ceremony.
- by Bianca Hrovat
Opinion
Discrimination
New data reveals how far Australian workplaces still have to go on harassment
The research shows that at a leadership level in particular, engagement with harassment policies is lagging.
- by Kate Jenkins
Iranian student harassed for not wearing headscarf strips down on campus
Human rights activists are urging the government to release the young woman who was last seen bundled into a car by police.
- by Akhtar Makoii
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Women's health
‘Precious, princess’: Health minister warns GPs to brace for women’s pain inquiry findings
Women are being gaslit into believing pain is in their mind, while men get treated earlier and with better pain medication, as misogynistic ideas persist in parts of healthcare.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Call to challenge ‘bride price’ as cost for men hits $100,000 in Australia
Paying the families of young women for marriage is a valued tradition in South Sudan, but “reduces the bride to the level of an object” in Australia, academics argue.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Opinion
Harassment
Saoirse Ronan made men squirm. So did I … and that’s part of the problem
I’m on a mission to find out how men can be better allies for women because blokes do not appear to be much good at working this out for themselves.
- by Jenna Price
Opinion
US Votes 2024
In the ultimate battle of the sexes in the most visceral of elections, who will prevail?
Trump is running a hypermasculine campaign that is breathtakingly offensive to women, where Harris is public enemy number one. And yet, it appears to be working.
- by Maureen Dowd
Opinion
US Votes 2024
What haunted Gillard stalks Harris, and it’s not just sexism
Julia Gillard confronted unfair criticism throughout her prime ministership. Now a similar strain of judgment is being attached to Kamala Harris.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Women in Leadership
Kamala gave me hope, but could a woman of colour really lead Australia?
Look at what’s happened to Australian women of colour with political ambitions. It’s dispiriting, but we must live in hope.
- by Satara Uthayakumaran
Opinion
State Parliament
Thorpey, a bishop, sex workers and a grieving mum walk into the premier’s office. It’s no joke
The equality bill sat for a year in the NSW parliament – until a motley crew had Chris Minns’ ear.
- by Alexandra Smith
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