2 Feb 2023
Women leaders: not so poles apart
In seemingly different settings, Jacinda Ardern and Nancy Pelosi confronted much the same challenges.
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18 Jan 2023
Link start-ups ecosystems to build influence in Southeast Asia
Australia should launch a major initiative to support investment with new business prospects in the region. -
16 Jan 2023
A seat at the negotiating table: How women are building peace in Yemen
Peace is not just the absence of conflict but dismantling the structures that contribute to gender-based violence. -
2 Nov 2022
Where does Australia’s new aid budget leave gender equality?
Gender equality is not just an “add-on”, it is essential to a functioning society. Funding must reflect that. -
21 Sep 2022
Economic diplomacy: Womenomics shifts from Tokyo to Jakarta
Can a female finance minister in Indonesia avoid the demographic dilemma that has handicapped Japan’s evolution? -
16 Aug 2022
Wrong balance of power in Pacific
New Zealand can bolster the international rules-based order by working towards Pacific women’s political representation. -
1 Aug 2022
US abortion bans unleash state-sanctioned violence against women
The Australian anti-abortion movement wants to learn from and replicate the campaign to overturn Roe vs Wade. -
26 Jul 2022
The future is female, but women in diplomacy still under-represented
It’s two steps forward, one step back for gender parity in Australian international relations. -
27 Jun 2022
Gender equality in the Pacific: less talk and more action
Pacific women leaders are driving for change, and economic empowerment is key. -
27 Jun 2022
India’s inconsistent adherence to the Women, Peace and Security agenda
Sending women to serve as peacekeepers is laudable. But at home, women continue to be marginalised. -
10 Jun 2022
Penny Wong dives deep into the audacity of the Oceanic Pacific
Nurturing relationships is paramount to break down unequal power dynamics – especially in working for women rights. -
10 Jun 2022
India’s inconsistent adherence to the Women, Peace and Security agenda
Sending women to serve as peacekeepers is laudable. But at home, women continue to be marginalised. -
10 May 2022
Where are the women? The challenge facing the next PNG parliament
A country ranking among the world’s lowest for political participation by women has enormous social bias to overcome. -
2 May 2022
Solomon Islands-China security pact: A feminist foreign policy answer
For Australia to change the game in regional relations, it needs to grapple with new rules about systems of power. -
28 Apr 2022
Southeast Asia: Gender parity is not gender equality
Overcoming the root causes of the gender gap means tackling harmful stereotypes and biases, country by country. -
8 Mar 2022
Young feminist leadership is the future of peacebuilding
Feminist leadership coupled with the UN’s Youth, Peace and Security agenda envisions a more just and inclusive peace. -
8 Mar 2022
Sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping: Connecting the dots
The abuse of women and children must be urgently addressed as a key issue in the hierarchy of harm. -
30 Nov 2021
Solomon Islands deployment: Australia must meet obligations to women
The risks to local women’s security are well understood. Following plans already in place should be a priority. -
27 Aug 2021
Australia and LGBTQI rights
Canberra needs a loud and proud foreign policy on the human rights of gender and sexual minorities. -
17 Aug 2021
What to do after the Taliban take-over
The foreign troops might be gone but Afghanistan is still our responsibility. -
2 Aug 2021
How many times? Reckoning with gender-based violence in PNG
Urgent action is needed to end PNG’s poor record as the most dangerous country in the region for women and girls. -
9 Jul 2021
China’s forced invisibility of LGBTQ communities on social media
A safe place for young people in China to discuss their sexual and gender identities has suddenly been silenced. -
2 Jul 2021
Forgiveness not permission: A feminist foreign policy
If Australia wants to adopt a values-based approach to the world, the next step is obvious. -
28 Jun 2021
Supporting the victims of sexual violence in Myanmar
With the military often complicit in crimes, access to civil society organisations is increasingly difficult. -
22 Jun 2021
Standing with Afghanistan: Inclusion and women’s rights in peace talks
Australia, and the world, must insist that negotiations safeguard women’s rights, else talk of peace will be empty. -
15 Jun 2021
Beijing could easily encourage people to have more children, but won’t
However China frames its population policy, birth limits fundamentally infringe on women’s reproductive rights. -
21 Apr 2021
India’s failure to include enough women in politics
The world’s largest democracy has barely begun to draw on half its pool of candidates. -
8 Apr 2021
Legalising same-sex marriage in Japan
A court ruling has thrown down the challenge to Japanese politicians to ensure equality before the law. -
30 Mar 2021
Australia must walk the talk on women’s rights – globally and at home
It’s not just local politics. Australia’s credibility with a feminist foreign policy, in name or not, is on the line. -
25 Mar 2021
Afghanistan: When a song is not just a song
A move to prohibit girls singing was met with a big backlash on social media – a sign of the times, old and new. -
25 Mar 2021
Female genital mutilation is still a risk – especially in a pandemic
Could lockdowns and travel restrictions have led the practice of female genital mutilation to increase in Australia? -
8 Mar 2021
Food security and Covid-19: Recognising women’s leadership
Over half the world’s farmers and food producers are women. A study will look at their experiences in the covid crisis. -
8 Mar 2021
Private sector progress in women’s leadership in the Pacific
Women’s representation in politics across the region still lags. But a positive change is occurring in business. -
8 Mar 2021
Advancing the Women, Peace and Security agenda in Australia
A second National Action Plan is overdue. It’s not too late to integrate concerns about causes of gender-based violence. -
8 Dec 2020
Women, peace and security are not only wartime issues
The cost of domestic violence has only grown during Covid lockdowns – in rich and poor nations alike. -
17 Nov 2020
The G20’s existential crisis
The group’s expanded mandate, including into women’s empowerment, puts its relevance and its values under a microscope. -
6 Nov 2020
Iran’s year of reckoning
The #MeToo movement is gaining traction in Iran, but its impact is unlikely to alter the status quo in the short term. -
5 Nov 2020
A backlash against the Women, Peace and Security agenda?
Power politics overshadow progress at the UN Security Council as Resolution 1325 celebrates its 20th anniversary. -
26 Oct 2020
Can Covid-19 advance gender equality in China’s health policies?
The coronavirus pandemic revealed the disconnect between wishful official edicts and rigid social conventions.