Six months ago, on February 19, just as we were getting more than an inkling that a shape-shifting virus was in our midst, Hannah Clarke and her three children were murdered by their estranged...
By Julie Hare
An end to domestic violence? Start with gender equality
Every day of every year, police across Australia respond to 657 domestic and family violence notifications. That is one every two minutes. On the 34th week of 2020, 34 women and 38 children have...
Gender News: This week 1-7 August
Why COVID-19 will stop women entering politics. Canberra Times. 7 August. Because women are busy doing so much more COVID-related work, they don't even have time to scratch themselves, let alone run...
BroadTalk with Dame Annette King
Dame Annette King is someone you always want at the table. The dinner table or the board table, or perhaps even the kitchen table as she chops veg for a family roast. She is delightful company and...
The paradox of power: Why men target women leaders
There’s a scene in the movie Bombshell in which the character Kayla Pospisil, a young and justly ambitious producer within the Fox News empire, is called to a one-on-one meeting with the obesely...
Gender News: This week 24-31 July
'This too will pass': Messages of support to Karens from Jans who have been here before. ABC. 30 July The ABC asked Jans (of "not happy, Jan" fame) to share their perspective on the Karen...
For every victim, there is an abuser: workplaces and domestic violence
It was an evening in January 1998 when my partner landed a blow to my eye that would see me hurtle across the room and onto the floor. In that split second before, I registered him coming at me,...
Shift the numbers, shift the culture
Women and Law: Could the Dyson Heydon investigation have happened without women at senior levels in the High Court? Because there is one thing we know for sure, an equal and diverse leadership team...
BroadAgenda Wraps the Week: radical impatience for change; the Dyson ‘enablers’; and the baby ‘no brainer’
Now here’s an interesting fact I just tripped over. We know that only 7 percent of Fortune 500 companies in the US have women CEO’s, but did you know that only 7 percent of the world’s population is...