Eighteen years after a brainstem stroke left her in a wheelchair, Asha shares the harrowing reality of trying to access something as routine as cervical screening - and how a simple innovation finally made her feel seen.
- Asha Prasad
"If we’re serious about ending youth homelessness, we need to stop seeing it as a personal failing. It’s a systemic issue, one born of inequality, discrimination, and underfunded safety nets," writes Ellen Jacobson.
- Ellen Jacobsen
Opinion: A 2025/26 State Budget reflection by Nerita Waight, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
- Nerita Waight
"With our voices, and more allies who genuinely listen and want change, we can gradually see more diverse women rightfully taking their seats at those tables" – writes Alicia Vrajlal.
- Alicia Vrajlal
From The Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner to Nayika: A Dancing Girl, we’ve seen more diverse, women of colour-led theatre in Australia in recent years.
- Alicia Vrajlal
When I first stepped through the doors of the Carla Zampatti office as a 19-year-old intern, I had no idea how much it would shape my life and my journey as an entrepreneur.
- Yuliya Lozovyk
When I was thirteen, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. At an age when most girls are navigating schoolyard crushes, awkward first kisses and the shifting terrain of puberty, I was navigating hospital corridors, IV drips and chronic pain.
- Jade May
There’s a moment I often come back to around Mother’s Day. A child with two mums was told they could only buy one present at a school Mother’s Day craft stall. The child spoke up and said, “But I have two mums.”
- Petria Leggo-Field
Avaani Prakash talks about the rise of her soccer career, her dreams of playing with Mary Fowler, and her advice for other young women pursuing professional sport – Mrinaal Datt reports.
- Mrinaal Datt
Here at Missing Perspectives, we love celebrating high agency women who are paving the way in male-dominated industries.
- Missing Perspectives