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COP29: Defining indicators for climate adaptation progress

At COP29, focus shifts to climate adaptation, balancing mitigation efforts with local resilience strategies.

How Kamala Harris is re-energising young voters

Kamala Harris has reinvigorated the Democratic ticket and inspired the voters they need most – women, African-Americans and youth. But it’s not all smooth sailing.

Politics and society

Delayed reckonings: Elections, international security and support for the radical right

Following the week’s elections in Britain and France, the centre has held for now, but it’s clear incumbents face severe challenges.

Politics and society

‘Misogynist radicalisation’: Here’s what parents of boys should know

Parents need to understand how algorithms work. These can drive misogynistic content towards boys and young men, and can make extreme views seem normal.

Education

Gender-based violence: Follow the evidence

Australian researchers urge prioritising evidence-based solutions and incorporating Indigenous experiences to tackle rising gender-based violence cases.

Politics and society

Post-truth politics and manosphere extremists in Australian schools

To counter some of the harmful influences of Andrew Tate and others, we need long-term, critical, and transformational approaches embedded within both curricula and school cultures.

Education

Failure to launch: Young women and political leadership in Australia

New research has revealed persistent barriers that continue to thwart the political ambitions of young women from standing for election.

Politics and society

It’s me, hi!: The visibility of women in music

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.

Politics and society

Climbing the ranks: Australia’s gender equity breakthrough

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.

Politics and society

Disinformation persists, and is gathering momentum

It appears to have become more prevalent, visible, and possibly also more politicised in post-pandemic times, as general trust in governments and mainstream media declines.

Politics and society

Politics and the long road to gender equality

Has the toxic workplace culture within Parliament House improved at all, despite the groundbreaking Jenkins review?

Politics and society

Menopause meets politics: Where governments fail in women’s health

About 10% of Australian women experience early menopause before the age of 45, yet it's an aspect of women's health to which state and federal governments pay little more than lip service.

Medicine and health

Episode 74: Hear Her Roar – Women’s Safety and Gender Equality

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.

What Happens Next?

Mahsa Amini’s death, and Iran’s oppression of women

The large-scale protests across Iran are a culmination of everything that’s gone wrong with the country since the 1979 revolution.

Politics and society

Episode 67: Where Are Women in Peacebuilding?

Women’s involvement in peace-brokering activities results in lasting success, but they’re underrepresented at the table. Experts, including Natasha Stott Despoja AO, weigh in on a new episode of Monash University's podcast, “What Happens Next?”.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Political leaders silent on violence against women

Neither Scott Morrison nor Anthony Albanese has prioritised a commitment to recognising and reducing men’s violence in their election pitch. They haven’t even uttered the words “violence against women”.

Politics and society

The barriers preventing migrant women engaging in Australian politics

Creating opportunities for all women and addressing unsafe political culture is critical to increasing migrant women’s political engagement in Australia.

Politics and society

No, Prime Minister, not good enough

Scott Morrison's remarks in response to a question about Will Smith’s Oscars’ slap risk being a dog whistle, fuelling and cultivating a culture of male violence.

Politics and society

Too little in the budget to support women’s safety

There’s a crisis in women’s safety, but the budget commitments are piecemeal – and some aren’t even new.

Politics and society

Up for the count: Women authors reach parity in the review stakes

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.

Politics and society

Episode 54: Racism: It Stops With...? Part I

Moderated by Dr Susan Carland, the panel discussion ‘Racism: It stops with…..?’, brought together some of the foremost leaders working to understand and battle racism today. Listen to part one of the conversation now.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Episode 51: Can We Open the Halls of Power?

Social inequality’s not inevitable, and it’s not too late to change it. On an all-new episode of Monash University’s “What Happens Next?” podcast, Dr Susan Carland and guest experts identify key approaches to ensure all Australians are equally represented in the halls of power.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Episode 50: Is Australia Classist?

Find out how privilege and disparate levels of access to basic resources such as education are contributing to social inequality in Australia – threatening the egalitarian ideals of 'the land of the fair go’.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

He said, she said: Shining a light on gender and political leadership in Australia

A new collection of essays describes a political arena in which the structural and cultural barriers facing women are contradictory and self-defeating.

Politics and society

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COP29: Defining indicators for climate adaptation progress

How Kamala Harris is re-energising young voters

Delayed reckonings: Elections, international security and support for the radical right

‘Misogynist radicalisation’: Here’s what parents of boys should know

Gender-based violence: Follow the evidence

Post-truth politics and manosphere extremists in Australian schools

Failure to launch: Young women and political leadership in Australia

It’s me, hi!: The visibility of women in music

Climbing the ranks: Australia’s gender equity breakthrough

Disinformation persists, and is gathering momentum

Politics and the long road to gender equality

Menopause meets politics: Where governments fail in women’s health

Episode 74: Hear Her Roar – Women’s Safety and Gender Equality

Mahsa Amini’s death, and Iran’s oppression of women

Episode 67: Where Are Women in Peacebuilding?

Political leaders silent on violence against women

The barriers preventing migrant women engaging in Australian politics

No, Prime Minister, not good enough

Too little in the budget to support women’s safety

Up for the count: Women authors reach parity in the review stakes

Episode 54: Racism: It Stops With...? Part I

Episode 51: Can We Open the Halls of Power?

Episode 50: Is Australia Classist?

He said, she said: Shining a light on gender and political leadership in Australia