Category: Womens Agenda

Hillary Clinton has warned “women will die” as a result of Roe v Wade being overturned and has said other rights will soon be under threat. Speaking to Gayle King on CBS This Morning, Clinton said she wasn’t surprised by the supreme court’s decision to revoke the

The Australian Census numbers have been released, showing women typically do many more hours of unpaid housework per week compared to men. But this is far from a new development, writes Leah Ruppanner, from The University of Melbourne in this article republished from The Conversation. It’s

Sixteen industry representatives have been appointed to lead an Advisory Group that will award up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships over seven years to women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.  The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) elected eleven female and five male STEM

Ghislaine Maxwell has been given a 20 year sentence for her role in helping Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse teenage girls, with the judge describing her behaviour as “heinous and predatory.” Maxwell was found guilty in late 2021 of five out of six charges of sex

It’s been la ittle over a year since Priyanka Ashraf, founder of The Creative Co-Operative (CCO), took home the award for Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, at the 2021 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards. After claiming the award, she stated in her winning speech, “Whether we’re migrant women

I have always felt that I don’t meet the beauty standards set for women. So, it was a surprise when I recently found myself in a room full of female actors and models and yet, felt beautiful for the first time. As a woman with pigmented skin,

A new generation of MPs is in Canberra this week, attending their orientation into parliament. The influx of independent representatives who are women has sparked a strong sense of hope for progress on critical issues, including climate change and integrity in parliament.  A life in politics requires

Fathers could be entitled to 20 weeks of paid parental leave under new plans being discussed by the Labor government. According to a report from The Australian, the government is considering reforming the current paid parental leave system to encourage more fathers to take it in the

A snap protest in Perth on Monday afternoon saw Australia’s first public rally over the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, effectively removing the constitutional right to abortion.  Hundreds of people gathered outside the US Consulate in Perth, defiantly chanting “my body, my choice.”

The census shows so-called millennials are on the cusp of displacing baby boomers as Australia’s dominant generation, writes Peter Martin, from Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, in this article republished from The Conversation. Census data to be released Tuesday shows Australia changing rapidly before

New figures from Bloomberg show women finally hold more than one third of board seats at S&P/ASX 200 Index companies in Australia.  At 35 per cent of women on boards, the figure exceeds S&P 500 companies in the U.S, where 31.7 per cent of women are on

Some of the most influential world leaders have gathered at the G7 Summit this week, and there’s one image that paints a picture of just how underrepresented women remain in global political leadership. In an image captured of the leaders at the G7, there is not one