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.
With the major awards season over, 2024 is becoming the year for women in music, but a lack of information and knowledge about sexual violence in music spaces and other creative places can dampen this newfound visibility.
Researchers are conducting the first clinical trial to examine how selective estrogen receptor modulators’ (SERMs) may help both men and women suffering from schizophrenia.
What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia’s agriculture sector battling a climate in collapse?
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.
Despite evidence that street harassment is arguably the most pervasive to women’s safety in public places, very little is known about its prevalence or patterns.
The United Nations predicts 340 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty by 2030, but we can change this.
2023 was a watershed year for women’s reproductive rights in Australia, but the cost of contraception and abortion services remains too high.
There’s plenty of evidence showing how social media use can affect youth mental health, but studies often omit the developing countries of the global south.
There’s value of bringing together older members of the community, Indigenous artists, and younger generations to engage in art, movement, learning, and being together.
The federal government’s announcement of $3.5 million to fund a healthy masculinities project trial is promising, but lacks detail on precisely how the funds will be used, and what will inform the programs.
Women are increasingly seeking testosterone therapy to treat fatigue and brain fog. But there’s no evidence it improves symptoms of menopause.
A new report reveals gendered disadvantage in Australia is so deeply systemic and entrenched that even the COVID-19 pandemic failed to have an impact.
Discover how music, fiction and other creative works can offer solace and foster empathy amid the complexities of climate change.
Australia has leapt to 26th in the 2023 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, but we’re still behind countries such as New Zealand and Rwanda.
While the actions outlined in the plans are admirable, achieving the set targets will require a significant increase in urgency and funding.
Despite a national plan to end violence against women and children, there’s no demonstrable evidence of a change of pace, or the emergency interventions needed, to achieve it.
Vegemite first hit Australian supermarket shelves in 1923, but it took a while to find its feet.
A new research program will target biological causes and possible treatments, including anti-psychotic drugs, brain stimulation and hormones.
A study of data from more than 5000 Indonesian women has found that marrying early – particularly by age 18 – leads to higher depression.
It’s often a loss that’s not spoken about, as there’s no tangible person to grieve for, and few rites and rituals to commemorate the loss, but there are ways to better-support people.
The opening rounds of the AFL season have shown that, 30 years after Nicky Winmar’s defiant stance against racism, not much has changed.
The rights of trans people have become a highly divisive political issue in the US and UK. Recent events underline how we must be proactive in ensuring Australia doesn’t mirror their transphobic environments.
Australia’s professional sports players aren’t covered by the same injury rules as other workers – unlike in New Zealand.
Dummy text