Monash's award-winning podcast, “What Happens Next?”, returns for a ninth season that explores pressing global issues including reality in the digital age, climate change in the Indo-Pacific region and the ongoing struggle to eliminate gender-based violence.
The tragic deaths of two First Nations women highlight systemic failings, and the urgent need for a Human Rights Act in Australia.
New research indicates living with daughters can help lower gender wellbeing inequality in old age. But it also hints at the enduring influence of culture.
The naming, for the first time, of specific companies, not just industries, and what they pay their male and female workers, is set to pressure employers to take action.
Liars and fake news merchants are profiting from misinformation and disinformation in Indonesia. Can it be fixed?
The United Nations predicts 340 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty by 2030, but we can change this.
The rise of influencer culture has been meteoric, but what’s going on behind the selfie stick? And what does it have to do with gender dynamics?
On 14 October, it’s our civic responsibility to make an informed decision about the referendum question regarding the Voice to Parliament.
If the world genuinely wants to reach some semblance of “sustainable development”, it needs to start listening more to the concerns of youth and marginalised populations.
Could our fascination with objectivity be the Pied Piper that led us to develop a machine some of us now fear and avoid?
A response of bigotry or hatred is common for people identifying as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, just as it is for people coming out as gay, bi, trans or queer.
A constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament would demonstrate that Australia is a mature nation, but misinformation is muddying the waters.
This week on Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, a live panel of experts in Australian politics and gender discuss the issues around gender equality and women's safety.
Drongos, dickheads and ning-nongs: Why Australia is a nation of nongs, but mightn’t be for long.
We need not just an acknowledgement of children as victim-survivors in their own right, but a commitment to boost resourcing of child-centred recovery support.
The teeth of the tammar wallaby don’t grow in the way you’d expect – and scientists want to know why.
Multiple expert assessments made in 2022 conclude the modern Azov Regiment is a fairly typical fighting unit, with little, if any, political bent.
The Fire to Flourish research project is reimagining Australia’s response to natural disasters, and reshaping small towns in the process.
Distrust is framed as a problem that needs to be solved. Instead, it can signal where there are deep social problems that need to be addressed.
Single Australian women over 60 are the most likely to live in poverty, earning less than $30,000 a year, and it's taking a heavy emotional toll, with mental distress on the rise.
We should welcome all options that enable low-carbon hydrogen to play a role in decarbonising our energy systems, and stop focusing on colour-coding production methods.
There are things we need to unlearn, learn and relearn about conditions for living together on this planet in just, equitable and sustainable ways.
Companies can eliminate biases by looking at their performance criteria and review them if they’re lopsided toward masculinity rather than femininity.
Despite decades of talk about how to attract and retain women in construction, the participation rate in the industry is getting worse.
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