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.
The PALM scheme has some problematic elements, and there are mixed feelings about it within Pacific Island countries.
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.
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.
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?
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.
On 14 October, it’s our civic responsibility to make an informed decision about the referendum question regarding the Voice to Parliament.
Despite the successes of the Women’s World Cup, there were many examples that highlighted the unequal and inequitable treatment of the women’s game.
On a new episode of Monash University’s “What Happens Next?” podcast, meet the healthcare providers and advocates working tirelessly to ensure that we don't lose ground in the global fight for reproductive rights.
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.
The October 2022 budget marks a departure from the “blokier” budgets of recent years, centring gender equality and the care economy rather than high-vis and hard hats.
No wonder people are sceptical about providing information – they don’t know why employers want this information or what they’re going to do with it.
New research that shows men and boys feel hostility, resentment, fear and jealousy when social norms are challenged call into question how we currently frame campaigns based on respect.
Judging by what the new federal government has promised, the answer appears to be a resounding “Yes”.
A new project is shining a light on gender inequalities in the Australian jazz and improvisation sector.
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.
There’s a crisis in women’s safety, but the budget commitments are piecemeal – and some aren’t even new.
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.
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’.
How did assumptions and biases find their way into machines? As groups around the world fight for social equality, is AI helping or hurting our progress?
While stories of human rights violations, and dire warnings about pandemics and an uncertain economic future seem unconnected, research reveals common roots in systemic inequality and discrimination in Australia.
Gender equality for all women, and a world free of discrimination, is far from being reached, even in the world's most advantaged countries.
A new advocacy group aims to address gender imbalance in science by helping map the career trajectories of early-to-mid-career researchers through promotion of their existing research achievements.
Sharman Stone has worked to advance the rights of women for more than 20 years, in Parliament and as Ambassador for Women and Girls, but her work isn't finished yet.
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