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Whether it’s new legislation or the accomplishments of female world leaders, we investigate the light and the dark in hard news. We break down what policy changes mean for our readers, while exploring how the world can be a better place.

February 23, 2025

I’m a raging lesbian and an always irate feminist: here’s why I’m not falling for that TERF bullshit

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always found the idea of a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (colloquially referred to as a TERF or more recently as self-described ‘gender-critical feminists’) as incredibly ironic, if not entirely counterintuitive to the worthwhile cause of feminism as a whole. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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