Activists, New York City Pride Parade (2016)
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In a year with demands of writing and editing a memoir, inspiration can be found in photography.
Meet Bench Girl (you’ll have seen her before).
How the news media distorts the reality of alcohol – new findings.
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From women in the kitchen to Santa’s huge ego, Christmas ads are still ridden with conservative gender messaging.
What’s the collective noun for a group of pantomime dames?
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Claims have been made that having a male panto dame in this day and age is sexist (Oh no it isn’t!)
The story of Snow White story embodies the kinds of gender biases children are exposed to.
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Scandinavia’s innovative education models present a more diverse and realistic image of the world we live in, and steer clear of gender stereotypes.
Despite its progressive nature, The Age newspaper has never had a female editor-in-chief.
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Women remain systemically underrepresented at the top levels of Australia’s most powerful institutions – including the media, universities, government, judiciary and corporate sector.
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From washing the dishes to saving tribes from oblivion: Disney’s women have come a long way.
Susan Kiefel after she was sworn in as a High Court judge in 2007. She is now Australia’s first female High Court chief justice.
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Women’s exclusion from legal and political power for much of last century makes Susan Kiefel’s appointment all the more significant.
Australia’s social safety net is not doing nearly enough to counter the economic harms of violence.
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Australia is now having a national conversation on domestic violence. Yet the way violence degrades women’s financial status remains in the shadows. Much more needs to be done.
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Nakedness has long been employed as a gesture of defiance, highlighting the plight of the oppressed.
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The gender gap matters, and we need to recruit, train and retain more men to care for and educate our youngest children
The grave of women’s suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony is covered with ‘I Voted’ stickers.
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Clinton won women by 12 points and lost men by 12 – creating a 24-point ‘gender gap.’ While that’s the largest gender gap in history, the record shows that female voters were always different.
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The dress Marilyn wore to sing happy birthday to JFK sold at auction recently for a record-breaking $4.8m.
By de-gendering the job we can get more men in the classroom.
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Like so many other countries, the UK is experiencing a shortage of primary school teachers - especially one’s of the male variety.
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Women have always had to fight gender rules in order to gain power.
Using the same network analysis used to identify criminal organisations, new research examines how men work in the film industry.
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Women are underrepresented in the film industry, but it’s not their fault. New research analyses the system that ensures male dominance and identifies the ‘gender offenders’: men who work predominantly with men.
Clinton: crucified by the religious right?
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Want to know why Hillary isn’t president? Just turn to the Bible.
Hillary Clinton takes the stage at a campaign rally in Cincinnati.
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A fashion historian describes the controversial history of the pantsuit – and how Clinton transformed her signature ensemble into a rallying cry for female empowerment.
Great expectations.
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The words we use to describe male and female leaders are a good guide to our deeply held sexist assumptions.
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For many, it is Rice’s advocacy of gender equality and diversity that define her short tenure at the Globe. So what happens next?