Women’s Rights
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Friday essay: invisible no more – putting the first women archaeologists of the Pacific back on the map
In our Pacific Matildas research project, we are recovering the hidden traces of the first female archaeologists in the Pacific. Authors…
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Royal commission told of ‘heartbreaking’ abuse faced by women with disability
The disability royal commission was told 90 per cent of women with intellectual disability have experienced sexual abuse. By disability…
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Family and domestic violence survivors are ‘being failed’
The Justice for Women in Rape Cases forum was hosted by the Geelong Women Unionists Network (GWUN) and March4Justice Geelong,…
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Shackling of Women in the Name of Mental Health
Global Movement to #BreakTheChains “I’ve lived in chains for many years. It’s very uncomfortable. I was shackled around the waist…
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‘Collective strength’: the LRA captive restoring dignity to survivors in Uganda
When Victoria Nyanjura was abducted from her Catholic boarding school in northern Uganda by members of the Lord’s Resistance Army, she prayed…
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A Hindu married a Muslim for love. Her parents called the police
A Sikh by birth, Bali converted to Islam to marry a Muslim man, Shahid Nazir Bhat. Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall…
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Majority of women in Victoria’s prisons have not been found guilty
Ava often feared for her safety when they argued, but kept the police out of it. Megan Pearce The Age…
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MEPs condemn Poland’s near-total abortion ban
MEPs on Tuesday condemned Poland’s almost total ban on abortion and called on the European Union to step up its fight against…
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Friday essay: rethinking the myth of Daphne, a woman who chooses eternal silence over sexual assault
You can even find advice on how to look like a Greek goddess or heroine on your wedding day, with…
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US Supreme Court to hear major abortion case with ramifications for Roe vs Wade
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case with massive implications for the country’s abortion laws, setting up…
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We are failing women if a man still has the right to rape his wife
We must speak out, writes Johanna Higgs. ΙΑ I WAS on Rarotonga, the biggest of all of the Cook Islands — a…
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‘See What You Made Me Do’ is must-watch TV. Here’s what needs to happen now to address domestic abuse
ANALYSIS: As SBS airs See What You Made Me Do, a landmark documentary series about domestic abuse, two experts explain…
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Afghans fear women and minorities could lose hard-won rights after foreign troop withdrawal
Her gender and disability have made attaining her goals a constant and sometimes life-threatening struggle. Tracey Shelton and Omid Sobhani…
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The UN’s “My Body is My Own” study looked at women’s bodily autonomy around the world.
The authors of the report by the United Nations Population Fund addressed for the first time women’s bodily autonomy. AFP…
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Report due on ‘failings’ for fatal family
NSW Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan is due to release her findings and recommendations on Wednesday into the deaths of Jack and…
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Three women in Istanbul
I am quite certain that I never will. Nicholas Karides It is a city that conjures two key references for…
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