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Girls are finding their voice – but is anyone listening?

Girls are finding their voice – but is anyone listening?

Is the problem that world leaders and the media are mostly men? Maybe this is why they don’t like what girls have to say.

  • by Nevani Pillay

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Women and girls have come a long way, but not nearly far enough
Opinion
Gender equality

Women and girls have come a long way, but not nearly far enough

We have seen recently how uneasy some still are with a girl speaking out. But we need more than merely having vibrant women in public life.

  • by Natasha Stott Despoja
Keeping women out of the growing AI industry will entrench disadvantage
Opinion
AI

Keeping women out of the growing AI industry will entrench disadvantage

Artificial intelligence has the potential to take human bias out of decision making - as long as we don't prevent it from doing so.

  • by Sukhmani Randhawa
Untie those white ribbons and get men on board for equality
Opinion
Gender equality

Untie those white ribbons and get men on board for equality

The idea that we will stop violence against women because we give men white ribbons to show they oppose that violence will never fix the future nor the present.

  • by Jenna Price
Just how bad is it to 'misgender' someone?
Opinion
Gender equality

Just how bad is it to 'misgender' someone?

If it’s very bad, then perhaps it’s appropriate for people to be protected against it under extended vilification provisions.

  • by Holly Lawford-Smith
A Stella year for change, ask the Countess
Opinion

A Stella year for change, ask the Countess

The Stella Count, designed to keep tabs on gender bias in the field of book reviewing, has worked its magic.

  • by Jenna Price
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Why in the world do we care so much about Ivanka's hair?
Ivanka Trump

Why in the world do we care so much about Ivanka's hair?

One in seven people read about a woman trimming a few centimetres off the bottom of her hair.

  • by Kasey Edwards
We're a long way from living in Gilead
Opinion
Gender equality

We're a long way from living in Gilead

In our excitement at adopting a 34-year-old book as modern feminist shorthand, we seem to have forgotten a few jarring little facts.

  • by Celia Walden
The eight-step road map to murder that might save women's lives
Opinion
Domestic violence

The eight-step road map to murder that might save women's lives

If a date tells you about his previous "psycho" girlfriend, it's a warning. A forensic criminologist studied 370 murders and found domestic violence patterns.

  • by Jenna Price
It's not women of 'merit' that are lacking, it's women fullstop
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It's not women of 'merit' that are lacking, it's women fullstop

Australians want and deserve a parliament that reflects the community.

  • by Jamila Rizvi
If you want to touch, kiss or hug me, please ask first
Opinion
Harassment

If you want to touch, kiss or hug me, please ask first

I am very similar to ABC's 7.30 presenter Leigh Sales, who was left “offended and angered” after a man kissed her on the lips at a charity event last week.

  • by Wendy Squires