Arise, Sir Adequate Father.
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The idea of family is still undergoing fundamental change, but progress towards an egalitarian era may be hamstrung by class and wealth.
One the the big disappointments for women in the budget was the postponement of changes to child care.
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This budget focuses on jobs and growth, but has little in it to redress women’s entrenched inequality.
Want to know how your salary jar stacks up?
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Pay transparency laws are the latest effort to eliminate the still-yawning gap between the salaries of men and women. Do they work?
Filling up her binder.
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If Hillary Clinton’s cabinet does end up being 50% female, it could change US politics for good.
Employment Minister and Minister for Women Michaelia Cash has released a new gender equality strategy for the public service.
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Once a model employer for women, the APS is in danger of being left behind
ACTU president Ged Kearney is one of the 38.5% of Australian union secretaries who is female.
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Female workers are now more highly unionised than their male colleagues, but unions still have a long way to go to reflect that shift.
Hillary Clinton is a flawed presidential candidate. But she’s still probably the best on offer.
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The rise of women to very powerful positions has not, to date, opened the way for other women. So there is no reason to believe a Hillary Clinton presidency would change that.
Australians are some of the worst wasters in the developed world.
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Australia still rests too heavily on its luck, and not enough on its brains.
The majority of people at risk of forced marriage are under 18 and female.
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While some progress has been made in reducing instances of forced marriage in Australia, more needs to be done.
Women need to recalibrate feminist action so that it’s not just about them advancing in society on men’s terms.
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The second-wave feminists of the 1970s wanted to create radical shifts in gender power. Instead, women have settled for much less.
Research shows when there are three women on a board, as opposed to one, they are seen as individuals rather than the “female voice”.
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Australia’s largest companies are happy to tick gender reporting boxes, but when it comes to pay equity they are largely silent.
Canada shows the rest of the world how it’s done.
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The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is parity. World leaders take note.
Instead of menstrual leave for female employees, a better policy would be to increase sick leave for everyone, no matter their ailment.
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A British company has announced it is bringing in menstrual leave, but the notion presents a number of risks for women and equality.
The study found that the average total remuneration for female managers was equal to just the base salary for their male counterparts.
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Women receive less pay than men, especially at a top management level, and are less represented on the board of organisations, a new study has found.
Does gender make a difference on a jury?
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Do women in the Oval Office or the courtroom make a genuine difference? Research from English juries suggest they do.
Newly appointed federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins with Attorney-General George Brandis.
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It will be difficult to make headway on gender equality while it is framed as “women’s issues” and no everyone’s problem. The answer? Bring men on board.
We now have parity in medical schools, but not in the high-powered positions and specialties in medicine.
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Women are typically the dominant group within medical schools and yet remain under-represented in formal leadership positions and particular speciality areas.
Australia’s defining narratives are apparently stories by, for and about white cis men.
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Australia’s defining narratives are apparently, with rare exception, stories by, for and about white cis men. We need more than Screen Australia’s new measures to address gender equity in the film industry.
Even with Kate Winslet and Judy Davis cast in The Dressmaker, the film was considered too high a risk for international buyers.
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If the Australian screen industry is to grow into the future and prosper, it cannot ignore the untapped creative talent and leadership potential of women. We need strategies to address this problem.
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It’s not just a lack of access to healthcare that causes child mortality.