Over summer, BroadAgenda is republishing some of its most popular articles. This compelling piece was first posted in March. There is extraordinary power in the emotions surfacing in women around...
By Virginia Haussegger
Farewell BroadAgenda
The wonderful thing about saying goodbye and packing up an office, are the hours of discovery! As I've prepared to leave my role today as Chief Editor of BroadAgenda and founding Director of the...
BroadTalk with Biff Ward
What do those aging women’s Libbers make of the March4Justice movement? And how does Australia’s current explosion of feminist activity connect to our past? Writer and activist, Biff Ward is one of...
Women will not be silenced again
The Minister for Families and Social Services, Anne Ruston, is right. There is “a rot in society”. But Scott Morrison is wrong. Anointing a “prime minister for women”, even as a joke, and creating a...
BroadTalk with Janine Hendry
How does a woman, single-handedly, start a social movement in 2 weeks that brings over 100,000 people onto the streets to rally? And has Australia’s March4Justice unleashed a public roar against...
BroadTalk with Aminata Conteh-Biger
How does a young woman who is subjected to brutal sexual slavery in Sierra Leone, escape a civil war, land in Australia and rebuild her life? And why does motherhood send her back to the land that...
BroadTalk with Helen Dalley-Fisher
Is Australia on the brink of a powerful, new women’s movement? Could this be the change we’ve been waiting for? And what happens after so much venting of such raw anger? This week has seen a public...
Rage & the rise of a new women’s movement
There is extraordinary power in the emotions surfacing in women around Australia right now. The power of this moment is unprecedented. But, as a nation, we must get this right. We must hear the...
BroadTalk with Isobel Marshall and Eloise Hall
How do two 17-year-old school girls, with a passion for a global social enterprise, turn their dream into reality and a thriving business? And why focus on period poverty and menstruation products?...