feminism

The cultural change needed to achieve gender equality at work and home demands society raise its children differently, says Lucy Turnbull.

Katy Gallagher speaks of the late Susan Ryan, reflecting on the ire Ryan attracted for fighting for the respect of women’s capabilities.

Irish Justice Síofra O’Leary will make history this year as the first female president of the European Court of Human Rights.

Andrew Leigh’s announcement of the new charities commission has returned focus to Australia’s civic life, for the first time in decades.

The two essays making up this small Dorothy L. Sayers book are a sizzling takedown of the ridiculous notions of what ‘womanhood’ should be.

Why are so many women stepping up to the election plate now — and do these independents really represent a threat to Australia’s two-party system?

‘Brazen Hussies’ shows the birth of Australian women’s rights in the 1970s. Women have a raging bushfire of purpose and resolve.

By refusing to step outside the parliament to answer women’s justified concerns, the PM has demonstrated callous indifference to sexual assault.

The daily image of a topless woman on page three of the Sun newspaper was considered by some to be a “British institution”. Yet it was also increasingly seen as a relic of institutionalised sexism in the media and society. Then in 2015, nearly 50 years after it was first introduced, the feature was quietly […]

Today, what is now known as ‘Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House’ will be opened by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Long regarded as guardians of morality and respectability, women’s use of swear words has been policed and punished in various ways. Yet women have a rich history of using such language as a means of challenging oppression.

My Brilliant Career is everywoman’s career as much as it is the career of Australia.