24 Nov 2023
China and Taiwan are big Pacific donors – but not for gender equality
More clarity on the flows of funds would help to assign what little credit is due.
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22 Nov 2023
Does Australia’s walk match its talk about helping Pacific women advance?
Big dollars are one thing, meaningful outcomes another. -
20 Nov 2023
Pacific Aid Map: Big data gaps are skewing the story about women
Better reporting is needed to properly understand which projects are targeting gender issues in the region. -
9 Nov 2023
COP28: Why a gender power divide threatens climate progress
Global negotiations often sideline gender as a “women’s issue” rather than being essential to the response. -
17 Oct 2023
Empowering women in the Pacific: A collaborative effort to confront online abuse
A regional symposium was an important step in tackling technology-facilitated gender-based violence. -
5 Oct 2023
Women in international affairs: beyond glass ceilings to the glass cliff
Is the international equal and inclusive leadership pipeline, clogged, leaky, shrinking or splitting? -
12 Sep 2023
Finding a place for youth leadership in Australia’s new International Development Policy
Young people will be central to addressing regional challenges so their meaningful inclusion must be ensured. -
24 Aug 2023
Australia showcased gender equality on the pitch. Now let’s try it on budget policy
This government has the opportunity to get serious about gender responsive budgeting by upskilling its ministries. -
7 Aug 2023
Why the F word matters if we’re serious about gender equality in foreign policy
The problem with an implied rather than explicit feminist approach is that it is all too easy to ignore. -
4 Aug 2023
Women belong everywhere and this World Cup proves football can be the great equaliser
Respect for female athletes “tearing it up on the pitch” must translate into respect off the field, too. -
6 Jul 2023
“An awkward photo‑op”: Japan’s persistent gender problem
A summit blunder begs the question of how women can fight for equality when they’re not even at the table. -
15 Jun 2023
The importance of pride: supporting LGBTQ rights in Asia
The recent Sydney WorldPride was a milestone moment in connecting a regional and global movement. -
14 Jun 2023
Expanding the Women, Peace and Security agenda to the next frontier – space
Australia could have an outsized impact promoting “responsible behaviours” in space through diplomacy and gender advocacy. -
20 Apr 2023
Don’t reward the Taliban’s gender apartheid with recognition
Returning diplomats to Afghanistan would send a terrible message to women and girls that the world has given up on them. -
8 Mar 2023
Beijing and the birth rate: a question of human rights for women
Despite the government's gender positive rhetoric, Chinese women are still viewed as resources of the party state. -
8 Mar 2023
“Amplify their voice”: Promoting gender equity in Asia and the Pacific
The regional head of UN Women has a simple but crucial message on this International Women’s Day. -
8 Mar 2023
Women and politics: a new world order
With geopolitical oxygen so often depleted by autocratic strongmen, how might a globe dominated by female leaders look? -
3 Mar 2023
A new era of democracy for Fiji – but where are the women?
A steep decrease in the number of women representatives after the election suggests growing disengagement. -
16 Feb 2023
Is the tide turning on classroom bans for Afghan girls?
In Afghanistan, there is increasing dissatisfaction with the suspension of female higher education, even within the Taliban. -
7 Feb 2023
Valuing Asia’s women leaders
Telling the Asian stories remind us that these are not “Australian”, or “Asian” or “American” experiences – but global. -
2 Feb 2023
Women leaders: not so poles apart
In seemingly different settings, Jacinda Ardern and Nancy Pelosi confronted much the same challenges. -
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. -
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?