Triumph of the Persisterhood:New laws will make women safer at work

Triumph of the Persisterhood:New laws will make women safer at work

Legislation that passed in federal parliament on Monday is genuinely historic,and it’s thanks to women who refused to take no for an answer.

  • byKristine Ziwica

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The problem with Girl Power? Feminism isn’t meant to be fun

The problem with Girl Power? Feminism isn’t meant to be fun

The third wave of feminism came in a glossier package,but that is part of its problem,says Kristine Ziwica.

  • byKristine Ziwica
Fed up with the chore wars,grumpy women are now politically dangerous
Opinion
Gender

Fed up with the chore wars,grumpy women are now politically dangerous

The federal government has been warned:the importance of domestic democracy in underpinning gender equality is one issue that most people agree on. Lack of action could be dangerous.

  • byKristine Ziwica
The speeches that stopped the nation:why Tame and Higgins inspire optimism

The speeches that stopped the nation:why Tame and Higgins inspire optimism

Their addresses at the National Press Club were electric,but will they be transformative? Here’s why I have hope.

  • byKristine Ziwica
Some say Ghislaine Maxwell is unfairly paying for Epstein’s crimes - I disagree

Some say Ghislaine Maxwell is unfairly paying for Epstein’s crimes - I disagree

Maxwell’s conviction is significant and sends a sobering signal to other enablers that they can and will be held accountable.

  • byKristine Ziwica
Morrison forces women to keep playing ‘whack a mole’
Opinion
Harassment

Morrison forces women to keep playing ‘whack a mole’

Make no mistake:history will remember this moment as a milestone in Australia’s #MeToo journey – and Scott Morrison will prove to be on the wrong side of that history.

  • byKristine Ziwica
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Payne’s silence speaks volumes about the Liberal Party

Payne’s silence speaks volumes about the Liberal Party

“Is it an impossible job being a minister for women in a Morrison government?” Marise Payne was asked last Monday. Her answer was followed by a very long silence - and a look that said everything.

  • byKristine Ziwica
Women have gone from holding ground to losing ground

Women have gone from holding ground to losing ground

The pandemic has exposed a backwards slide for Australia's women.

  • byKristine Ziwica
Weinstein verdict is ultimately an unsatisfactory victory

Weinstein verdict is ultimately an unsatisfactory victory

A jury declined to convict Harvey Weinstein of predatory behaviour - how must the women who testified against him be feeling today.

  • byKristine Ziwica
'It's a matter of holding ground':where to for gender equality in 2020

'It's a matter of holding ground':where to for gender equality in 2020

On the pay gap,sexual harassment and women's economic security (among other issues) 2020 should be a year of action.

  • byKristine Ziwica
How'domestic democracy'became so popular Reese Witherspoon bought in

How'domestic democracy'became so popular Reese Witherspoon bought in

A push for more fairness in the division of labor at home has resulted in many best-selling books and a new movement towards fairness.

  • byKristine Ziwica