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Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut in Tokyo but research shows female athletes are likely to cop abuse online when the competition starts.
The Tokyo Olympics officially open on July 23 – one year later than originally planned and in an Olympic stadium that will be empty of spectators thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While Tokyo is not the…
While women felt more included when they perceived male colleagues as allies, men who saw themselves that way reported more personal growth as a result.
Tokyo will feature the most female athletes ever at an Olympics. But the Games do not have a good track record when it comes to gender equality.
It will take another 67 years to close the gender gap in news, according to the latest global survey of women in the media.
Finding a way to increase the participation of men and fathers in unpaid care work would have an important influence on a more equal distribution between women and men.
From Enid Lyons, to Julia Gillard and Kate Ellis, memoirs have become a critical way to highlight the ongoing problems faced by women in politics.
Words associated with madness and emotion are used against women to discredit them and undermine their authority.
The EU is cracking down on pay secrecy, as the pandemic exacerbates gender inequalities.
One criticism of traditional mentoring is that it teaches people how to succeed by playing by existing rules, thus reinforcing the status quo. But mentoring can also be a force for change.
Questions include whether women should be compelled to register, as men are, and whether the draft and draft registration should exist at all.
Australia has gone backwards in global gender parity rankings, with even universities, which should be leading the way, failing on this front. But women are now saying enough is enough.
Nigeria must address illegal fishing, which depletes the country’s fish stocks, undermines livelihoods and pushes people into poverty.
Comprehensive sexuality education is needed to equip young girls and boys with pregnancy prevention knowledge before they have sex.
Through mentoring, women who have succeeded on male terms set other women on the same path.
Women have been affected by the pandemic more than men in many ways. Policies should reflect this.
A key part of the budget’s focus on women was a funding boost to help stop domestic violence.
You might expect progressive policies in our universities, but a parental leave system of primary and secondary caregivers – the first 93% women, the second 96% men – perpetuates the gender gap.
Since 1999, extreme poverty has declined while rates of young people in education and employment have risen. Without investment though, the impact of the pandemic could see this progress imperilled,
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor of Practice, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Scientia Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations, ARC Future Fellow, Business School, co-Director Women, Work and Leadership Research Group, University of Sydney
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