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  • 2 Feb 2023
    • New Zealand
    • United States
    • Sex and Gender

    Women leaders: not so poles apart

    Erin Hurley
    In seemingly different settings, Jacinda Ardern and Nancy Pelosi confronted much the same challenges.
  • 18 Jan 2023
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Technology
    • Sex and Gender

    Link start-ups ecosystems to build influence in Southeast Asia

    Robert Law
    Australia should launch a major initiative to support investment with new business prospects in the region.
  • 16 Jan 2023
    • Yemen
    • Sex and Gender

    A seat at the negotiating table: How women are building peace in Yemen

    Jena Jaensch
    Peace is not just the absence of conflict but dismantling the structures that contribute to gender-based violence.
  • 2 Nov 2022
    • Aid & Development
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Sex and Gender

    Where does Australia’s new aid budget leave gender equality?

    Annabel Dulhunty
    Gender equality is not just an “add-on”, it is essential to a functioning society. Funding must reflect that.
  • 21 Sep 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Japan
    • Sex and Gender

    Economic diplomacy: Womenomics shifts from Tokyo to Jakarta

    Greg Earl
    Can a female finance minister in Indonesia avoid the demographic dilemma that has handicapped Japan’s evolution?
  • 16 Aug 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • New Zealand
    • Sex and Gender

    Wrong balance of power in Pacific

    Elzanne Bester
    New Zealand can bolster the international rules-based order by working towards Pacific women’s political representation.
  • 1 Aug 2022
    • Australia
    • United States
    • Sex and Gender

    US abortion bans unleash state-sanctioned violence against women

    Tania Penovic
    The Australian anti-abortion movement wants to learn from and replicate the campaign to overturn Roe vs Wade.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Diplomacy
    • Sex and Gender

    The future is female, but women in diplomacy still under-represented

    Elise Stephenson
    It’s two steps forward, one step back for gender parity in Australian international relations.
  • 27 Jun 2022
    • Sex and Gender

    Gender equality in the Pacific: less talk and more action

    Jessica Collins
    Pacific women leaders are driving for change, and economic empowerment is key.
  • 27 Jun 2022
    • India
    • Sex and Gender

    India’s inconsistent adherence to the Women, Peace and Security agenda

    Shivangi Seth
    Sending women to serve as peacekeepers is laudable. But at home, women continue to be marginalised.
  • 10 Jun 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Sex and Gender

    Penny Wong dives deep into the audacity of the Oceanic Pacific

    ‘Ofa-ki-Levuka (‘Ofa) Guttenbeil-Likiliki
    Nurturing relationships is paramount to break down unequal power dynamics ­– especially in working for women rights.
  • 10 Jun 2022
    • India
    • Sex and Gender

    India’s inconsistent adherence to the Women, Peace and Security agenda

    Shivangi Seth
    Sending women to serve as peacekeepers is laudable. But at home, women continue to be marginalised.
  • 10 May 2022
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Sex and Gender

    Where are the women? The challenge facing the next PNG parliament

    Teddy Winn
    A country ranking among the world’s lowest for political participation by women has enormous social bias to overcome.
  • 2 May 2022
    • Australia
    • China
    • Solomon Islands
    • Sex and Gender

    Solomon Islands-China security pact: A feminist foreign policy answer

    Joanna Pradela
    For Australia to change the game in regional relations, it needs to grapple with new rules about systems of power.
  • 28 Apr 2022
    • Sex and Gender

    Southeast Asia: Gender parity is not gender equality

    Meg Hocking
    Overcoming the root causes of the gender gap means tackling harmful stereotypes and biases, country by country.
  • 8 Mar 2022
    • United Nations
    • Human rights
    • Sex and Gender

    Young feminist leadership is the future of peacebuilding

    Helen Berents , Erika Yague , Shadi Rouhshahbaz
    Feminist leadership coupled with the UN’s Youth, Peace and Security agenda envisions a more just and inclusive peace.
  • 8 Mar 2022
    • United Nations
    • Human rights
    • Sex and Gender

    Sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping: Connecting the dots

    Jasmine Westendorf
    The abuse of women and children must be urgently addressed as a key issue in the hierarchy of harm.
  • 30 Nov 2021
    • Australia
    • Solomon Islands
    • Sex and Gender

    Solomon Islands deployment: Australia must meet obligations to women

    Nicole George
    The risks to local women’s security are well understood. Following plans already in place should be a priority.
  • 27 Aug 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • Sex and Gender

    Australia and LGBTQI rights

    Kate Clayton
    Canberra needs a loud and proud foreign policy on the human rights of gender and sexual minorities.
  • 17 Aug 2021
    • Afghanistan War
    • Afghanistan
    • Migration
    • Human rights
    • Sex and Gender

    What to do after the Taliban take-over

    Susanne Schmeidl
    The foreign troops might be gone but Afghanistan is still our responsibility.
  • 2 Aug 2021
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Sex and Gender

    How many times? Reckoning with gender-based violence in PNG

    Leanne Jorari
    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
    • Technology
    • Sex and Gender

    China’s forced invisibility of LGBTQ communities on social media

    Ausma Bernot
    A safe place for young people in China to discuss their sexual and gender identities has suddenly been silenced.
  • 2 Jul 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Sex and Gender

    Forgiveness not permission: A feminist foreign policy

    Alice Ridge , Joanna Pradela
    If Australia wants to adopt a values-based approach to the world, the next step is obvious.
  • 28 Jun 2021
    • Myanmar
    • Sex and Gender

    Supporting the victims of sexual violence in Myanmar

    Sara E Davies , Phyu Phyu Oo
    With the military often complicit in crimes, access to civil society organisations is increasingly difficult.
  • 22 Jun 2021
    • Afghanistan War
    • Afghanistan
    • Sex and Gender

    Standing with Afghanistan: Inclusion and women’s rights in peace talks

    Jacqui True , Azadah Raz Mohammad , Felicity Gerry , Jenna Sapiano
    Australia, and the world, must insist that negotiations safeguard women’s rights, else talk of peace will be empty.
  • 15 Jun 2021
    • China
    • Human rights
    • Sex and Gender

    Beijing could easily encourage people to have more children, but won’t

    Yaqiu Wang
    However China frames its population policy, birth limits fundamentally infringe on women’s reproductive rights.
  • 21 Apr 2021
    • India
    • Sex and Gender

    India’s failure to include enough women in politics

    Rajesh Trichur Venkiteswaran
    The world’s largest democracy has barely begun to draw on half its pool of candidates.
  • 8 Apr 2021
    • Japan
    • Human rights
    • Sex and Gender

    Legalising same-sex marriage in Japan

    Akimoto Daisuke
    A court ruling has thrown down the challenge to Japanese politicians to ensure equality before the law.
  • 30 Mar 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • Sex and Gender

    Australia must walk the talk on women’s rights – globally and at home

    Leanne Smith
    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
    • Human rights
    • Sex and Gender

    Afghanistan: When a song is not just a song

    Susanne Schmeidl , Gillian Howell , Jawed Nader
    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
    • Coronavirus
    • Human rights
    • Sex and Gender

    Female genital mutilation is still a risk – especially in a pandemic

    Kit Catterson
    Could lockdowns and travel restrictions have led the practice of female genital mutilation to increase in Australia?
  • 8 Mar 2021
    • Poverty
    • Coronavirus
    • Sex and Gender

    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
    • Pacific Islands
    • Sex and Gender

    Private sector progress in women’s leadership in the Pacific

    Sarah Boxall
    Women’s representation in politics across the region still lags. But a positive change is occurring in business.
  • 8 Mar 2021
    • Australia
    • Sex and Gender

    Advancing the Women, Peace and Security agenda in Australia

    Laura J. Shepherd , Kit Catterson
    A second National Action Plan is overdue. It’s not too late to integrate concerns about causes of gender-based violence.
  • 8 Dec 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Coronavirus
    • Sex and Gender

    Women, peace and security are not only wartime issues

    Rose Khattar
    The cost of domestic violence has only grown during Covid lockdowns – in rich and poor nations alike.
  • 17 Nov 2020
    • G20
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Sex and Gender

    The G20’s existential crisis

    Erin Watson-Lynn
    The group’s expanded mandate, including into women’s empowerment, puts its relevance and its values under a microscope.
  • 6 Nov 2020
    • Iran
    • Sex and Gender

    Iran’s year of reckoning

    Melissa George
    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
    • Diplomacy
    • United Nations
    • Indonesia
    • Russia
    • Human rights
    • Sex and Gender

    A backlash against the Women, Peace and Security agenda?

    Jacqui True , Irine Hiraswari Gayatri , Nuri Widiastuti Veronika , Patricia Salas Sanchez
    Power politics overshadow progress at the UN Security Council as Resolution 1325 celebrates its 20th anniversary.
  • 26 Oct 2020
    • China
    • Coronavirus
    • Sex and Gender

    Can Covid-19 advance gender equality in China’s health policies?

    Sara E Davies , Huiyun Feng , Connie Cai Ru Gan
    The coronavirus pandemic revealed the disconnect between wishful official edicts and rigid social conventions.

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