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A retired Western Australian MP says she was labelled 'a granny' during her last election campaign, but in the recent race to fill her spot an older male candidate was not given the same treatment.
Topics: rural-women, government-and-politics, women, community-and-society, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedA hip-hop artist in Papua New Guinea has become a social media sensation following the release of his recent 'Bootylicious' music video.
Topics: music, feminism, women, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedFor the first time in its history, Chuuk province of the Federated States of Micronesia will have a woman in the state senate.
Topics: government-and-politics, women, pacific, micronesia-federated-states-of
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In 1990, two Sydney schoolgirls were celebrated by The Bulletin as women who would make it in "a man's world". So did they? Ann Arnold tracks them down to find out.
Topics: careers, family-and-children, feminism, women, work, offbeat, sydney-2000
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Topics: sailing, women, albany-6330, antarctica, south-africa, chile, russian-federation
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Topics: sailing, women, chile, antarctica, albany-6330
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Sydney-based sailor Lisa Blair marks a major milestone on her world record attempt to circumnavigate Antarctica.
Topics: sailing, women, albany-6330, chile, antarctica
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| UpdatedPublicity photos from the launch of Saudi Arabia's new Girls' Council have gone viral for all the wrong reasons — namely, the lack of actual women in attendance.
Topics: women, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, world-politics, saudi-arabia
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| UpdatedFor women in Afghanistan, having a baby can be deadly — with about one in 50 women dying as a result of pregnancy or childbirth. Australian doctor Claire Fotheringham witnessed it firsthand.
Topics: babies---newborns, health, unrest-conflict-and-war, womens-health, women, afghanistan
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A Texas politician proposes a bill that would fine men $100 for masturbating in a bid to flip the switch on the struggles women face in accessing reproductive health care — particularly regarding abortion — by targeting men.
Topics: womens-health, mens-health, reproduction-and-contraception, abortion, women, world-politics, health, united-states
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| UpdatedPapua New Guinea's Parliament has its first-ever Practice Parliament Session for women.
Topics: parliament, women, elections, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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The chairman of Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco, says he was joking when he told an audience of aspiring non-executive directors white men were "an endangered species" in UK boardrooms.
Topics: women, feminism, men, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, united-kingdom
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Marriage is an outdated, sexist and unnecessary institution, writes Catherine Deveny. So why do people get married when they could just have a Love Party instead?
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Khali Baoli is the largest wholesale spice market in Asia, with vendors numbering in the thousands, but only handful of stalls are run by women.
Topics: women, community-development, economic-trends, india, asia
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It takes guts to skateboard a thousand kilometres, even if it is through some of Tasmania's most picturesque scenery. But it didn't stop Sophee Southall — who is five months pregnant — taking on the challenge.
Topics: women, charities, travel-and-tourism, tas
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The protesters demanding that a rapist be banned from appearing at a women's festival fail to see that forgiveness is not morally cheap, writes Michael Jensen.
Topics: sexual-offences, feminism, non-fiction, theology, women, iceland, australia
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| UpdatedA legal aid lawyer describes the overcrowded, "terrible" state of the Alice Springs prison where he regularly visits his clients, as well as a lack of rehabilitation programs.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, women
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| UpdatedTopics: women, charities, travel-and-tourism, tas
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| UpdatedTopics: women, charities, travel-and-tourism, tas
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| UpdatedA two day meeting of 60 women from around Tonga has agreed on a roadmap to press for women's rights, including reserved seats for women in Parliament.
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Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, islam, women-religious, women
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Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, islam, women-religious, women, nsw, lismore-2480
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ABC North Coast's Samantha Turnbull speaks to Muslim women Zuleyha Keskin and Rashida Joseph, and former Lismore mayor Jenny Dowell, at a community event to help combat Islamophobia.
Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, islam, women-religious, women, lismore-2480