Gender equality essential to economic recovery: World Bank Chief
Well, that’s what the headline could have been, but The Age went with this one: Economy in Danger Zone: World Bank Chief. Scroll down and you’ll see where the lead is buried. ‘[Zoellick] said...
View ArticleThe First True American Woman Road-Racer
OK – she isn’t Australian, but I reckon the story of Julia Chase-Brand is worth telling to as wide an audience as possible. To a generation of women who enter fun runs and road races every second week;...
View ArticleConference: Women, Leadership and Democracy
The Women, Leadership and Democracy Conference will be held at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra, on 1 -2 December 2011. Don’t miss it! This national conference aims to bring together a...
View ArticleHassiba Boulmerka: Defying death threats to win gold
It’s an Olympic year and for those of us living in Australia, the focus on athletic performance tends to overshadow the social and cultural importance of the events in other nations. In 1992 Algeria’s...
View ArticleGermaine Greer’s archive to come to the University of Melbourne
It isn’t often that archives make news, but when the archive belongs to Germaine Greer then there’s bound to be some interest. Today, the University of Melbourne Archives announced it will be...
View ArticleWhen marriage went underground – The Marriage Bar and its removal in Australia
An important anniversary for Australian women slipped by relatively unheralded earlier this month. November 18 marked 50 years since the federal government, led by Harold Holt, decreed that it would be...
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