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The male privilege in Australia’s parliament has given its members such a sense of exceptionalism, they think the standards of the corporate office should not apply to their workplace.
Nigeria must work towards the harmonisation of laws that protect and promote access to sexual and reproductive health.
Biden proposed $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief spending to help with the economic fallout of COVID-19. Four economists have a few ideas for him.
There’s no better way and better opportunity for Canada to prove it can be a world leader than now, with a comprehensive global health strategy for the post-pandemic era.
Women’s leadership reached new heights this year, just as the Coalition’s gendered policy response to the pandemic set women back across the board.
COVID-19 has presented an opportunity to increase gender equality both in Canada and worldwide. Rebuilding with women at the forefront will help communities succeed post-pandemic.
A new survey shows that while younger men generally had more progressive views than older men on gender roles, they also endorsed such ideas as men’s use of violence and control in relationships.
Mink, the first woman of color in Congress, brought a racially and historically aware brand of feminism into lawmaking and ran for president in 1972. But women’s history largely overlooks her.
It is true federal parliament is an atypical work environment. But that does not make it “special” and therefore, beyond community standards.
After a year of unrest Chileans voted decisively on Oct. 25 to replace their constitution, a relic of the military dictator Pinochet. Civilians, half of them women, will write the new constitution.
Neither Labor’s Annastacia Palaszczuk, nor the Liberal National Party’s Deb Frecklington appear to be interested in highlighting the needs and perspectives of women ahead of October 31.
The media’s muting of women’s voices when reporting the COVID-19 crisis keeps women on the margins.
With Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination, Trump has fulfilled his pledge to replace the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a woman. But female judges don’t all decide alike any more than male judges do.
While some progress has been made toward gender equality in the research world, the coronavirus pandemic has reminded us that the old models are never far away and can re-emerge.
As the parliamentary record shows, the Greens have been the only party to consistently challenge orthodox ideas about economic growth and prosperity.
Teaching loads, family responsibilities and lack of research resources and mentors have hampered the progress of women in universities. And when the pandemic hit, it made the situation worse.
The Australian Electoral Commission is taking public submissions on the name for a new federal electorate in Victoria. Prominent women like Susan Ryan and Margaret Tucker deserve consideration.
Political change could open up civil spaces and support the voices of young women and girls who do not want to be cut.
Increased pressure on women academics caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is magnifying the fractured landscape of gender parity in academia.
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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, 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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Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, 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
