Australian Embassy in Afghanistan temporarily shuttered Federal Foreign Minister Marise Payne issued a statement on Tuesday announcing that the Australian Embassy in Kabul would close as an interim measure from 28 May.
Brazen Hussies: women seeing then what was unseeable before March 22, 2021 By Felicity Neale Community & Social ‘Brazen Hussies’ shows the birth of Australian women’s rights in the 1970s. Women have a raging bushfire of purpose and resolve.
Lightning bolts, abortion bans and the glorious history of women going on strike November 23, 2020 By Lucy Delap Community & Social No politician can afford to assume that what is mandated in the courts or legislature will be workable in practice. Poland’s women’s strike reminds us that even in authoritarian states, populations can sometimes just refuse what governments dish up.
The women, peace and security update November 13, 2020 By Tracy Beattie, Hal Crichton-Standish, Daria Impiombato, Alexandra Pascoe and Albert Zhang Editors' Picks Russia fails to wind back women’s rights in conflict zones; 20th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325 (recognising that conflict affects women and girls differently to men and boys), and more.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped shape the modern era of women’s rights – even before she went on the Supreme Court September 20, 2020 By Jonathan Entin Editors' Picks A tribute to US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday.
Addressing men’s harmful notions of masculinity in Australia’s security sector March 31, 2020 By David Duriesmith Defence While the association between violence and maleness runs deep, it isn’t inevitable. Locally relevant targeted interventions can challenge men’s relationship with violence and dominance.
