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February 20, 2025

Opinion: Kinship over courts – where real justice begins

"On the World Day of Social Justice, let’s talk about kinship incarceration and the ignored ripple effect of imprisonment through extended family networks," writes Maia Onyenachi.

Maia Onyenachi

February 17, 2025

The voices of Syrian women in a post-Assad Era: A revolution led by women

With the fall of the Assad regime, Syrian women are increasingly speaking out against the imposition of the hijab and expressing their concerns about the country’s shift toward more stringent Islamic rule – Batoul Yazbeck reports.

Batoul Yazbeck

February 13, 2025

Don’t fix what is not broken: Studies show that one third of people in the UK believe asexuality can be ‘cured’

"As a proud asexual woman, this information is not surprising to me in the slightest. While I am not shocked, I am really mad," writes Allie Daisy King.

Allie Daisy King

February 12, 2025

Job-sharing Senate candidates have launched legal proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia

Job-sharing political candidates Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock have announced that they have submitted an application to the Federal Court of Australia, seeking to prevent the Australian Electoral Commission from rejecting their nomination to run for a Victorian Senate seat in the upcoming federal election.

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February 11, 2025

‘We are cooking on the roads, our children are studying on the roads’: The significant impact of evictions in India

In June last year, the West Bengal government conducted eviction drives across the city of Kolkata to do away with ‘encroachments’. The impacts on women and children are still felt today, reports Ritwika Mitra.

Ritwika Mitra

February 8, 2025

Albanese government announces $573.3 million women’s health package

Minister Gallagher, Minister Butler, and Assistant Minister Kearney today unveiled a $573.3 million women’s health package, which includes the PBS listing of the first new contraceptive pills in over three decades.

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February 7, 2025

Opinion: An empathy crisis is ravaging the housing crisis conversation

"The lack of empathy towards people trapped in a crisis that they cannot out-save, out-earn or out-hustle is setting us back significantly. While some are wrapped up in the concept of worthiness, we stray further and further away from reaching a critical part of the discussion: it does not have to be like this," writes Emily Readman.

Emily Readman

February 5, 2025

Young voices, big ideas, no vote: Why Australia needs to listen to teen girls and gender-diverse youth this election year

In November last year, I was in Canberra supporting a workshop with high school-aged students. An annual workshop, it focused on building the political literacy of young people, positioning them as people with solutions, and encouraging them to bring their solutions to life.

Ashleigh Streeter-Jones

January 30, 2025

Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts pens ‘Long Yarn Short’: A story of survival and a scathing look at the systems tearing families apart

Most people in their mid-twenties probably wouldn’t even think about writing a memoir, but for Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, the timing was finally right.

Madison Howarth

January 28, 2025

First Nations women on what January 26 signifies and why they love Yabun Festival

Founded in 2001, Yabun Festival on Gadigal land in Sydney has commemorated Survival / Invasion Day and brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from across the country.

Madison Howarth

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Climate change isn’t just a global crisis—it’s quickly becoming a game-changer in the world of sport.

In recent years, athletes across the globe have faced conditions that were once unthinkable, from heatwaves to snowstorms and everything in between.

Here in Australia, it’s a stark reality. We’ve seen the AFL, cricket and A-League matches postponed as temperatures soar to dangerous levels, while players from all codes are left to battle the extreme weather patterns that seem to be intensifying year by year.

But it’s not just about disrupted schedules. It’s about the athletes themselves, who are now fighting for more than just a win on the field—they’re fighting for their future.

Here in Australia, one athlete is leading the charge to bring the issue of climate change to the forefront of sport. AFLW star Nicola Barr has emerged as a powerful advocate for environmental sustainability.

Nicola has used her platform to highlight the urgent need for action, pushing for change not just within AFL but across all sports. Nicola’s work has changed the way many Australians view the intersection of sport and climate change. It’s no longer just a distant problem—it’s a pressing issue that’s affecting the games we love.

This is an important conversation not to be missed. Watch or listen at the link in bio and stories.

In the spirit of reconciliation, Missing Perspectives acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea, and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. We acknowledge that land in Australia was never ceded and always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

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