Australia has come some way since the Sex Discrimination Act came into effect 40 years ago this month, but there’s still more work to be done.
It’s a “national crisis”, and almost $1 billion of initiatives have been announced to combat it, but these measures don’t address the foundational issues that have seen gendered violence marginalised.
Seven Monash University academics share their unique journeys with us to celebrate International Women’s Day 2024.
Despite ongoing efforts over the past decade, there’s still a noticeable gap in getting women into these top roles in Malaysia’s private sector.
Barriers to the engagement of women in peace operations can sustain harmful workplace cultures, scuttle gender equality, and even peace outcomes.
A new study underlines the need for regulatory reform to address the dismissal of women workers during pregnancy, including on the basis of redundancy.
A new cross-industry project highlights the experiences and difficulties faced by Korean diaspora domestic and family violence victim-survivors in Australia.
Sexual violence, a weapon of war recognised by many governments and international institutions, impacts thousands of people during and after conflicts. But how widespread and systematic it is largely remains a mystery.
Companies can eliminate biases by looking at their performance criteria and review them if they’re lopsided toward masculinity rather than femininity.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women has achieved a great deal in the past 40 years, but there remains more work to do in Australia.
Afghan women have resisted the discriminatory policies imposed on them, and actively advocated to reclaim their shrinking space to practise their rights. In this, music plays a role.
Women aren’t just silent victims in war. Throughout history, they’ve frequently taken into their own hands the fight for the group cause, and the Ukraine-Russia conflict is no exception.
Despite decades of talk about how to attract and retain women in construction, the participation rate in the industry is getting worse.
Monash Education celebrates the stories of five people nominated by senior leadership for their work in #breakingthebias both at work and home.
The latest Stella Count numbers have revealed a landmark moment in which women authors have not only reached parity with male authors in terms of books reviewed, but exceeded it.
While Australians demand change, the silence from Canberra on violence against women and gender inequality is a national shame.
To claim an equal future in sport, we have to shift the dial and support women leaders at all levels of the sport ecosystem.
Women have been fighting poverty pay, long hours and unsafe working conditions long before COVID-19 hit.
Gender equality for all women, and a world free of discrimination, is far from being reached, even in the world's most advantaged countries.
For this year's International Women’s Day, we celebrate Monash Education's leading women researchers, highlighting the challenges they faced in reaching the top of their fields.
The message of empowerment and equality needs to be widely embraced in the engineering profession.
British writer Mary Astell is a shining example of how women have long played a role in shaping modern philosophical thought.
Times have changed, but the gendered stereotype that scientists are predominantly serious, professional, white men is one that persists.
Dr Kaye Morgan hopes the phase contrast x-ray technique she’s working on will help doctors and researchers detect lung problems earlier.
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