Earlier this month French president Emmanuel Macron made a national address that stopped people in their tracks. The topic? Endometriosis. Kelly Saunders, a PhD student with the 50/50 by 2030...
Category: Politics
Rage and the rise of a new women’s movement
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...
The ecosystems of Parliament need urgent change
With a Christmas tree behind him the Prime Minister unwrapped a recycled theme years in the making and painful in its unpacking — the findings of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkin’s...
Review: Strong Female Lead on SBS
From the makers of 'See What You Made Me Do?', Strong Female Lead explores the gender politics during Julia Gillard’s term as Australia’s first and still only female Prime Minister. Looking back at...
Fair go? Why the national anthem is racist
As we say goodbye to another Olympics, there’s a sizeable section of the Australian population that might breathe sigh of relief about not having to sit through another rendition of our national...
Why we deserve more from our politicians
Like so many other women, I am enraged that Christian Porter MP is acting leader of the House of Representatives. A position that is one of the most powerful in the country. It means that Porter is...
Paying attention to voices of trailblazing women
‘Listening’ to the women of the 1890s, the first women with an electoral voice in Australia, hails as a guide as we consider the quality of representative democracy in our Federation, further...
Review: Boil your blood, focus your mind
If you enjoy bursting into rage induced flame, but in pocket sized installments and with a glimmer of hope at the end, you can’t go past Kate Fitz-Gibbon’s Our National Shame: Violence Against...
Gender deafness is widespread, but can be cured
Last week, Annabel Crabb’s outstanding ABC series Ms Represented included accounts from women across the political spectrum on what Julie Bishop called ‘gender deafness’. Gender deafness is a...