Newly separated at 31,I felt like a failure. Anne gave me a new perspective

Newly separated at 31,I felt like a failure. Anne gave me a new perspective

We met over the counter at Dymocks,and despite the 40-year difference in our ages,my friend Anne became my biggest cheerleader.

  • byEmma Darragh

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Women have imagined a different life for themselves. Eventually,so will men

Women have imagined a different life for themselves. Eventually,so will men

Women have discovered both their potential and their authentic selves over the past 65 years. I expect the next 65 will be about men doing the same.

  • byJane Caro
Wondering where the women’s March4Justice movement’s gone? Me too

Wondering where the women’s March4Justice movement’s gone? Me too

Just three years ago,thousands of women demanded justice outside Parliament House. Did that campaign end with Scott Morrison’s defeat? Looks like it.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Feminist economist raised women’s status leading to equal pay demands

Feminist economist raised women’s status leading to equal pay demands

Academic and yoga-devotee Margaret Power helped lift the veil on obstacles to women’s employment opportunities in Australia,leading to better pay and work conditions.

  • byStuart Rosewarne
I got married and quit my job. Can I still call myself a feminist?

I got married and quit my job. Can I still call myself a feminist?

By offering me a financial buffer,my husband is the one supporting my ambitions,not the other way around. Could that be – dare I say it – a feminist act?

  • byBella Westaway
Teenage girls ‘detained and lashed’ by Taliban amid hijab crackdown

Teenage girls ‘detained and lashed’ by Taliban amid hijab crackdown

Girls as young as 16 have been seized from markets,private classrooms and the streets of Kabul as well as other provinces,accused of violating strict dress rules.

  • byRuchi Kumar
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Social justice warrior and union legend who was forever feminist

Social justice warrior and union legend who was forever feminist

The tireless activist and union organiser dedicated her life to improving conditions for women and girls.

  • byPhilippa Hall
Cinema’s great wives club:the role of women in the male biopic
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Cinema’s great wives club:the role of women in the male biopic

It’s been a season of biopics of men – building things,going to war,writing music - each with a wife to help us understand her husband’s full complexity.

  • byJessie Tu
Putting women on a pedestal:Melbourne to erect Vida Goldstein statue

Putting women on a pedestal:Melbourne to erect Vida Goldstein statue

The City of Melbourne will commission and erect a statue of the first woman to run for parliament in Australia as the city pushes to redress its statue gender imbalance.

  • byCara Waters
Why do women feel the need to apologise for our interests? Men don’t

Why do women feel the need to apologise for our interests? Men don’t

Are women too defensive about their media preoccupations? And if we are,is that down to feminist vigilance or patriarchal condescension?

  • byMary Ward
Feminist dressed in purple had passion for women’s equality

Feminist dressed in purple had passion for women’s equality

Dale Spender was delighted when the word “mansplaining” gained currency.

  • byKirsten Lees andLynne Spender