Women make up just 1% of the workforce in the construction, engineering and automotive trades in Australia.
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Bringing more women into the trades requires challenging social stigmas and improving mentoring programs and workplace culture.
South Sudanese women queue to vote.
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South Sudan’s chiefs wield real power, administering customary laws to resolve local disputes. But they often reinforce gender inequalities – could the new chief change this?
During the war, the poster on the left, painted by J. Howard Miller, was on display for only two weeks. Norman Rockwell’s, on the other hand, was seen by millions.
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During the war, few Americans actually saw the ‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster that’s become a cultural icon.
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Many autistic women may be missing out on a diagnosis, new study reveals.
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A lawyer reports from Ireland days ahead of this vital vote.
Indigenous women lose out from the Coalition’s latest budget.
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Despite the government spruiking its tax relief for Australians in this year’s budget, many women will not benefit from the tax plan.
Celtic’s goal should be shared by others.
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The Scottish club’s move to support women’s struggles with menstruation and sport is the first of its kind.
Woman on the march.
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Palestinian women are the backbone of a fragmented and demoralised society.
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The almost total ban on abortion in Ireland does not work to protect women’s health.
Rio Tinto executive Kellie Parker said that in traditionally male dominated blue collar industries like mining, the types of jobs on offer have changed due to automation.
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Women have less to fear than men, and probably more to benefit, from the advent of robots.
A protester carries a #metoo sign at a Women’s March in Seattle on Jan. 20, 2018.
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After thousands of women spoke out against sexual harassment, scholars asked, does harassment affect women’s health? Their findings suggest that it does.
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Findings suggest parties should rethink the way they chase the ‘female vote’.
Circe and Her Swine: Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama , 1892 , New York, E. Hess.
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France’s answer to #MeToo was #BalanceTonPorc – “denounce your pig”. An analysis of the idioms linking to sex and pigs provides some insights into why the hashtag hit home.
Australian nurses and patients at the Auxiliary Hospital Unit in Antwerp during the first world war.
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Among all things Anzac, the contribution of women is becoming more complicated and controversial.
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They’re silly, but the singer’s statement pants are an important comment on female storytelling.
A woman walks by the New York Stock Exchange.
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Single women borrowed heavily in the run-up to the financial crisis, ensuring they suffered the most in its fallout. Will history repeat itself?
Taking the fall.
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More women are making it to the boardroom but are often promoted to an untenable and precarious leadership position.
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More and more radical scholars and activists in the West are rejecting human rights. Is this right?
Is muscle definition now being added to an already impossibly thin ideal?
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The rise of ‘fitspiration’ seems to promote a body that is both impossibly thin and muscular. A new study explores whether this has become a new benchmark for women.
Masculine words and metaphors are frequently used in financial language.
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The stock market is littered with metaphors made by and for men, so it’s no wonder women don’t feel as comfortable in investing.