To mark International Women’s Day 2021, leading women in Australia were invited to respond to the question: Given the issues women continue to face in Australia, what would you like...
By Violet Roumeliotis, CEO of Settlement Services International Violet Roumeliotis The forced migration of people fleeing persecution is one of the major challenges in the world today. Australia has contributed to...
What is the gender pay gap? The gender pay gap is the difference between the average or median earnings of men and women in an organisation. It can be caused by a...
Excerpts from: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/is-2024-australias-worst-year-for-violence-against-women/8rejzzpza?fbclid=IwY2xjawHkFs5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRPaDmeaRvmLS0z4huTRbSJNUdvOScIjeLLV1RUgR7REAkRHBZZQkgBT1A_aem_t4OvUCxL5q7d08jR2SRKvQ Australian Femicide Watch, which is run by researcher and journalist Sherele Moody, keeps track of female victims of violence, including Australians who have died overseas. According to...
Setting the suffrage celebrations in context, Rosemary Cadden, journalist with the Women's Suffrage Centenary Secretariat describes the first wave "shrieking sisterhood", the second wave "women's liberation" and the third wave...
https://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/opinions/understanding-the-power-of-a-woman Recently the association of ‘Women’ and ‘Power’ has emerged in Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s advice to Hillary Clinton and other women in power where she pointed out that...
By Debbie Kilroy, CEO, Sisters Inside, Brisbane Debbie Kilroy Women continue to be imprisoned at an alarming rate. Over the past 10 years, the number of women prisoners in Australia...
Australian Education Ministers agree on a way forward to substantively address gender-based violence in higher education. The prevalence of experiences of sexual harassment and sexual assault among university students, and the...
Social and affordable housing in Australia Excerpts from The State of the Nation’s Housing 2021–22 states: The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) was established in June 2018 under...
In the lead up to the election, whilst attention focuses on marginal seats, those who are disadvantaged in the Australian community should not be marginalised. The Report, How Australia is...
