Although opportunities have expanded for women in policing, the numbers of women on most forces remain well below 50% and women are very underrepresented in senior roles.
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There's a strand of radical feminist thought that claims porn causes misogyny. So four researchers decided to test this idea – and descended on a porn expo to study the beliefs of the male attendees.
The official figures show things are fine, but Australia's most comprehensive tracking survey finds the typical household is worse off than ten years ago.
For families, the HILDA report has little good news – childcare costs, poverty and anxiety are rising, all while women are more involved in the labour market. But there is some reason to hope.
Scandinavian welfare states have made it easier for women to reconcile family and career. What's odd is that Anglophone nations aren't far behind.
As dads blog about their lives and changing norms and issues around fatherhood and parenting, they're pushing for social changes to benefit families in Canada — one blog post at a time.
For years, women footballers have resorted to everything from strikes to lawsuits to fight for gender equity. Why is it taking so long to close the pay gap?
Our children can't continue to grow up in a world where only women raise them, either at home or in early care and learning.
While Scott Morrison has touted the record seven women in his cabinet, the overall representation of women in parliament has barely improved since the last election in 2016.
Some of the Coalition government's initiatives on women and Indigenous issues have been more successful than others. Labor is promising much more.
In many African states power is concentrated in the executive branch. That's why women's representation in cabinet matters.
The hard nuts to crack are getting women into chief executive positions and getting them paid as much.
A confession: I can count on a single hand the number of women I have invited to collaborate with me on publications and grants.
Sponsorship, whereby a mentor in a powerful role advocates for a mentee, is what's needed for women to advance in coaching.
Opening up positions of political power to women will lead to effective and better implemented development policies.
New research shows that female politicians spend more on health and education, improving the well-being of a population.
Women identify more with their government representatives based on ethnicity rather than gender.
Women in investment management face sexist treatment and no accommodation of parenting responsibilities. That's bad news for a sector critical to all Australians’ economic security.
New research shows that conservative voters generally fail to see how being female can impede political success, while left-of-centre voters list gender as the main obstacle to success.
Without affirmative action through gender quotas and targets, we will have another 30 years of glacial progress on gender equity in academia.
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