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From today, ‘explaining’ a gender pay gap is no longer enough for large Australian employers

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This AI CEO says taxes needed for coming inequality

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This AI CEO says taxes needed for coming inequality

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Mary Fowler signs massive $10 million deal with Adidas

How I ‘provoked good men’ with one question

The Australian-led initiative helping women in Tanzania break cycles of poverty

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Atrocities against women in Sudan reveal systemic abuse amidst war

The outdated gender norms standing between Australian dads and their kids

From a sponsored Instagram ad to the halls of Parliament: Anjali Sharma on youth power, climate justice and refusing to shrink

First Nations-led podcast Culture Capital takes on workplace culture and leadership gaps

How an International Court judge thinks about hope

Invisibility at work doesn’t look the same for every woman. We want to hear from you.

From today, ‘explaining’ a gender pay gap is no longer enough for large Australian employers

Neurodivergence in a world of AI and why celebrating ‘superheroes’ won’t fix workplaces

Atrocities against women in Sudan reveal systemic abuse amidst war

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From a sponsored Instagram ad to the halls of Parliament: Anjali Sharma on youth power, climate justice and refusing to shrink

First Nations-led podcast Culture Capital takes on workplace culture and leadership gaps

The three Australian women named Cartier Women’s Initiative fellows

Rapists’ lawyers are using their victim‑survivors’ counselling notes in court. This must stop

60,000 years on a plate: Sharon Winsor is building a First Nations food revolution

Why women are more affected when universities struggle

Burnout isn’t an accident: women are paying the price of bad work design

Why the big tech ruling on harm won’t make kids safer online

First ever 3D mapping of clitoris leads to new knowledge

Invest like a woman? The data says you’ll likely do better

2,000 employers to set gender equality targets under new WGEA rules

Inside the Cake Picnic trend: How a viral baking event is bringing strangers together

Why do men sexually harass women at work? Science offers two explanations – but only one of them holds up

The 72-year-old founder challenging fashion’s invisibility problem

‘I didn’t come here to get rich’: new research on the lives of Ukrainian women in Georgia’s surrogacy boom

How surging petrol prices hurt women’s economic security

Regular exercise halves risk of early death for middle-aged women, major Australian study finds

You can’t diagnose a war: Australia’s mental health system needs an honest reckoning

Meet Nikki Meller, the nurse-turned-entrepreneur pushing for women’s equality in AI

This AI CEO says taxes needed for coming inequality

Invisibility at work doesn’t look the same for every woman. We want to hear from you.

From today, ‘explaining’ a gender pay gap is no longer enough for large Australian employers

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60,000 years on a plate: Sharon Winsor is building a First Nations food revolution

Meet Nikki Meller, the nurse-turned-entrepreneur pushing for women’s equality in AI

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How an International Court judge thinks about hope

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