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The cruelty in banning Afghan women from poetry
Another tool has been taken away by state-mandated isolation.
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18 Sep 2024
Breaking barriers: Enhancing women’s participation in trade across the Indo-Pacific
A gender-inclusive trade agenda will help create better jobs and unlock greater economic potential. -
14 Aug 2024
Wong’s century: A closer look at gender mix in Australia’s top diplomatic roles
Female representation is near its highest. But some posts appear more equal than others. -
30 Jul 2024
Gender equality, the Pacific way
“Using culture to change culture” is how to make real progress in addressing a longstanding regional challenge. -
26 Jul 2024
Bring women to the table to talk ocean sustainability
The upcoming G20 summit in Brazil must focus on what has so far remained neglected – women’s experience of ocean challenges. -
14 May 2024
Targeting girls education: Pakistan’s tribal areas suffer under Taliban influence
Schools are the best weapon against extremism, that’s why the militants fear them. -
26 Apr 2024
60 years of Kartini Day: Indonesia’s feminist pioneer or political pawn?
The story of a 19th century Javanese noblewoman has been co-opted for control but also liberation. -
23 Apr 2024
In the Olympics of Drag, Taiwan just took the gold
Nymphia Wind’s victory on RuPaul’s Drag Race is historic, with implications for Taiwanese politics and international relations. -
19 Apr 2024
Afghan women: The silent victims of Taliban brutality
The Taliban is on a relentless mission to erase women from the political, economic, and societal discourse of Afghanistan. -
8 Mar 2024
Supporting Pacific women to tell the region’s stories
Ensuring all local voices are heard makes for far more powerful reporting. -
8 Mar 2024
Gender equality financing: Spotlight on Southeast Asia
A discrepancy in data collection for gender-led funding is skewing the stats on development support in the region. -
8 Mar 2024
State of play for Pacific women in 2024
When the playing field is levelled, the dividends are doubled, both in politics and sport. -
22 Feb 2024
Out of the shadows: Women as partners resisting oppression
Yulia Navalnaya – widow of Alexey Navalny – follows in the steps of other brave women forced in sorrow to carry on a political cause. -
7 Feb 2024
Whose security is really at stake? Gender must be prioritised in Australia‑PNG security agreement
More police can’t be the answer when police have long been part of the problem. -
10 Jan 2024
“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. -
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. -
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. -
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.