Victoria has announced new teaching resources to tackle the influence of “manosphere” figures among students, but we still don’t have a clear picture of sexism and harassment in our schools.
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.
One in seven Australians say they’ve engaged in tech-based workplace harassment – and it’s often designed to offend, humiliate and distress the victim.
New research has revealed persistent barriers that continue to thwart the political ambitions of young women from standing for election.
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.
Has the toxic workplace culture within Parliament House improved at all, despite the groundbreaking Jenkins review?
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.
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.
In light of parliamentary staff facing problems when making complaints, we can learn from reform in the United Kingdom.
Sport keeps hitting the headlines for what happens off the field. Experts in sport, gender and media Brett Hutchins and Ruth Jeanes explain why we idolise sporting legends, and why we’re often let down.
The parallels between Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins' account of sexual assault, and the stories of workplace sexual harassment in elite private schools.
Unlike workplace safety laws, there's nothing in place that requires employers to take action to identify the risk of sexual harassment.
Findings against former High Court justice Dyson Heydon expose the vacuum within the legal profession that allows for sexist behaviour, but it also allows an opportunity to change it.
To drive lasting change regarding sexual harassment and assault, greater effort needs to be directed towards preventing these issues from arising in the first place.
Hyper-masculinity is a defining feature of global politics, but the #metoo movement is prising open opportunities to pursue gender equality as women fight back.
The 2018 Oscars showed that the movement against sexual harassment has gone beyond symbolic clothing gestures to enact real change.
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