Despite decades of activism, women are still burdened with the effects of slut shaming in everyday life. Dr Hilary Caldwell’s new book, Slutdom, argues or women’s enjoyment of sex as a force to...
Category: First Person
Inspiring women: Jen Webb
BroadAgenda is featuring a short series of profiles on amazing women and LGBTIQ + folks. You're about to meet Distinguished Professor of Creative Practice at the University of Canberra, Jen Webb. ...
Climate crisis: humanity is at a crossroads
In this blog post, international student Kayla Neville reflects on attending the inspiring event, Women Speak Out on COP28, hosted by the Women’s Climate Congress (WCC). "At the end of the day, we...
Why don’t PhD candidates get paid parental leave?
In 2021 I was mid-way through my PhD program and three months pregnant. Until that point, I hadn’t thought much about parental leave—it’s the law in Australia, right? So it was a shock to discover...
Summer profile series – inspiring women: Selen Ayirtman Ercan
Over summer, BroadAgenda is featuring a short series of profiles on amazing women and LGBTIQ + folks. You're about to meet Professor Selen Ayirtman Ercan, Director of the Centre for Deliberative...
Summer profile series – inspiring women: Riyana Miranti
Over summer, BroadAgenda is featuring a short series of profiles on amazing women and LGBTIQ + folks. You're about to meet Professor Riyana (Mira) Miranti. She's a socio-economist and development...
Summer profile series – inspiring women: Danielle Scrimshaw
Over summer, BroadAgenda is featuring a short series of profiles on amazing women and LGBTIQ + folks. Our first Q and A is with Danielle Scrimshaw. She's is a writer living on Boon Wurrung country...
How do we bring a feminist lens to governance?
What does it mean to bring a feminist lens to governance? A comprehensive new publication edited by Marian Sawer, Lee Ann Banaszak, Jacqui True, and Johanna Kantola has brought together...
Actually, body positivism is empowering women to live
‘Get out of the way, you fat fuck’. These are the words a young bloke yelled at me from his moving car as I walked across a carpark in suburban Canberra. He swerved his car toward me, I assume to...