It’s unfair to expect men to do more unpaid work until something gives

It’s unfair to expect men to do more unpaid work until something gives

Persistent inequities in the division of unpaid work won’t shift because of well-meaning blokes alone.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf

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Me Too founder,Tarana Burke:‘My husband was the first person I told about the sexual assault’

The activist opens up about the men who have influenced her life.

  • byJane Rocca
‘Rage saved my life in the end’:Grace Tame on not backing down

‘Rage saved my life in the end’:Grace Tame on not backing down

Difficult or direct? Rude or just lacking pretence? Grace Tame talks about the events that shaped her,her upcoming memoir – and why she won’t smile on cue.

  • byJacqueline Maley
From the Archives,1982:Steaming ... aahhh

From the Archives,1982:Steaming ... aahhh

The Herald met actress Amanda Muggleton,one of an all-woman cast set to appear in the local production of Steaming,Nell Dunn’s controversial play set in a London bathhouse.

  • bySusan Hety
The problem with Girl Power? Feminism isn’t meant to be fun

The problem with Girl Power? Feminism isn’t meant to be fun

The third wave of feminism came in a glossier package,but that is part of its problem,says Kristine Ziwica.

  • byKristine Ziwica
A working woman to the end,she endured with a quiet heart
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A working woman to the end,she endured with a quiet heart

Even as she reigned,politicians debated whether working women were a threat to society. Queen Elizabeth toiled on,a leader among women.

  • byJulia Baird
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When Queen Elizabeth took the Saudi prince for a drive
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When Queen Elizabeth took the Saudi prince for a drive

It was 1998,when women weren’t allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. The Queen suggested to visiting Crown Prince Abdullah that they take a spin around the Balmoral grounds.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Five ways you can empower women in 2022

Five ways you can empower women in 2022

We’ve seen a lot of progress in gender equality over the past 50 years,but sadly many girls still face a bleak future.

  • byKim Gillan
Hope and optimism as young voices ‘finally being heard’ at summit

Hope and optimism as young voices ‘finally being heard’ at summit

Last time Yasmin Poole tried to make her concerns about treatment of women heard,the then prime minister didn’t wish to engage. As the youngest person inside this week’s jobs summit,she found a distinctly different vibe.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Is the pill blunting women’s drive to achieve?
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Is the pill blunting women’s drive to achieve?

Until now,no one has known much about the psychological impact of the pill on the more than 100 million women who take it each day.

  • bySamantha Selinger-Morris
‘Good for her,not for me’:A simple maxim for these post-Roe times

‘Good for her,not for me’:A simple maxim for these post-Roe times

Can you imagine if any one of the six US Supreme Court justices who decided to overturn Roe v Wade had instead thought to themselves:“Good for her,not for me”?

  • byAmelia Lester