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Twenty years of tracking sexual harassment at work shows little improvement
The fifth national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces shows little has changed since the last survey in 2018 – or...
Dec 2, 2022
How the news media can cover Trump’s new run for president responsibly
Now that he’s in the 2024 presidential race, the media circus that is Donald Trump is returning for a new season. Trump is still...
Dec 2, 2022
Clothes women wanted to wear
The late Carla Zampatti is celebrated in a splendid retrospective Zampatti Powerhouse at the Powerhouse Museum. Planned well before the...
Nov 25, 2022
Relaunch Project cohort revealed
Women in Media, in partnership with Google News Initiative, is proud to announce the new cohort of media professionals who participate in...
Nov 21, 2022
Five inspiring TED Talks on female leadership
Trouble saying no? Lack the confidence to say yes? There’s a TED Talk for that. Whether you need help negotiating a pay rise, are...
Nov 18, 2022
Everything you need to know about Mastodon, the ‘Twitter alternative’
In the wake of Elon Musk closing the deal to buy Twitter and soon after firing the management, users have been reconsidering the...
Nov 18, 2022
Local newspapers are vital for disadvantaged communities, but they’re struggling too
As residents in the small Victorian city of Portland voiced concerns about the loss of vital healthcare services in their area, the local...
Nov 18, 2022
In Iris, Fiona Kelly McGregor recreates the criminal underworld of the Depression era
It’s spring 1932 and Sydney is in the grip of the Great Depression. In the narrow terrace-lined streets and back lanes of inner Sydney,...
Nov 18, 2022
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë and the truth about the ‘real-life Heathcliff’
When Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, outraged Victorian critics deemed it savage,...
Nov 18, 2022
Women get fewer chances to speak on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC
An analysis of hundreds of thousands of interactions on cable news programs shows that women interrupt more often than men – and it may...
Nov 4, 2022
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