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Role models launch 50:50 initiative for women in science
A new program to inspire young women to pursue degrees and careers in science and technology – led by UNSW's Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla – has been launched in Canberra.
Cooperation and conflict in the family
Conflict and cooperation between the sexes will be discussed at an unprecedented gathering of economic experts and evolutionary biologists at UNSW next week.
Punishing the men won't stop hazing
To conclude that incidents of hazing and sexual harrassment merely indicate the presence of bad men is to misunderstand our highly gendered workplaces, writes Dean Laplonge.
Gender divide hits working from home
Women work from home to take on more childcare duties while men just want to get away from the distractions of the office, according to new research presented today at the Australian Social Policy Conference.
Applying a gender lens to the 2013 election campaign
No party has properly addressed the issue that women's experience of gender-blind systems like education, superannuation and aged-care, are shaped simply by the fact that they are women, writes Helen Hodgson.
Julia Gillard hits back at a long history of sexism in parliament
Sexism, misogyny and deeply personal nasty comments have no place in the parliaments of our nation where a tone of respect and civility ought to prevail, writes Cheryl Kernot.
More than equal
Law academic Andrea Durbach has been appointed Deputy Sex Discrimination Commissioner, a role she describes as a "wonderful opportunity".