Women already face high levels of violence in Haiti. But natural disasters can provide a good opportunity to intervene.
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Too much research focuses on “fixing women”, so let’s hear the male line on what needs to be done.
Research shows that many young Australians are not aware of appropriate boundaries in relationships. It’s important that children are informed by research rather than rhetoric.
Who am I, as an academic, to decide in advance what is or what is not triggering to others?
Compared to the male-dominated STEM disciplines and social sciences like philosophy and political science, Australian history has been remarkably feminised. Indeed there may be more women historians here than in the UK or US.
Most people have a very limited understanding of what engineers do – and we engineers don’t do a good job of expanding that view. But if we did, the benefits could be impressive.
Most studies on straight girls kissing focus on dorm rooms and dance floors. But one sociologist looks at the development of ‘sexual friendships’ among women previously ignored like single moms.
More needs to be done to protect women against sexual violence perpetrated in war.
Despite persistent myths that sexual violence and harassment are rare, two recent cases – and the subsequent online response – expose their commonality.
But it may be that at some point in the future, coming out will become a thing of the past.
There were seven highly regarded and qualified women who could have been selected as the next UN secretary-general. So why did the job go to another man?
Are quotas the best way to challenge sexism and discrimination in politics and workplaces?
More than 44% of Mexican women face violence in their homes. Some of them become asylum seekers in the United States.
If women aren’t given their full rights, they’re less likely to believe in democratic institutions.
Algorithms that learn from large data sets can pick up inherent social biases. That could perpetuate the biases, or even worsen them.
Same same but different.
The Crossroads program provides students with meaningful and accurate information about gender diversity in order to challenge homophobic and transphobic discrimination and violence.
The ability to acknowledge and display vulnerability is well-known hallmark of strong leadership. Why do we still reject it when we see it?
Change Agents: Establishing a national women’s football league
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Andrew Dodd talks to Susan Alberti and Debbie Lee about their fight to overcome prejudice and establish a national women's AFL competition.
To say a workplace problem is systemic means that its underlying causes are deeply embedded in the structures and everyday practices of an organisation.
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian College of Applied Psychology
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Associate Professor/Reader in Gender and Advertising Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Full Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor, Design Anthropology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Sociology, The Open University
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Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Syracuse University
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Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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PhD Candidate, Australian National University
