What do mums want for Mother’s Day?
Kate Emery
This week, an alarming report for Women’s Safety laid bare an inextricable link that workplace sexual harassment fuels gender inequality and enables other forms of violence against women to continue.
Prabha Nandagopal
Calls have been made for men to stand up against gender-based violence for years. However, behaviour I have observed from men recently tells me those conversations aren’t happening fast enough.
Caitlyn Rintoul
There must be tougher and quicker consequences for domestic violence perpetrators and everyone in Australian should know what they are.
Katina Curtis
A Federal senator is demanding the Cook Government speed up its new tougher bail laws and GPS monitoring of domestic violence perpetrators, saying she fears for the lives of women right now.
Katina Curtis and Josh Zimmerman
A man who raped his wife left her so traumatised that she tried to take her own life twice in the immediate aftermath of the incident, with family members intervening to stop her.
Anneke de Boer
Western Australia is supposed to recruit 38 new frontline domestic violence workers by the end of June — but it is unclear if it has yet recruited a single one.
A candlelight vigil to remember women lost to domestic violence will be held in Perth on Wednesday, continuing momentum of nationwide rallies which called for an end to gender-based violence.
At some point, we will need a sense of hope that the problem will, in fact, shift from being hopeless.
Lanna Hill
When one of Australia’s most distinguished scientists Fiona Stanley AC agreed to hit the boards and tell the struggle of a WA legend, she had no idea it would stir memories of her own fights with misogyny.
Claire Sadler
Nationwide rallies calling for action on gender-based violence in the wake of further murders of women and the Bondi Junction mass stabbing will be held this weekend — with thousands expected at Perth’s event.
Because, at the moment, the world does not feel like a safe place for women.
Donna Stambulich
Since I was a kid growing up in Balga, I felt different. It’s a feeling I have had for most of my life.
Danielle Laidley
The dust has settled on the announcement of Australia’s incoming governor-general and the reactions to the appointment of the gender equity advocate as the King’s representative says a lot about our nation.
Emma Garlett
Banks are at the frontline of stamping out financial abuse like overly controlling someone’s spending, racking up debts in their name or sending threatening messages via bank transfers.
Gender equality in business should be a matter of whoever is best for the job, but far too many women are being overlooked for leadership positions due to the inherent biases stacked against women.
Michelle May
International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements and educates and raises awareness of gender equality.
Kimberley Caines
This diverse group of ceiling-breakers, many of whom spent years — some even decades — forging paths in areas traditionally dominated by men, are this year’s WA Women’s Hall of Fame inductees.
Emily Moulton
When one gender is devalued, we miss out on the full impact that both have to contribute.
Bill Shorten
MARYNA FEWSTER GUEST EDITORIAL: When asked this year to share my thoughts on International Women’s Day, the timing could not have been more perfect.
Maryna Fewster
These women overcame adversity to be the icons they are today. Here’s advice their younger selves would have loved to hear.
A quarter of women who recently experienced sexual harassment suffered the abuse while at work, according to a new report which includes disturbing findings about the views of men toward gender equality.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
This week’s release of gender pay gap data for almost 5000 of Australia’s large employers has launched a discussion about why those gaps exist and how to close them. Meet the companies doing just that.
A new generation of Perth men are booking out all-male retreats to ‘find their masculinity’ — paying upwards of $2000 for ice baths, bushwalks and sharing their innermost thoughts around a campfire.