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May 1, 2024
Future Woman podcast
Hear Virginia on Future Woman with Helen McCabe
March 31, 2024
Our Radicals and Revolutionaries: Women’s Liberation
The chaps from ASIO were hiding across the road from the Canning Street house in Ainslie. None of the eight...
March 9, 2024
Meta may not care about Australian news but it’s the soul of our communities
I once rang a convent of catholic nuns in Melbourne, to ask if the Sister in charge might have a...
February 17, 2024
Joining the ‘first lady’ club: oh Jodie, what have you done?
So Jodie Haydon said ‘yes’, right at a time when women around the globe are increasingly saying ‘no’ to marriage....
August 14, 2023
Radicals, Rebels and Reformers: a clarion call from the Sisterhood
Oh, they were mad! Furious. Those wild ‘women’s libbers’. Noisy as hell and heading for the Canberra Times, driven by...
July 24, 2023
Barbie lands an unresolved feminist rant, but the joke is on us!
There is a fabulous moment in the history of the Canberra Women’s Movement when over a hundred furious feminists barged...
July 17, 2023
Canberra’s Rose McGready defies Myanmar military in the battle to save new mothers and beat malaria
It must have surprised the Burmese family strolling up Mount Painter, on the outskirts of Cook, when the solo walker...
April 1, 2023
Shaping the Century of Women: Feminine Power across the Globe
What is feminine power? It’s not a trick question. But think about it too long, and soon you’re caught in...
March 5, 2023
Go hug yourself? IWD cause lost in mindless mush
Brace yourself for a barrage of silly slogans and cutesy cupcakes. International Women’s Day is on the way and as...
February 24, 2023
The Woman President: Book Review
The Woman President: Leadership, Law and Legacy for Women Based on Experiences from South and Southeast Asia Ramona Vijayarasa Oxford University Press
February 17, 2023
Trolls are vile, but DFAT should never have posted this video
Let’s get this out of the way first. The one-minute video of Australia’s new Ambassador for Gender Equality, Stephanie Copus...
October 2, 2022
Here’s what you need to know about Mahsa Amini and the protests in Iran and around the world
If you can’t hear the echo of women’s anger leaking out of Iran right now, or feel the rumble of...
August 15, 2022
As Afghan mothers sell their daughters, Australia stands limply by
What is a 13-year-old daughter worth? For Khorsheed, a desperate Afghan mother, the meagre sum of $US670 seemed sadly acceptable....
July 5, 2022
‘Violence begets violence’: The brewing rage stirring in women gathers force
What does a woman do with a mallet? A friend of mine has just made one. It’s large, wooden and...