Australia has gone backwards in global gender parity rankings, with even universities, which should be leading the way, failing on this front. But women are now saying enough is enough.
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Through mentoring, women who have succeeded on male terms set other women on the same path.
You might expect progressive policies in our universities, but a parental leave system of primary and secondary caregivers – the first 93% women, the second 96% men – perpetuates the gender gap.
Justice Martha Koome's ascendance to the role of Chief Justice raises hope and expectations among many for a better world for women and children.
Nursing students are 90% female, often mature-age students who are still expected to carry most of the housework and childcare load while they study. Something has to give.
Astronomy has been hailed as one area of science making moves to promote gender equity. But new modelling suggests targets are still not being met, and more effort is needed to nurture womens' careers.
Many men may be wondering how they can help make this moment count for gender equality. Which type of ally will you be?
Women enrolled in STEM courses are often more confident than men, but it hasn't translated into career success and they are still very much a minority. More needs to be done in workplaces and schools.
On International Women's Day, universities should resolve to lead the way in reshaping workplace rituals, rules and routines to advance gender equality and ensure safe workplaces.
International Women's Day is a time to take stock of what has been achieved and what remains to be done. 2020 was a massive missed opportunity to improve gender equity among university leaders.
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.
The media's muting of women’s voices when reporting the COVID-19 crisis keeps women on the margins.
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.
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.
Victoria's closure of child-care services may be necessary, but it will put pressures on parents and likely drive down women's workforce participation.
In 2016, women represented just 29% of workers with university qualifications in science, technology, engineering or maths. And that was before the pandemic disruption.
We need a new childcare system that encourages women to work, not punishes them for it
The culture of the legal profession has been built by men for men over centuries. It continues to rely heavily on personal networks that reinforce the status quo.
A group of leading black, queer and feminist academics held a colloquium to reconsider a seminal blackness studies text – offering new ways of thinking about the decolonial project.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, Melbourne Business School
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Adjunct Professor, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, UTS Business, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Centre for Employee and Consumer Wellbeing; Senior Lecturer, Deakin Business School, Deakin University
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Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations, Associate Dean, University of Sydney Business School, co-Director Women, Work and Leadership Research Group, University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Fellow in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
