Category: Womens Agenda

And so it begins. There are 110 towns and cities taking part in the Global Strike 4 Climate in Australia, with thousands already gathering in capital cities.

They’ve arrived with their best signs, their Earth balls, their kids, their parents, their colleagues and their loudest voices to protest inaction on

I recently started reading An Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace Wells. I assume it’s a fantastic book and the first chapter was extremely well written. But I couldn’t get past that first chapter.

Why? Because the subject is confronting and I suppose I hadn’t, whether out of ignorance or intention I

The results of the 2018 Stella Count are in and it looks like all of the counting has worked its magic.

In a major moment for literary journalism, the Stella Count, which records the extent of gender bias in the field of book reviewing in Australia, is now running nearly

Greta Thunberg delivered this speech in the US Congress on Thursday, urging politicians to look to the sacrifices of Martin Luther King and other civil rights activists in the the fight to solve the climate crisis. 

The full speech transcript is republished below. 

My name is Greta Thunberg, I am

The future used to be full of possibilities for young people. Now it scares us. Will we still have enjoyable summers? The wonders of the Great Barrier Reef and Amazon rainforest? Or will we suffer unbearable heat waves, famines and disasters?

Right now, we face a climate crisis and our

With protests planned around the country and world today, more than 2500 businesses in Australia have pledged their support for workers to participate in strikes.

Tech giant Atlassian is on the list of businesses signing up to the, ‘This is Not Business As Usual’ pledge, as is Canva, Maurice Blackburn

There’s one thing large employers can start doing immediately to help reduce the gender pay gap: ban hiring managers from asking job candidates what they currently earn.

The theory goes that such questions set expectations around what the job candidate will be paid instead of focusing on what the job

It’s a feminist festival, yes, but it’s no ordinary feminist festival. This week, Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre announced an extraordinary lineup of female writers, activists and artists for the inaugural Broadside Festival, happening over one weekend in November.

The festival is lead by former Sydney Writers’ Festival programmer Tam Zimet, who

I am 21 weeks pregnant.

My app informs me that baby is currently the size of a large banana, and in recent days I’ve begun to feel my fruity friend wriggle around inside me. It’s my favourite part of this whole experience. The little jabs throughout the day that remind

The Royal Society of NSW was established in 1821, the first scientific society in the state. Its aim was to encourage the study and investigation of Science, Art, Literature and Philosophy. Among its publications and liaisons with other similar bodies, they award prizes and medals for outstanding achievements in research.

On Tuesday evening, a 29 year old woman, Joyce Clarke, was shot by police on a residential street in the regional town of Geraldton, Western Australia. She died shortly after being taken by ambulance to hospital.

“During an incident at the address, an officer discharged their firearm causing a woman

“I am absolutely appalled that Libra has chosen when I was to talk to my seven-year-old little girl about periods.”

“The images portrayed in the ad are disgusting and demeaning to women.” 

“Showing girls bleeding is wrong at any time of the day.”

These were among the 600+ complaints Ad