Category: Womens Agenda

The City of Melbourne has committed to fast tracking three new statues of prominent women in to help address the massive gender imbalance in public art across the city. On Tuesday, the city council voted in favour of commissioning the new statues and said it will engage

Migrant and refugee women have either the same or higher levels of education compared to women born in Australia, but they’re more likely to be employed in roles below their education and experience level, according to new research. Violet Roumeliotis AM from Settlement Services International (SSI), one

Women across the globe have been getting angrier by the year over the past decade, according to new data today. Since 2012, the Gallup World Poll has surveyed more than 120,000 people in more than 150 countries each year, asking participants several lifestyle questions, including what

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has announced sweeping changes to Australia’s environmental laws, including the establishment of a new environmental protection agency and new national environmental standards. The new independent environmental protection agency will have greater oversight on development proposals and emission standards and will have the power

Sinead Diver took up running at the age of 33. She has two young kids, works full-time as a software engineer, and has just broken the Australian marathon record, running the Valencia marathon in 2 hours, 21 minutes and 34 seconds over the weekend.   At the

Senator Raphael Warnock has won a crucial Senate race in the United States, defeating Republican Herschel Walker in Georgia. The victory in the Georgia Senate runoff has secured a 51-seat majority for the Democrats in the Senate, after two years under a 50-50 divide with Vice President

Researchers from our partner, Monash University, want to know more about how prenatal testing is experienced in Australia. If you have been pregnant or have been the partner of someone who has been pregnant in Australia between 2019 – now, Monash University invites you to participate in

Actor Michelle Yeoh has been named TIME Magazine’s Icon of the Year, with her impressive lineup of work and films ranging from Jonny To’s 1993 Hong Kong cop drama, Executioners, to being the Bond girl in Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997, and the mother-in-law in the 2018

Two major international power lists have dropped, highlighting the world’s most influential and powerful women across politics, business, activism, media and entertainment, philanthropy, technology, and venture capital. Four Australian women made the cut in Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women list, while two Australians were named in the

The endurance running scene in Australia is growing, especially thanks to some extensive media attention around male runners crossing the continent, but Erchana Murray is making her own strides across the country. And while she is still a few weeks from her destination, Murray has already