News & Views Is corporate’s push to be back in the office harming women? Demanding that staff return to work physically will disproportionately impact those with caring responsibilities (usually women).
News & Views The gender superannuation gap is slowly closing but we need stronger measures The gender superannuation gap narrows, but not enough. Women’s super balances growing, but still lower. Women taking action, but policy reform is needed.
News & Views ‘We should use the competition to have a voice’: Trolls and haters won’t dull the AFLW’s Pride Round Running from October 14-16, it’s the third time the NAB AFLW competition will hold a dedicated Pride Round.
News & Views We need more than purple prose: Wear it Purple Day must be backed up by real action and real change Visibility is the most important thing we have in terms of fighting for equality and pursuing acceptance. It’s time for a national discussion about queer and trans issues, to openly acknowledge the rights of this diverse and often erased population.
News & Views ‘Too many women’: Deputy police chief quits after backlash from controversial comments Deputy police for Hampshire, Luke Stubbs, has resigned from his position after facing backlash for his comments on equality and quotas.
News & Views Feeling daunted by your next move is ok: Economist Jo Masters “To me, in economics, there is rarely a right or wrong, there’s a whole range of grey, of things that could be good,” Jo says.
News & Views Having more women in politics leads to greater equality, less corruption & better represented constituents New research from the U.K shows getting more women into politics can have far-reaching benefits for the whole of society.
News & Views ‘You’re excluding people’: Megan Rapinoe’s powerful message to Donald Trump ‘You’re excluding people’: Megan Rapinoe to Donald Trump. CNN host Anderson Cooper asked Rapinoe to share a message to the President & she didn’t hesitate.
World Ireland’s historic referendum & ‘a quiet revolution’ that cannot be underestimated In a referendum held on Friday 66.4% of Irish voters opted to repeal the 8th Amendment which effectively bans abortion in almost every instance. It is a historic result of a ‘quiet revolution’ 30 years in the making.
News & Views Laurie Penny on feminism, freedom & how to avoid burning out Laurie Penny on feminism, freedom & how to avoid burning out. She is speaking at the school of life in Sydney about why freedom is under threat.
News & Views ‘It hurts, it’s going to be horrible & it will test us’: Christine Forster on her brother Tony Abbott Christine Forster & Tony Abbott at war on marriage equality. She is gay & wants the right to marry her partner. Her brother is adamant she doesn’t get it.
News & Views It might break the Liberal party but marriage equality is finally in reach Marriage equality is finally in reach. Malcolm Turnbull is powerless in the face of colleagues determined to bring on a free vote. Same sex marriage.