In many ways, Australian women’s and girls’ lives are very different to those of their mothers and grandmothers. Women are better educated, have more choice about their family lives and are more...
Category: News
Pregnancy apps and gender stereotypes
Pregnant women and those experiencing the early years of motherhood have used online forums for many years to share experiences and seek information. Now there are hundreds of apps that have been...
Steering Committee
Paying The Price of Fairness
Fair expectation and reality are often as misaligned in the workplace as the boss’s crooked tie. The bully is bargained with and his victim is dealt with. Parental leave is discouraged but boozy...
Feminism, Facebook and Fake News: The case for women’s political engagement in 2016
Every generation blames the one before. Or so sang Mike and the Mechanics. When I was studying feminism in the 1990s, I remember thinking my brand of feminism was very different to that of my...
Feminist innovations in the Pacific: the inaugural Pacific Feminist Forum
The feminist movement has been influential in effecting change for gender equality in national and global contexts. Yet in recent years we observe increasingly exclusion of feminist voices from...
Events
Gender quotas and the crisis of the mediocre man
A common criticism against gender quotas is that they are anathema to meritocratic principles. This research on Sweden shows that the opposite can be true: Quotas actually increased the competence...
He’s “Taken Back the Reins” and She’s “a Backstabbing Murderer”
In a recent study I analysed over 380 articles (roughly 190 articles each for both Gillard and Turnbull) from three prominent Australian newspapers, written around the time of each political coup....