Leading Issues Journal

Inside this issue Paid Parental Leave scheme – New Developments2Positive Duty for Employers3Chanel Contos4What is the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–20325Personal Safety Statistics7Status of Women...

Australia’s Covid-19 crisis reached unprecedented levels of cases, deaths, hospitalisations, restrictions, fear and dread, as the Delta variant spread from Bondi, NSW in June 2021 to the western suburbs of...

ACLW's 2020 Leading Issues Journal shines a spotlight on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected emerging diverse youth leaders in NSW Australia in terms of the challenges they have faced...

This issue of ACLW’s Leading Issues Journal features a significant personal reflection by Casey Hirst of her experiences working in the field of domestic and family violence (DFV) in Mexico....

November 2018 Welcome to ACLW’s 2018 Leading Issues Journal. ​With drought being a significant worsening hardship in rural Australia this year, in August 2018, ACLW invited rural women to share...

November 2016 EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION Women make up half of the nation’s workforce but earn only 77 per cent of men’s average full-time income, according to the latest gender equality scorecard...

November 2015 Editor’s Introduction In this edition, I am proud to feature the work and insights of courageous, innovative, caring and leading women from Australia and abroad who are striving...

November 2014 EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION The Workplace Gender Equality Agency in November this year released the inaugural findings from comprehensive gender data provided by Australian employers. This world-leading dataset paints the...

December 2013 EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION ACLW notes with great sadness the passing of Nelson Mandela on 5 December 2013. We honour him for his immense courage and personal sacrifice in the...

November 2012 Cover Story: Feminist Jurisprudence and a New Perspective: Culture and Gender  Siffat Khan’s article, Feminist Jurisprudence and a new perspective: Culture and Gender is insightful and thought provoking...

November 2011 Interview with Libby Lloyd, CEO of White Ribbon Australia; History of White Ribbon; Data on violence against women in Australia.

July 2010 21 hours: a new norm for the working week? by Anna Coote, New Economics Foundation

November 2009Women's Solutions to the Fore as the Curtain Closes on the Third Millennium's First Decade by Dr Lynette J. Dumble Founder and Director of the Global Sisterhood Network; ASYLUM...

November 2008Global Issues: What will Obama bring to Poznan?; Election Day in the US; Obama's Position on Issues affecting Women; Corporate meltdown: Some insights; G20 Meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil...

November 2007Every seven seconds a malnourished child dies : More food is not enough MSF calls for expanded use of nutrient rich ready-to-use food; The 21st century donor; Rising to...

November 2006Our Social Rights and Responsibilities: The new politics of welfare; Secretary-General calls for action on Gender Equality; Should Editors publish sensitive material? Do Australian newspapers have a future? USA...

November 2005WORLD FOCUS: Key Facts about Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; 2005 World Summit Outcome; 2005 Overview of Estimated Food Needs and Shortfalls for WFP...

November 2004Enough, Speech by Patricia Hughes; $8Billion Cost of Domestic Violence; Violence Begins at Home; The Road to a Republic; Senior Women Executives and the Cultures of Management; Glass Ceiling...

November 2003Sounds, Silences and Contradictions: Gender Equity in Commonwealth Higher Education; The Future of Work - In Search Of Sustainability Conference; Health Reform in America; Putting home ownership back in...

November 2002Community Capacity Building and Asset Mapping by Angie Dedrick of Canada for Western WISE Network; The ALP Hawke-Wran Report; How to Elect the President by Dr Jocelynne A. Scutt; Leadership...

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