Australian researchers urge prioritising evidence-based solutions and incorporating Indigenous experiences to tackle rising gender-based violence cases.
With the media and legal bar set so high seven years after the global awakening of #MeToo, it’s an ongoing battle for female victim-survivors to provide bulletproof evidence in the contested spaces of “she said/he said”.
As climate change makes smog and bushfires more common, people will die from air pollution at increasingly high rates – especially in densely-populated cities.
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.
Sexual deepfake abuse silences women, causing lasting harm, and laws to protect them are inconsistent. A global approach is vital if society truly wants to address the problem.
What symptoms reliably indicate the start of perimenopause or menopause? And which symptoms can menopause hormone therapy help with? Here’s what the evidence says.
What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia’s agriculture sector battling a climate in collapse?
School-leavers want flexibility and gig work offers it. But how will that affect the economy?
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.
A unified approach from journalism scholars in the Global North and Global South is needed to promote more gender-sensitive, solutions-driven, and victim-survivor-centred reporting about violence against women.
The most popular supplements for hot flushes are phytoestrogens, or plant estrogens, but at present, there’s uncertainty about their benefits.
A study of data from more than 5000 Indonesian women has found that marrying early – particularly by age 18 – leads to higher depression.
Many countries that have not yet abolished the death penalty flout their international obligation to limit it to only the most serious crimes.
To advance action on climate change, we need to acknowledge, listen to, and elevate the voices of those on the frontline of its impact.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we examine whether mining and sustainability can go hand-in-hand as we transition to a decarbonised future,
Greater action on climate change at COP27 this year has the potential to reignite youth passion for climate action, and provide hope for future generations.
On a new episode of Monash University's "What Happens Next?" podcast, learn about efforts to preserve languages, and how our words can build a more inclusive society.
Rishi Sunak is the first person of colour to take the top post, but he faces a host of problems at home – as well as a Conservative Party tearing itself apart.
Police drug-enforcement activities in Indonesia do more harm than good, and women bear the brunt of it. It’s time for Indonesia to decriminalise drug use, and expand health services.
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.
Indonesia’s government has funded a thorough media literacy program, but rather than stopping misinformation, it may serve to undermine independent thought.
Girls and women experience climate change in unique ways. This includes being vulnerable to gender-based violence as climate change brings about forced migration, loss of housing and income.
While most other Pacific nations take strong abolitionist stances on the death penalty, PNG is moving in the opposite direction – despite not having executed any prisoners since 1954.
The collapse of Afghanistan’s government, the American military withdrawal and failure of its mission put women’s safety and freedoms at grave risk.
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