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If Hillary Clinton’s cabinet does end up being 50% female, it could change US politics for good.
Once a model employer for women, the APS is in danger of being left behind
Female workers are now more highly unionised than their male colleagues, but unions still have a long way to go to reflect that shift.
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.
Australia still rests too heavily on its luck, and not enough on its brains.
While some progress has been made in reducing instances of forced marriage in Australia, more needs to be done.
The second-wave feminists of the 1970s wanted to create radical shifts in gender power. Instead, women have settled for much less.
Australia’s largest companies are happy to tick gender reporting boxes, but when it comes to pay equity they are largely silent.
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is parity. World leaders take note.
A British company has announced it is bringing in menstrual leave, but the notion presents a number of risks for women and equality.
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.
Do women in the Oval Office or the courtroom make a genuine difference? Research from English juries suggest they do.
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.
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, 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.
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.
It’s not just a lack of access to healthcare that causes child mortality.
Climate change isn’t gender-neutral. The effects are likely to hit the world’s poorest women hardest of all, because they are more likely to lack the resources to escape natural disasters or disease.
There is more equality for women winning social research grants, but men still get more overall.
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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, Podcast at MissPerceived, 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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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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2024 Oxford University visiting research fellow RIJS; Professor of Political Communication., La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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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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Reader in Leadership and Organisation Studies, University of Birmingham
